When a practicing Hindu sits down to expose the dangers of Hindutva — the ideology of Hindu supremacism — and stands firmly with the Muslim community, it sends a powerful message about justice, faith, and the universal call to stand against oppression. In this revealing episode of The Deen Show, advocacy director M. James breaks down how the rise of Hindu nationalism under India’s BJP government has fueled systematic violence, discrimination, and hatred against Muslims in India and beyond, while making clear that authentic Hinduism and Islam both demand the pursuit of justice for all people.
What Is Hindutva and Why Does It Threaten Muslims?
Hindutva is not Hinduism. It is a political ideology of Hindu supremacism rooted in the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), founded in 1925, which serves as the ideological parent of India’s ruling BJP party. This movement explicitly declares that India belongs only to Hindus and that Muslims and Christians are foreigners who should be stripped of fundamental rights. Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, this ideology has driven an unprecedented wave of anti-Muslim violence across the world’s largest democracy — from mob lynchings and home demolitions to the desecration of mosques and the denial of citizenship rights.
“Being a Hindu, it is my duty to fight for justice and against injustice against all people everywhere. That is in fact also the message of the Holy Quran — that is the message of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. He always said you have to fight against injustice no matter who it is for, no matter where in the world.”
The Collapse of Justice in India
- Police oppression: India’s police force, a colonial inheritance designed to suppress the people, is dominated by upper-caste Hindus and records between 8 and 10 custodial killings per day — over 3,500 per year.
- Judicial failure: Muslims make up over 12% of India’s population but hold barely 1-2% of positions in the judiciary, police, and government prosecution — leaving 200 million people without meaningful representation.
- Hijab ban: In Karnataka, the BJP government banned Muslim women students from wearing hijab, causing thousands of girls to lose an entire academic year — a direct violation of India’s own constitution and international law, especially while Sikh turbans face no such restrictions.
- Zero Muslim representation: Modi’s government is the first in India’s 75-year history to have no Muslim lawmakers or ministers — a staggering erasure of the world’s third-largest Muslim population.
- False-flag operations: A former RSS member submitted a court affidavit revealing that the RSS has been involved in bombings across India that are then blamed on innocent Muslims, leading to wrongful imprisonment.
Hindutva’s Reach Into the UK and America
The threat of Hindu nationalism does not stop at India’s borders. Organizations like the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and the Hindu American Foundation actively operate in the UK and the United States, working to influence interfaith communities, school boards, police departments, city councils, and lawmakers — pressuring them to stay silent on human rights violations against Muslims in India. Their ideology mirrors the RSS blueprint and has been described as fundamentally fascist in nature. When someone was filmed openly calling for the killing of Muslims and Sikhs, it underscored how this violent ideology is being exported worldwide, fueling the very Hindu-Muslim tensions now emerging in British cities.
Islam’s Call to Coexistence and Truth
“It is the duty of all right-minded Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jains, Sikhs, Buddhists — it is everybody’s duty, including people of no faith — to fight for justice for everybody.”
- Islam teaches justice for all: The Quran commands Muslims to stand for truth and justice regardless of who benefits — a principle that resonates with people of every faith and background.
- Coexistence is possible: For decades, Hindus and Muslims lived side by side in India without the hatred now being manufactured by political extremists. The enemy is not Hinduism — it is the Hindutva ideology that weaponizes faith for power.
- History is on the side of justice: Repression, bigotry, and discrimination have no future in a world that is increasingly committed to pluralism. The flag of coexistence and truth will prevail over the forces of division.
This conversation is a reminder that the fight against Hindutva is not a fight between Islam and Hinduism — it is a fight between justice and oppression, between truth and manufactured hatred. When people of all faiths unite to expose injustice, as this courageous Hindu advocate has done, they fulfill the highest calling of every sincere believer. The Muslim community in the UK, India, and around the world deserves the same dignity, freedom, and protection that every human being is entitled to — and Islam’s timeless message of mercy, coexistence, and submission to the One God continues to light the path forward for all who seek truth.
