Hindutva Vigilantism and Muslims: Institutionalization of Violence

Before discussing the three case studies of Muslim persecution and ghettoization, I would like to give forth a general background of the precarious status of Muslims and other minorities in India. To situate my argument theoretically in the current discourse on Indian politics and its implications for the neighboring countries, I would like to borrow from Shakuntala Banaji's critique on Hindutva (2018).