Abstract

The Indian Sub-Continent had two majority religions practiced known as Islam and Hindu, for this the two major ethnicities (Muslims and Hindu’s) got independence in the year 1947. The Muslim state that was formed is known as Pakistan and the Hindu state that was formed is called India. Mahatma Gandhi declared that India would be a secular state where all religions will be allowed to practice. However, Rashtriya Swamyamsevak Sangh (RSS) was formed in the year 1925 where the main aim of the party was to have one identity known as Hindu and followed the ideology of Hindutva, It was impossible as India had many different ethnicities in the state, for this the party formed its political (Bhartiya Janata Party) and social wings (Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena etc). Since 2001 Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) came in power in Gujrat under Narendra Modi the social wing (VHP) started to target Muslim Mosques and even used communal violence as a tool to exploit Muslims due to which Gujrat was known as an Experimental lab where Muslims were targeted economic and socially. The brutality didn’t stop as Bhartiya Janata party under Narendra Modi used religion to gain votes and in 2014. However, the extremist ideology became an organized terrorism when Narendra Modi was elected as a Prime Minister of India since then under the ideology of Hindutva. Hindutva is not restricted to India only it has started to become a huge threat for different states in South Asian

Highlights

  • After partition of subcontinent in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi made a statement that India would be a secular state which meant that all religions were to allow to be practiced in the state (India)

  • The political wing was formed under Rashtriya Swamyamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the year 1951 followed the ideology of Hindutva known as Bhartiya Jana Sangh (BJS) which had an aim to combine India and Pakistan called as “Akhand Bharat”

  • According to Iqbal, Terrorism mostly focuses over violent extremism by Militant groups which are being related with Islam, whereas the ideology of Hindutva under saffron terrorism is being ignored as it has created a threat for Indian Muslims

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Summary

INTRODUCTION

After partition of subcontinent in 1947, Mahatma Gandhi made a statement that India would be a secular state which meant that all religions were to allow to be practiced in the state (India). Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) party where Narendra Modi came in power in Gujrat as a Chief Minister made a huge issue for Muslims in the state (Gujrat). It can be seen in the past that how the Babri Masjid incident took place in the year 2002. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) under Narendra Modi has been using Saffron terrorism and the term which is being used as a tool which is exploiting minorities in India but is affecting the neighboring South Asian states is called Hindutva. The data for this research has been collected through Books, Journals, newspaper, different social apps and reports etc

LITERATURE REVIEW
TERRORISM AND STATE
SECULARIZATION AND STATE
EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM
ORIGIN OF SAFFRON EXTREMISM IN INDIA
HINDUTVA AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS FOR SOUTH ASIAN STATES
CONCLUSION
Findings
10. RECOMMENDATIONS
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