Abstract
Constitutionally, India is a secular country and tries very hard to portray itself as such but the current trends,
especially, in the vast arena of its regional and national politics based on radical reinterpretations of its history and
culture reflect a country full of an open display of animus and hostility against non-Hindutva religious and political
groupings. Muslims, which constitute top that list of targeted groups and one of the excuses by the Hindutvites
against the Muslims which has caught fire amongst its extreme radicals during the past three decades is the
‘architectural’ version of anti-Muslim Hindutva. This was openly and wildly reflected in the terrorist act, from not
only a Muslim point of view but also of non-Muslims of India and, in fact, of people of different faiths from
throughout the world, of the historic Babri Masjid at Ayodha in 1992. Like any other large country and society,
territorially and demographically, India consists of multiple, some social scientists use the word ‘countless’, local
and regional identities of all kinds more than found in any other country or society in the world. All these identities
generate internal and external challenges. Followers of Hindutva represent that extreme brand of anti-Muslim
mindset which was in full and brazen display during the demolition in 1992 of the Babri Masjid, built by the first
Mughal emperor Babar in 1528. The demolition was carried out to replace it with a temple for Ram which the
Hindutva radicals claimed stood in its place and was demolished by Babar to construct the Babri mosque named
after him. One of the latest trends in the BJP’s extreme radical anti-Muslim ‘architectural’ Hindutva is the endless
hatred of Muslims of India based on its claim that thousands of Hindu temples were demolished by Muslims and
mosques or other structures representing their belief systems or preferences raised on those sites. BJP is raising a lot of hues and cry over what can be called its ‘architectural Hindutva’. It is one potent and a seemingly endless
process of keeping its followers worked up in high-pitched anti-Muslim fever for an unknown duration in the future
so if its support flags for some reason in other areas there will always be the issue of Muslims demolition and
desecration of Hindu temples and other buildings to keep its followers in tow. This research paper is related to the
politics of BJP concerning the Babri Masjid incident. Primary and secondary sources have been be consulted.
Descriptive and analytical methods have been applied. Interviews, when required, have been conducted
Amaria Atta, Muhammad Iqbal Chawla, Abdul Basit, Abdul Qadir Mushtaq, Zubair Shafiq, Farzana Arshad. (2019) Is Bharat (India) a Secular or a Religious State?: Focusing on BJP Politics about the Babri Masjid, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 56, Issue 2.
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