Majoritarian Nationalism and Islamophobia in India Today
11.04.2022 | 4:00 PM EST| Zoom Webinar
Mohsin And Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies' - Khalid and Diana Mirza Distinguished Lecture Series
with Dr. Angana P. Chatterji (Research Anthropologist and Founding Co-chair, Political Conflict, Gender and People’s Rights Initiative at the Center for Race and Gender, University of California, Berkeley).
The rise and official embrace of majoritarian nationalism across India portends ominously for the hundreds of millions of minorities and vulnerable populations across the country. Recent manifestations of this in state and national governments include several actions targeting both the Muslim minority population across India, numbering nearly 200 million people, as well as the Kashmiri population in Kashmir.
Join us as we discuss these critical developments and examine events of widespread, lethal aggression and militant\ campaigns across India and Kashmir. Dr. Chatterji will examine how majoritarian nationalism is impacting Muslim and minority populations, and how it is impacting politics and polity in India and Kashmir today.
Moderated by Dr. T.J. Liguori (Khalid & Diana Mirza Postdoctoral Fellow, Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies, Florida International University (FIU)).
Presented by the Mohsin And Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies, Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs at Florida International University (FIU) in collaboration with FIU Office of Engagement, Ruth K. and Shepard Broad Distinguished Lecture Series, Department of Religious Studies, Václav Havel Program for Human Rights & Diplomacy, Muslim Communities Association (MCA), and the Coalition of South Florida Muslim Organizations (COSMOS).