Modi deliberately elevated inflammatory anti-Muslim leaders to key governorships
Evidence
It was precisely because of this rhetoric that Modi handpicked Adityanath to govern Uttar Pradesh, India’s largest state. Rhetoric that regularly incited mob violence against the state’s Muslims and vigilante attacks on its mosques, Muslim businesses, and communities. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 402
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- SEED: The good cop/bad cop two-headed monster pattern is a strong angle for an essay on how demagogues launder extremism through proxies.
Related
- Modi rewarded rhetoric that incited mob violence against Indian Muslims (similarity 0.87)
- America’s War on Terror helped legitimize Modi’s rise. (similarity 0.82)
- Modi framed India as an exclusive Hindu homeland that mobs enforce. (similarity 0.79)
- Modi exported Indian Islamophobia into Kashmir to justify annexation (similarity 0.79)
- Modi’s 2014 rise to power sparked India’s Islamophobia wave (similarity 0.79)
- Modi incited violent mobs to massacre Muslims in 2002 Gujarat (similarity 0.79)
- The Gujarat pogrom’s accused leader Modi became India’s prime minister (similarity 0.78)
- American War on Terror rhetoric licensed India’s Hindu supremacist campaign against Muslims (similarity 0.78)
- State officials were granted free rein to kill Muslims in 2002 Gujarat (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- The state perpetuates Islam-violence associations to justify expanding its authority
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