Modi exported Indian Islamophobia into Kashmir to justify annexation

Evidence

If Islam does not figure into Modi’s portrait of India, then it surely does not align with what he has in mind for Kashmir. By exporting Indian Islamophobia into Kashmir, Modi’s designs to claim the coveted territory became clear, and after 2019, built considerable momentum. Designs comprised of doctored pictures staged by the state and taken by the amateur hands of a military force, designs in which Islam is excised—and Muslims excluded—from Kashmir and a sublime panorama they will only know as unwanted visitors. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 508

Categorization

• XREF: Directly answers the reader’s guiding question about the shared logic linking Islamophobic states — here Islamophobia functions as the ideological vehicle for territorial annexation. — connects to: India annexed Kashmir with world silence while Russia’s invasion drew condemnation — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1188; Modi’s India serves as a laboratory for virulent Islamophobia — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 485; India functionally annexed Kashmir in October 2019 — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 491 (+4 more)
• SEED: Essay angle: Islamophobia as a state export — how domestic Islamophobia gets repurposed as a colonial/annexation instrument in disputed territories.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 508

Broader Connections

• Kashmiri Muslim identity is equated with terrorism in India #expands (0.75)
• India gutted Kashmir’s political and activist class via mass detention #corroborates (0.60)
• India deploys one soldier per thirteen Kashmir residents #corroborates (0.55)