My advice to Muslims Of India,
Dipke & Co will never get arrested, only people like Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfishan Fatima, to name a few will get easily arrested. Muslims don't have that kind of privilege, it's high time Muslims should start lobbying rather than trying to please majority, ever seen a Jew pleasing the majority?ever seen a Jewish President of USA?
It's better to lobby for good education, govt jobs, places of power, don't be at the forefront.
The biggest lesson for Muslims from the videos of protesters confronting and humiliating media crews is that they always knew exactly what the media was. They knew it was biased, aligned with the government and routinely pushed the government's narrative. They watched it portray Muslims as anti nationals, frame us as a threat to the country, vilify us relentlessly, spread propaganda against us and condition Hindus to view Muslims as the enemy.
None of this was hidden from them, yet they accepted it for years without protest, meaningful opposition or even the slightest disapproval. The moment that same media turned against them, they revolted, proving that years of propaganda against Muslims never bothered them, while the slightest discomfort directed at themselves was enough to push them into the streets against the very institutions they had spent years cheering, defending or quietly accepting. Their problem is still not with the media bias or institutional abuse, but they simply hated becoming its target.
I've said this before and I'll keep saying it because it can't be repeated enough. The Hindu majority had no objection to these institutions as long as Muslims were the ones paying the price and if their own demands are met tomorrow, they'll have no objection to those same institutions being turned against us again.
They're not in the streets because they've suddenly rejected the BJP, the media, the politicians or the police. They're there because the machinery they once celebrated is no longer directed exclusively at Muslims. They don't hate the system itself, they hate the fact that, for once, it's affecting them as well.
I can see the historical trauma. They believe marrying women from different religions is a way of conquering that religion, as if women are objects. No wonder dowry became part of the culture.
This is sick it's coming from a woman