The Narendra Modi government is under immense pressure from the new US administration, EU, and OIC to review its ultra-Hindutva agenda on Kashmir and against the Muslims and other religious.
August 4, 2021
The Narendra Modi government is under immense pressure from the new US administration, EU, and OIC to review its ultra-Hindutva agenda on Kashmir and against the Muslims and other religious minorities. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his recent Indian visit, minced no words in expressing reservations on the dissent and the discrimination against Indian Muslim population. Biden administration last week appointed its first ever Muslim Religious Freedom Ambassador, in a message to the Indian government and its chief Middle East ally Israel, to reconsider their hard-line agendas. The new US ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom Rashid Hussain is an ex-US envoy to OIC and his appointment is a signal to engage Muslim population after the wars in Middle East and Afghanistan. It’s worth recalling that China had also appointed first ever representative to the OIC in June 2021.