#majoritarianism — Public Fediverse posts
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The individual chapters are almost-OA (cloudfront-walled). Case examples of #DemocraticBacksliding : #Poland + #Hungary .
The aim is to study heterogeneity in citizens' views on democracy, at a micro-level, and to relate this to citizens' responses to democratic backsliding.
The results appear to explain the paradox of apparent popular support for democracy but actual backsliding.
#Majoritarianism - majority having absolute power over minority - is one key viewpoint studied.
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The Recent Elections Demonstrate India’s Growing Democratic Deficit
Modi’s campaign for another term as premier has focused on smearing opponents and attacking Muslims while ignoring voters’ primary concerns, writes Debasish Roy Chowdhury.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #BJP #HateSpeech #hindutva #majoritarianism #islamophobia #democracy #india
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-recent-elections-demonstrate-indias-growing-democratic-deficit/
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The personal toll of political vitriol: A decade under Modi has torn apart families, friendships
The global rise of the far-right has been defined by an emotive politics that is less given to reason and facts and an extremist tilt, writes Nissim Mannathukkaren.
#hindutva #FarRight #misinformation #propaganda #whatsapp #NarendraModi #DonaldTrump #islamophobia #majoritarianism #india
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Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
Authoritarianism crushes the spirit. Majoritarianism poisons the mind and the heart. Their rise must be stopped. Ramachandra Guha writes.
#LokSabhaElection2024 #democracy #hindutva #authoritarianism #majoritarianism #congress #BJP #NarendraModi #minorities #IndianMuslims #communalism #india
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‘Muslim question’ sheer propaganda, there is no promised land
Anand K. Sahay reviews Ziya Us Salam's 'Being Muslim in Hindu India'.
#BookReview #ZiyaUsSalam #islamophobia #IndianMuslims #books #hindutva #majoritarianism #bookstodon #history #histodon #india
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What Muslim Women Face Every Day at Work
Education is offered as a silver bullet to help marginalised communities but it doesn’t help end the discrimination they face. Several women from the minority community have underlined that they experience hiring bias and harassment because of their religion.
#IndianMuslimWomen #workplace #IndianMuslims #gender #ReligiousDiscrimination #WomensRights #HumanRights #majoritarianism #communalism #sexism #india
https://thewire.in/communalism/everyday-struggles-of-indian-working-muslim-women
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Majoritarian Nationalism is Undermining India's Science Policies, Potential
While our Constitution mandates the promotion of scientific temper, the present regime in matters of policy-making is bypassing the rational approach not only in science research and education but also in matters related to social policies.
#governance #SciencePolicies #education #health #healthcare #majoritarianism #pseudoscience #ayurveda #hinduism #hindutva #RSS #BJP #india
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Inside WhatsApp Groups Of Housing Societies Where Muslim Hate Is Real
Decode spoke to several people who said that WhatsApp groups of housing societies instilled fear and at times led them to the decision to leave their societies and move to Muslim-dominated localities.
#whatsapp #RWA #HousingSocieties #islamophobia #IndianMuslims #hindutva #communalism #majoritarianism #india
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Ex-service chiefs have no place at Ram Temple inauguration. They must guard military values
Officials of senior ranks should not wear military heritage on their sleeves while navigating the rough and tumble of politics, writes Lt General Prakash Menon. (Article from December 2023)
#ayodhya #RamTempleInauguration #BabriMasjidDemolition #IndianArmy #hindutva #majoritarianism #india
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Book Excerpt: How September 11 Led To the Awakening of a Muslim Boy in Aligarh
‘Why are all Muslims terrorists?’ a few Hindu classmates asked me after 9/11.
#BookExcerpt #ZeyadMasroorKhan #aligarh #IndianMuslims #CommunalViolence #AntiMuslimRiots #muslims #September11 #islamophobia #islamism #terrorism #hindutva #majoritarianism #UnitedStates #OsamaBinLaden #AlQaeda #india #books #bookstodon #history #histodon
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Arms, ethnic domination, choking dissent: Why India is embracing the Israel model
From refusing to recognise Israel to making Tel Aviv a key ally, India’s trajectory reflects a questioning of its very foundations, writes Sajjad Hassan.
#israel #palestine #hindutva #zionism #BJP #IndianGovt #GazaGenocide #islamophobia #misinformation #militarism #majoritarianism #dissent #FreeSpeech #PressFreedom #bulldozers #minorities #muslims #india
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@RussCheshire In the history of ideas it‘s been called „dictatorship of the (parliamentary) majority“ or #majoritarianism Needless to say it‘s always been an argument against #democracy. So what the PM does is to hand out arguments to those who hate democracy.
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Vulnerable At Home: How To Make Sense Of Indian Variant Of Islamophobia
To make sense of the Indian variant of Islamophobia, it is vital to examine its relationship with the notion of communalism— particularly their points of convergence. Shaikh Mujibur Rahman writes.
#islamophobia #muslims #islam #religion #hindutva #majoritarianism #IndianMuslims #BJP #india
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How Manipur hounds Kuki intellectuals
3 civil society leaders have been charged with outraging religious feelings, promoting enmity between groups after they articulated their community’s viewpoint on brutal conflict in media interviews, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #censorship #KhamKhanSuanHausing #MaryGraceZou #WilsonLHangsing #christians #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/how-manipur-hounds-kuki-intellectuals-23304676
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Kuki People's Alliance Withdraws Support From N. Biren Singh Government
The KPA, formed in 2022, has two sitting MLAs in the Manipur government.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #KPA #kukis #meitei #BirenSingh #BJP #ManipurGovt #COCOMI #majoritarianism #ManipurUnrest #india
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Manipur violence: Several houses set on fire in Imphal, one person shot
The unrest continued after five people – three from the Meitei community and two from the Kuki-Zo community – were killed in the early hours of Saturday.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #displacement #majoritarianism #BJP #india
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Feminist icons or violent vigilantes? The contentious role of Meira Paibis in Manipur’s conflict
Celebrated for long as the torchbearers of Manipur, Meitei women groups now stand accused of blocking the army and egging on violence against Kuki-Zo women.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #MeiraPaibis #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #ViolenceAgainstWomen #MeiteiNationalism #christians #majoritarianism #india
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The Shattering of the Muslim Hope in India
"I see and remember the face of Faizan’s mother. I see and remember the horror and the plea for mercy in the eyes of Qutbuddin Ansari from 2002; the tears in the eyes of the lady in Karnataka, who was forced to take off her burqa to enter the school where she had been teaching for years; the faces of the Muslims who have spent their entire youth in prison because of wrongful incarceration; and the pain in the eyes of fellow Muslims, every time I see them raise their hands in supplication." Salik Ahmad writes. (Article from March 2022)
#IndianMuslims #islamophobia #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #persecution #marginalisation #hindutva #majoritarianism #muslims #minorities #citizenship #identity #democracy #india
https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/crushing-hope-muslim-indian
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Fear, Depression in Indian Muslims Is Palpable Even Among Those Who Are ‘Privileged’
The bigotry, both open and with dogwhistles, is leading us towards a downward spiral that will derail the Indian nation, writes Rakshanda Jalil.
#IndianMuslims #islamophobia #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #persecution #marginalisation #hindutva #majoritarianism #muslims #minorities #citizenship #identity #democracy #india
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“The video hurts so much, I cannot find the words”
The family of the women in the Manipur video recounts its ordeal.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #kangpokpi #ArambaiTenggol #meiteis #kukis #KukiZos #vaipheis #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #ViolenceAgainstWomen #india
TW: descriptions of rape
https://caravanmagazine.in/conflict/manipur-women-video-viral-family-recounts-ordeal
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Double-Engine: The Union and State Government Must Answer for Manipur
August 3 marks exactly three months since the start of the mayhem in Manipur. Fears of state collusion and complicity in the violence are growing with time. Nandita Haksar writes.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #christians #churches #BJP #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #article355 #environment #ForestRights #UnionGovt #india
https://thewire.in/politics/double-engine-the-union-and-state-government-must-answer-for-manipur
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Manipur violence: 53 bodies – mostly Kukis – lie unclaimed at two Imphal hospitals
27 bodies are at JNIMS in Imphal East, 26 at RIMS in Imphal West.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #kukis #zomis #meiteis #majoritarianism #ManipurGovt #BJP #india
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‘Are we not Indians?’: In Imphal, thousands join march to demand normalcy
Most of the protesters were from the Meitei community.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #imphal #protests #meiteis #kukis #ManipurGovt #UnionGovt #COCOMI #MeiraPaibis #majoritarianism #NRC #india
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Manipur was given to us by our forefathers, not by India: Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh
Meitei Leepun chief Pramot Singh says that sacking CM Biren Singh will send a message to the Meiteis that Indian government has backed the Kukis to defeat Meiteis. The Meiteis will also protest against the President’s Rule as it’s a demand by the Kukis.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #MeiteiLeepun #PramotSingh #RSS #ABVP #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #BirenSingh #ManipurGovt #BJP #hindutva #MeiteiNationalism #interview #india
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Can’t be a five-trillion dollar economy at cost of rivers of blood flowing in North-East
At the heart of the conflict are a disenchanted peoples, Kuki-Zo, Nagas and Meiteis and a society torn asunder by the cynical politics of the ‘double engine sarkar’, writes Rupa Chinai.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #meiteis #kukis #nagas #KukiZos #majoritarianism #sanamahi #ArambaiTenggol #MeiteiLeepun #ForestConservationAct #PalmOilMission #ForestRights #BJP #india
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Tipping point
The violence in Manipur exhibits two symptoms-- The impunity with which Meitei mobs have been allowed to loot police armouries and the instrumental use of rape to announce the end of Kuki citizenship, writes Mukul Kesavan.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #BirenSingh #rape #ManipurPolice #citizenship #christians #christianity #assam #HimantaBiswaSarma #hindutva #india
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/tipping-point-notes-on-the-violence-in-manipur/cid/1955455
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India's Internet Shutdowns Hurt Women More, Manipur Assaults Show
"If there was no internet shutdown, those videos would have surfaced over two months ago and the horror could have been addressed speedily," said editor of Shillong Times Patricia Mukhim.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #InternetShutdown #ViolenceAgainstWomen #meiteis #kukis #majoritarianism #HumanRights #BJP #UnionGovt #india
https://thewire.in/security/indias-internet-shutdowns-hurt-women-more-manipur-assaults-show
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Opinion: Meiteis must speak up against the Manipur violence – as writer MK Binodini would have done
There is no one left who has the courage to stand up against the deadly identity politics. But the dominant community must take the first step. Nandita Haksar writes.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #MeiraPaibis #ArambaiTenggol #MeiteiLeepun #AssamRifles #NCW #MKBinodini #majoritarianism #BJP #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #india #NanditaHaksar
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Inside the war India doesn’t want the world to see
From bombings to beheadings, ethnic violence has engulfed Manipur for the last two months. Facing an internet blackout and little word from prime minister Narendra Modi on the crisis, Namita Singh reports from a state that has been pushed to the brink of civil war.
#manipur #ManipurViolence #ManipurRapes #meiteis #kukis #zos #majoritarianism #BJP #NarendraModi #ManipurUnrest #HumanRights #displacement #InternetShutdowns #india
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/india-war-internet-blackout-b2383002.html