Muslims in India are facing increasing job losses and business closures following the implementation of a new policy requiring restaurants to publicly display the names of all their employees.
While the governments claim the regulation is intended to ensure compliance with health and safety standards, many locals and activists argue it unfairly targets Muslim workers and businesses.
According to reports from The Guardian, names in India often signify a person’s religion or caste, causing concern among Muslim business owners about potential attacks or economic boycotts by Hindu extremist groups. “This order is dangerous; it forces us to reveal our religion,” said Tabish Aalam, a chef from Lucknow. “The government knows this, which is why it’s being used.”
Uttar Pradesh, governed by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has seen a rise in anti-Muslim sentiment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adityanath, known for his hardline policies, has introduced several controversial measures that many believe are aimed at the Muslim community.
Business owners in Uttar Pradesh have responded by firing Muslim employees, fearing that publicly displaying their names could lead to attacks.
Rafiq, a restaurant owner in Muzaffarnagar, dismissed four Muslim workers after police demanded he display their names. “Displaying names makes us vulnerable to attacks,” he said.
“In times of communal tension, it will be easy to identify us as Muslims.” Economic boycotts and violent attacks against Muslims have surged in recent years, with incidents like a Bajrang Dal leader being filmed encouraging people to avoid Muslim shopkeepers.
The new policy has also led to reports of selective enforcement, with Muslim-owned businesses allegedly being disproportionately targeted.
Mohammad Azeem, a stall owner in Muzaffarnagar, said, “The administration is deliberately trying to create division.” In July, the Supreme Court of India blocked a similar policy in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, labeling it discriminatory.
Despite this, Himachal Pradesh has announced it will follow Uttar Pradesh’s lead, citing food safety and concerns over the “migrant influx.”
Vikramaditya Singh, a Congress leader in Himachal Pradesh, defended the policy, stating, “The law applies to everyone.
Why should one community feel threatened?” However, many Muslims accuse the Congress party of using the policy to garner votes from Hindu-majority constituencies. Sharik Ali, a restaurant owner in Shimla, expressed disappointment, saying, “We’ve seen how Muslims have been attacked under Modi, but I didn’t expect this from the Congress government.
They know what wins votes.”
The policy has sparked widespread fear and concern among Muslims, who believe it is being used as a tool to marginalize and discriminate against their community.
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The concern of some Muslims from two or three particular states who are facing the problem is genuine. However, it is not out of the way to say that most middle and lower-middle-class Indian Muslims have confined themselves to a few menial or stereotypical professions after the partition of India when the elites migrated to Pakistan. I believe these challenging times focus on the opportunity to reassess their education and capabilities rather than wallowing in victimhood. The worst part for Indian Muslims is that they are not keen on acquiring education and technical knowledge to compete with others. The handful of people who confront them under the religious euphoria are illiterate and have been instilled with hatred by their equally hateful leaders. They are jobless and paid money by their political mentors to create fear and insecurities in the Muslims by the right-wing cadres for the polarised vote bank politics. The oppression will continue to persist in Indian politics until a significant portion of the Muslim population acquires the necessary knowledge to compete with those of other faiths and know the power of their votes.
Indians are the most RACIST & DISCRIMINATIVE IGNORANT people in the world, what kind of religion do they follow, which teaches them INHUMANITY?
Both Muslims and Hindus in India do not adhere to their respective religions in the strict sense that is essential to all religions from a humanitarian perspective. A group of political leaders who wish to maintain their power by advancing caste politics take advantage of the large number of illiterate, impoverished, and unemployed youths by paying them to sow discord in the community. They create constant fears in the minds of youths of both communities that their religion is in danger. Consequently, India, a nuclear-armed nation with some of the best minds in the world, falls behind the developed countries. India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are the Middle East’s biggest labuor suppliers, but their passports are not as respected or valued as those of Indonesia, Malaysia, and other Western countries.
As long as wretched demon modi and his demonic rss is in power, all communities except racist brahmin demons will have to suffer indefinitely. May Allah remove them from power soon