Power, Exclusion, and Identity: The Politics of Muslim Marginalization in India

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Autocracy and Democracy  presents Feyaad Allie and “Power, Exclusion, and Identity: The Politics of Muslim Marginalization in India.”

Over the past decade, India has been central to debates on democracy. Many viewed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) under performance in the 2024 election as a sign of democratic resilience. This lecture will argue instead that BJP’s poor performance signaled further backsliding in the country’s most vulnerable dimension of democracy — its liberal democracy. The election reinforced a troubling status quo for India’s largest religious minority: explicit exclusion from one side of the political spectrum and strategic silence from the other. These dual forces leave Indian Muslims in a political bind, further constraining their prospects for political inclusion.

Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy is supported by the Cangiano Family in memory of Leon M. Cangiano, Jr., ’63

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This event is in-person and via Zoom webinar (link to follow).