The spate of violence that erupted across the country, in which two persons lost their lives in Ranchi on Friday is an ugly blot on the fabric of inclusive India. It ought to not have occurred in the first place. This has provided wide space of manoeuvring by the Hindutva forces who were forced to bite dust in the wake of Muslim world rising in protest against the insinuation to Prophet by the BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The Muslim clergy, Maulavis and social activists could have used the prevailing situation in a more meaningful manner. The Hindutva protagonists have already started accusing the Muslims of indulging in violence just after coming out of the masjids on Namaz of Zuma (Friday). On the contrary the Muslims allege that while they were protesting in the peaceful manner, some Hindu zealots attacked them and the shops in the vicinity of the masjids. Whether it is June 3 violence in Kanpur or on Friday, June 10, the Muslim organisations have advised the Muslim community to go home directly after the prayers. There is no denying that Muslims have right to protest against the designs of the RSS and BJP. But they cannot take the law into their  own hands. It is a bare fact that the BJP party spokespersons would not denigrated Prophet on their own. They must have seen the way the RSS leadership is thinking.
It is a known fact that in recent years, precisely after Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister, the Hindutva bigots have taken to massive offensive. One example is enough. On the morning of January 17, various Hindutva outfits took out a rally from a temple to Naragund police station in Karnataka where incendiary speeches were made against Muslims, especially by a Bajrang Dal leader. Hindutva supporters have turned to violence on large scale. The cadres of the RSS and BJP who have been well versed with the technique to smear the Muslims and resort to violence used the ‘Juma Ki Namaz’ incite communal riots. They have common refrain that Muslims are always ready with bricks, stones and other weapons. A closer look at the nature of the violence makes it amply clear that these violent incidents are pre-planned, and people are being used as scapegoats to fulfil some people’s ulterior motives.
Politicisation of the police force has been serving the cause of the RSS and BJP. The police has allowed itself to be used by the saffron brigade. They have been helping Hindutva forces to reshape society by violent means by overthrowing secularism. Ironically the police portrays the Muslim youths or activists as extremists and in the cases of violent incidents, they usually frame them. Time has come for the common Muslims to identify the extremist elements among their own ranks and isolate them. They also cooperate and work in tandem with the liberal and democrat Hindus to foil any attempt to smear them and give a bad name to the community. They must evolve a Gandhian mechanism to protest against the injustices inflicted on the community.
