Do India or Israel “Persecute” Their Muslim Citizens?
Shrikant G. Talageri
To get the answer to the question “Do India or Israel “Persecute” Their Muslim Citizens?”, a simple examination of the facts is sufficient. Or even a Google search, as the following questions put to Google and the “AI Overview” answers to those questions shows:
Q.1. What is the nation-of-origin-wise number of
Muslim refugees in Europe?
Google
Answer:
“Official and exhaustive continent-wide statistical
breakdowns tracking European refugees specifically by both nationality and
religion simultaneously are not published as a single consolidated dataset by
bodies like Eurostat or the UNHCR.
However, major demographic studies from
research groups like the Pew Research Center and asylum trend reports provide
clear data on the primary nations of origin for Muslim refugees and asylum
seekers arriving in Europe:
·
Syria: Syria is the
largest single source of Muslim refugees in Europe, driven by the
ongoing conflict that led hundreds of thousands to seek asylum
(particularly during peak migration waves). [1, 2]
·
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan represents the second-largest source of recent Muslim refugees and
asylum seekers, with estimates showing upwards of 180,000 arrivals
from conflict-driven displacement in major Western European intake waves. [1]
·
Iraq: Iraq accounts for
approximately 150,000 recent conflict-related refugees, an
overwhelming majority of whom are practicing Muslims. [1]
Other Origins: Significant numbers of Muslim asylum
seekers and migrants originate from countries such as Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan,
Pakistan, and Iran, though proportions vary by host country and
specific legal definitions between economic migrants and recognized refugees.”
Q.2. How many Palestinian Refugees from Gaza and the West Bank and Israel in different European countries?
Google Answer:
“When discussing Muslim refugees from the Israel mainland
(referring to Arab citizens of Israel who are Muslim), the official global
count is extremely low—virtually near zero in terms of recognized refugee populations.
The demographic breakdown explains why
this figure is minimal, along with how specific exceptions are tracked:
1. Demographic Reality of the Israeli
Mainland
Within the internationally recognized
borders of Israel (the mainland), Arab citizens make up about 21% of the
population, the vast majority of whom are Muslim. [1]
·
Citizenship status:
Arab citizens of Israel hold full Israeli passports, have voting rights, and
hold seats in the Israeli parliament (Knesset).
·
No mass displacement:
Because they hold citizenship and reside within stable, internationally
recognized borders, they have not experienced a mass exodus or forced
displacement causing them to become refugees.
2. Rare Individual Asylum Claims
While there is no community-wide
population of refugees from mainland Israel, there are incredibly rare,
isolated cases where individual Arab citizens of Israel have applied for and
been granted asylum abroad: [1]
·
Precedent-setting cases:
In very rare instances, Western governments have granted asylum to individual
Arab-Israelis. For example, the United Kingdom granted refugee status to an
Arab-Israeli activist who successfully argued they would face a specific,
individualized threat of political persecution if returned. [1, 2]
·
Statistical footprint:
These cases are handled entirely on an individual basis by foreign governments
and are so rare that they do not register as a distinct statistical group in
international refugee databases.
3. Distinction from Palestinian
Refugees
It is vital to distinguish between
Muslim citizens living within the Israeli mainland and Palestinians
living in the Occupied Territories (the West Bank and Gaza) or
descendants of the 1948 exodus: [1]
·
Palestinians from Gaza and the West
Bank do not hold Israeli citizenship and face entirely different legal,
territorial, and conflict-driven displacements.
Millions of those individuals are registered as refugees
under UNRWA
or the UNHCR,
whereas Muslim citizens of mainland Israel do not fall under these categories.”
Q.3. How many Muslim Refugees from
India in different European countries?
Google Answer:
“There are no official or specific
statistical breakdowns tracking the exact number of Muslim
refugees from India residing in different European countries, as Indian nationals
rarely constitute a significant refugee or
asylum-seeking population in Europe. [1]
General Context on Indian Migration
·
Overall Emigration:
Data from organizations like the Pew Research Center indicates that while India
has a large global diaspora, most international migrants from India move for
economic or educational reasons rather than as refugees. [1]
·
Primary Destinations:
The majority of Indian Muslim migrants move to countries with close economic
ties and job opportunities, predominantly in the Middle East—such as the United
Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Oman—rather than to Europe. [1]
European Asylum Trends: Official reports
from Eurostat and the European Union Agency for Asylum show that asylum applications
from Indian citizens in Europe are very low compared to those from conflict
zones like Syria, Afghanistan, or Ukraine, and distinct religious breakdowns of
these small numbers are not published”.
In short:
1. Muslims actually face almost
zero discrimination and persecution in India
and Israel so that they feel no desire at all to escape from these
two countries and seek asylum in Europe (the main hub of “asylum refugees”).
India in particular (of the two) goes out of its way to have special laws giving Muslims more rights, privileges and facilities than Hindus. And, at the very least, both India and Israel have the same special schemes and facilities for its Muslim citizens as for its Hindu/Jew citizens: in fact even the allegedy “Hindu-minded” BJP government boasts in public advertisements that Muslims, who constitute around 14% of its populations, get over 30%, at least, of all special schemes and facilities.
Strangely, there are millions of Muslim refugees in Europe who are from all kinds of Muslim countries ranging from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq to countries such as Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Iran. Instead of drawing the correct conclusions from all this − that Hindu India and Jewish Israel treat their Muslim citizens and inhabitants so well that these Muslim citizens and inhabitants feel absolutely no desire to flee India and Israel for their life and safety and seek asylum in Europe as refugees, whereas Muslims in their multi-millions are so badly persecuted in Muslim countries that they become desperate to flee those countries for their life and safety, and that therefore India and Israel are the last countries which should be accused of persecuting people on racial/religious grounds − it is in fact India and Israel which are the most targeted by the wokes who have a stranglehold over international media, academia and political power.
2, The fact that Muslims are happy, and flowering in full bloom, in both Israel and India is also indirectly indicated by the fact that the Muslim percentage in the population is on a continuous upward tangent: Far from migrating out of these two countries to avoid persecution, Muslims are increasing in numbers in leaps and bounds:
India 1951 9.8%, 2011 14.2%
Israel 1948 13.8%, 2023 18 to 21%
Every day we hear fake and hypocritical western politicians, academicians, media personalities, “intellectuals” and even actors and sportspersons showing their moral courage and heroism by condemning Israeli atrocities against Palestinians, or even Indian atrocities against Muslims/“minorities”, but how many of these people have shown similar courage in speaking about Hindus and Jews in Muslim countries, or even about, for example, about Tibetans or even the Muslim Uyghurs in China?
This fake attitude does not indicate “concern” for anyone: it only indicates hatred for Jews and Hindus.
