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The political and socio-economic development of a state heavily depends upon national integration. Such a state promotes democratic norms, ensures observance of human rights, and avoids the polarization of society while granting equal opportunities and status to all of its nationals. On the contrary, a state that denies these provisions falls prey to political chaos, economic decline, social unrest, and religious extremism. Today, India, the largest democracy in the world, lies into the latter category, most importantly, due to the least observation of minority rights. The narrow-minded Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), under the leadership of Narendra Modi, has made India a vulnerable place to live for the Muslims, in particular. The decades-old deprived Muslim community has been facing an even more pathetic situation since the victory of BJP in the 2014-elections. This research paper, therefore, aims at exploring Modi’s two-pronged strategy to commit atrocities against the Muslims. First, Indian Prime Minister Modi has attained institutionalized impunity through amending the constitution for backing his militant factions, which are widely involved in heinous acts to victimize Muslims. Second, Hindu extremists in India adopted the strategy to instigate religious hatred against the Muslims. The Hindutva activists are chasing them in every corner of India to emit this hatred. Nothing has yet been done by the international community to stop such human rights violations against the largest minority in India – the Muslims. Bibliography Entry Shamshadand, Muhammad, and Farooq Arshad. 2020. "Modi’s Two-Pronged Strategy to Hyphenate Minorities: A Case of Muslims in India." Margalla Papers 24 (2): 46-56.