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The Karnataka campaign is about the hijab but mainly about showing Muslims their place

The defining image of this new year is girl students in Kundapur in Karnataka, saffron scarves around their necks, processing down a street shouting “Jai Shree Ram”. They were marching in support of an RSS-BJP campaign to impose rules of dress on their Muslim fellow students.

These young women are the latest addition to the RSS-BJP’s growing army of radicalised youth who act as vigilantes deploying methods ranging from intimidation to physical violence against Muslims.