‘No Muslims’: In Gujarat, Hindutva Outfits Are Using Schoolyard Fights for Communalism
Tarushi Aswani | 30 August 2025 | The Wire
On August 19, a Class 10 student was stabbed inside the premises of their school in Ahmedabad. The two students allegedly involved were Hindu and Muslim, respectively. The religious identity of the latter was quickly weaponised by Hindutva organisations in the state.
The next day, the Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad mobilised hundreds outside the premises of the Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School at Maninagar which had transformed into a site of chaos and vandalism.
Among those assembled were students’ guardians who protested outside the school gates, demanding that “no Muslim student” be admitted to the school.
The incident is not an isolated one….