Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has drawn attention to a deeply important subject — one intertwined with both India’s history and future — yet long suppressed from serious public discussion. Despite some of our greatest thinkers having emphasised its importance, it has largely remained ignored. That subject is political Islam — that is, politics according to Islam. Its claims, actions, and outcomes have been consistent across the world. India has long been its most significant theatre, not only through the past thousand years of history but even today. This is what Yogi Adityanath has sought to highlight.

Speaking in Gorakhpur on October 22, he said, “In the country, the years of British rule are discussed as British colonial rule. But political Islam is never discussed. Yes, our ancestors fought against British colonialism. But our ancestors also fought great battles against political Islam. We remember Chhatrapati Shivaji, Guru Gobind Singh, Maharana Pratap, Maharana Sanga for precisely this reason. That is why we honour them as national heroes. But political Islam is the same even today, working with the intention of tearing the motherland into pieces."

Indeed, political Islam has already divided India once before. The fundamental reason for the Partition of India was the demand rooted in political Islam. Muslim League leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah articulated this clearly:

“Hindus and Muslims are two different religious philosophies, social customs, and literatures. They neither intermarry nor dine together, and indeed they belong to two different civilisations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their outlook on life and of life is different. They have different epics, different heroes, and different episodes. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other, and likewise, their victories and defeats overlap." (March 22, 1940)

This is not a passing statement but a permanent claim — that Islam cannot coexist with others and must rule over the realm. There is no complaint here, only an insistence grounded in Islamic separatism. Dealing with this requires factual clarity and ideological firmness, which can come only through proper understanding. Unfortunately, Indian leadership has........

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