--- title: "Why Muslims In India are Hiding their Identity to Run Their Shops?" description: "Hiding of identity by Muslims is a concern that cannot be ignored, especially when it comes to its effect on the economy and business" author: "Vansh Pandit" published: 2024-09-23 updated: 2024-09-23 canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87630/why-muslims-in-india-are-hiding-their-identity-to-run-their-shops category: "religion" tags: ["india", "muslims", "#scams"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Why Muslims In India are Hiding their Identity to Run Their Shops? Lately, it has become a norm for Muslims in India to avoid displaying their religion to ensure they conduct their trader businesses effectively. This has led to the debate about the increasing incidence of Islamophobia and sectarianism or communalism in the country.\ \ For instance, majority of the [Muslims in India](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86812/hate-and-jealousy-a-policy-of-muslims-in-india-why) are afraid that over time their religion is increasingly being removed from public domain because of high incidence of ragging discriminant and even violence. For such hostile acts, they have been compelled to abandon their Muslim given names, adopt western way of dress code and refrain from anythings Islamic by removing Islamic symbols from their outlets. This pressure has made the Muslims alter their dressing code from the civilized and religious wears they used to wear, prompted them to change their religion to suit the Hindu dominated India.\ ![Islam, India and the question of class ...](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTQEc7UoWFRS2k63AVF2TUDdvBBh9azagH6tQ&s)\ It is worth noting that the so-called [Social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13056/how-to-leverage-social-media-to-attract-lots-of-blog-traffic) has also favored the ingredients of Islamophobia and communal in India. This has lead to spread of fake [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) hatred speech,considerable amount of [misinformation](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304586/the-role-of-advertisement-to-spread-misinformation) especially to Muslims that at times leads to harassment on the [online platforms](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114438/how-can-collaborative-online-platforms-boost-academic-engagement-among-students-in-higher-ed). This has consequently [led to the establishment](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43090/the-building-of-the-transcontinental-railroad-across-the-united-states-led-to-the-establishment-of-what) of ethos of fear and experience of powerlessness in the Muslim community and thus have no other option other than to self-erasing in a bid to avoid being abused on the cyberspace.\ \ However, this particular concept has been taken advantage of by some Muslim in order to ‘dupe’ and defraud the Hindus. That’s why they opt for the Hindu identity by changing their names and their religions although they remain hidden for the opportunities that the religion of Hindus provides. This kind of malpractice brings about lack of confidence among Hindus since they are mostly left feeling swindled most of the time. It is regrettable for the honest individuals who are always victims despite the fact that they have entangled themselves with the few unscrupulous persons. This has enhance confrontation between the two groups and it has also been difficult to broker any reunion of the [two parties](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42896/from-about-1830-until-the-1850s-what-two-parties-dominated-the-american-politics) to help them appreciate each other.\ \ Hiding of identity by Muslims is a concern that cannot be ignored, especially when it comes to its effect on the economy and business. Most of the Muslim women businesses are proving difficult to exist in, as most clients are sometimes high in apprehension of patronizing a Muslim owned business. This has brought down the number of Muslims in business, in innovation, in economic activities, which has at the end affected the economy of the nation.\ ![Muslim living in violence and exclusion](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/viewsolution/c0f59840-5230-4fc3-ba19-691b7e35ff8f/images/dd572df1-9467-4505-854d-c97d038e8a88.jpeg)\ In the Indian context, the increase in the phenomenon of [Muslims](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87624/do-muslims-in-india-need-minority-tag) concealing their identity is one such trend which is worrisome and calls for urgent solutions. Same thing applies to the people still in power, if hostile factors which contribute to Islamophobia and other forms of [discrimination](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/242/discrimination-don-t-judge-with-persons-attire) against people of faith as well as social friction are not removed. Until then, the societies will remain unstable, and people will continue to be suffered from injustice, fanaticism, and abuse.\ \ Dealing with numerous disorders caused by such assimilation enables several [international](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85496/celebration-of-international-chocolate-day) and local functions to cope with social, cultural and ethical problems in a normative manner. Therefore, it is much more important in the first place to deal with the root causes of this problem such communal deterioration in situation among others to enhance so that all residents are safeguarded and treated justly. --- Original Source: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/87630/why-muslims-in-india-are-hiding-their-identity-to-run-their-shops Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.