Mamata Banerjee has invoked the “Kafir” statement again after her 2026 Bengal election defeat, raising fresh questions about TMC strategy and drawing a renewed BJP backlash over divisive political rhetoric.
Mamata Banerjee has mainstreamed the use of 'Kafir' in public discourse, often using the dehumanising slur used against Hindus and non-Muslims to attack her political rivals.
While a journalist tried to downplay jihad as an internal struggle, Waseem Rizvi had filed a petition in SC seeking removal of 26 Quranic verses that were used by terrorists to wage a 'jihad' against kafirs.
Even after the US soldier Bushnell took the extreme step of self-immolation for Palestine, Islamists denounced his support for Palestine saying that he was a ‘kafir’.