In June this year, the Hijab-wearing female students of Vishu Bharti School in Rainawari Srinagar were disallowed from entering the school premises for “ruining the atmosphere” there. The students later protested, saying they cannot abandon the Islamic dress code. The students added that they are being discriminated against in sports and other co- curricular activities in the school. However, it was not the first time that Kashmiri Muslims witnessed such an assault on their Muslim identity. India has long been trying to erase the Islamic identity of the region and its populace in an effort to Brahmanize it. India is not letting any religious institution function independently. From banning religious organizations to keeping people away from historic Masajid’s, the Indian government has been directly interfering in the religious matters of Kashmiris. In the month of June this year, we saw how the military administration in the valley organized Yoga sessions inside the premises of our revered shrines at Chraar-e-Shareef and Wahab Sahab in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. This brazen attempt of desecration was openly done without any regard for the sentiments of the inhabitants of Kashmir. In the same month, another egregious incident unfolded. The Indian Army stormed Rajab Sahab Masjid in Pulwama’s Zadoora village during the predawn hours, forcing worshipers there to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ a Hindu religious slogan that in India has been weaponized against the Muslim community. The echoes of their sacred chants now reverberate not as a testament to faith but as a haunting reminder of religious suppression. This Hindu slogan is being chanted by cow vigilantes while lynching Muslims and desecrating or demolishing their places of worship. In October this year, the military authorities in Pulwama demolished a religious seminary in Pulwama, another poignant symbol of Kashmiri spiritual life.