Shower Thought:Islam is seen as a religion in WB,TN and Kerala, as an ethnicity in rest of India

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Muslim Bengalis and Hindu Bengalis share the same language and culture...Same with Muslim Malayalis and Tamilians...But Muslims in rest of India large have a shared pan-Indian Urdu culture..they are seen as a seperate ethnicity, hence the violence