Scandal over statements by Modi’s party spokesman regarding the age of Muhammad’s wife. The controversy spreads to neighboring countries.

Religious polarization has a price. It is also very expensive. In the Narendra Modi administration, which began in 2014, the conflict between Hindus and Muslims has escalated with growing hostility towards the faithful of Muhammad. At the same time, however, the government continued to forge ever more substantial pacts and contracts with the Muslim countries of the Gulf and other regions of the world.