Hyderabad, Feb. 8 -- The Muslim community in India has faced growing challenges in recent years as various Hindutva outfit members or their sympathizers have started adopting the disturbing trend of using fake Muslim identities to harm Muslim reputations.

Siasat.com has documented several reports of Hindu men using Muslim names both online and during criminal operations to instigate hate against Muslim communities in India.

The series fits within a wider Hindutva extremist and its synthesizer strategy that aims to manipulate major public perception by creating evident links between Muslims and anti-national activities.

Siasat.com documents show how Hindu extremists sometimes choose Muslim names to fabricate criminal identities specific...