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ABES professor, who rebuked a student for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, invokes her Sanatani credentials to defend herself; Director says no action against the student

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ABES professor, who rebuked a student for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, invokes her Sanatani credentials to defend herself; Director says no action against the student

As outrage erupted on 20th October when Ghaziabad’s ABES Engineering College’s associate professor rebuked a student for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans during the college cultural festival and student induction program. The teacher in question, Mamata Gautam, has now issued a video statement addressing the controversy. Gautam, who had scolded the student for greeting the audience with a courteous ‘Jai Shri Ram’, has now invoked her Hindu credentials to defend herself.

Mamata Gautam said that she has no problem with the slogans of Jai Shri Ram and that she herself observes nine days fast during the Navratri festival. Gautam apparently made the video while sitting in a room with idols of Hindu gods behind her. The ABES Engineering College teacher claimed that the student who raised Jai Shri Ram slogan was arguing with her colleague and thus she stopped him from arguing.

“There was nothing like this. Me, my colleagues and my college people have no problem with the Jai Shri Ram slogan. Neither we have, nor we ever will have an issue with the slogan. That student (Lakshay Sharma) was arguing with my colleague and I went there and told him that he said this (Jai Shri Ram). And as a discipline and cultural coordinator, I told him that you only said this,” Professor Gautam said.

She further claimed that the casteist comments being made about her are disturbing her. Mamata Gautam asserted that she herself is a “Sanatani” and “Brahmin”.

“I am a Sanatani Brahmin and I am from Brij and as you all know Shardiye Navratri is going on. During the Navratris, we observe fast for nine days and perform the Pooja-paath. We don’t have any problem and will never have with slogans of Jai Shri Ram,” Gautam said.

The ABES associate professor further warned of legal action against those making casteist and religious comments about her as she claimed that such comments have mentally affected her.

Meanwhile, the Director of ABES college Sanjay Singh responded to the controversy. He said that a committee has been constituted to investigate the matter. He further added that no action will be taken against the student who said Jai Shri Ram. He added that further action will be taken based on the findings of the committee.

This comes after a student from ABES College of Engineering in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, was reprimanded by Mamta Gautam for greeting the audience at a college cultural fest named ‘Navtarang 2023-24′ with Jai Shri Ram slogans. As seen in the viral video, it was the audience that raised Jai Shri Ram slogans first and the student named Lakshay Sharma, who was on stage, had only said Jai Shri Ram in response.

However, this did not go well with Professors Shweta Sharma and Mamta Gautam. As seen in the video, Sharma stopped the student on stage from performing and rebuked him for raising Jai Shri Ram slogan at the event.

In a second video doing rounds on social media, Professor Shweta Sharma is seen addressing the audience after the student was removed. She said that everyone at the cultural event has gathered to have a “good time” and that there is no logic of raising Jai Shri Ram slogans there.

Sharma went on to assert that since the students have taken admission in a “premium college” like ABES, they should behave accordingly. She dismissed Jai Shri Ram slogans as “bekaar ki baatein”.

As reported earlier, the viral videos have triggered social media outrage with many questioning what was wrong in raising Jai Shri Ram slogans at a cultural event since Lord Shri Ram is an integral part of the Indian and Hindu culture.

Meanwhile, the Ghaziabad Police has taken cognisance over the matter after the video had gone viral and launched a preliminary investigation into the incident.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan mocks Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur, says Rohit Sharma asked DJ to not play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ as part of a strategy

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan mocks Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur, says Rohit Sharma asked DJ to not play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ as part of a strategy

In the 12th match of the ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023, India thrashed Pakistan comprehensively by 7 wickets with over 19 overs to spare. After being completely outplayed by India, Pakistan players and management were left with precious few excuses, and yet they managed to find one. Speaking after the game, Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur complained that he didn’t hear the DJ play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ too often during the match.

With his bizarre remark, Mickey Arthur has become a subject of jokes from former cricketers and fans alike. Talking about Arthur’s bizarre excuse, former England captain Michael Vaughan said, “Without doubt, Rohit Sharma’s best move, and the move that won them the game, and the Pakistan coach alluded to it afterwards, is Rohit obviously said to the DJ- Just do not play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’.

The Ashes winning captain further added, “If they played ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’, Pakistan were going to win. Do not play that song pre-match. Make sure they don’t hear that inspirational song that obviously makes them play so well.”

Praising Rohit Sharma for this “innovative” strategy while taking a dig at Arthur, vaughan said, “That was clever. Most captains don’t think of things like that. The DJs, the music. Rohit is ahead of his times.”

Vaughan was speaking during the ‘Club Prairie Fire‘ podcast with Adam Gilchrist. The former Australian great couldn’t stop laughing at this brutal dig at his compatriot and now Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur.

Vaughan is not the only ex-cricketer laughing at the strange excuse that was put forward by Mickey Arthur after the loss to India. During Pakistan’s loss to Australia, former Indian opener Akash Chopra also brought up the excuse and asked the DJ to play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ song when Pakistan was struggling to take a wicket during the Pakistan-Australia match.

After winning their first 2 matches, Pakistan have now lost back-to-back games and even their Net Run Rate has also been badly hit. Mickey Arthur will be hoping they can bounce back quickly and start winning again so that people forget his strange excuse.

Justin Trudeau ‘puts aside’ one lie to peddle another, now says India violated Vienna convention by asking diplomats to leave: How he is wrong, as usual

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Justin Trudeau ‘puts aside’ one lie to peddle another, now says India violated Vienna convention by asking diplomats to leave: How he is wrong, as usual

On Friday (20th October), amidst the escalating diplomatic tension between India and Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remarked that India’s move to revoke the diplomatic immunity of 41 Canadian diplomats constitutes a breach of the Vienna Convention. Justin Trudeau said that this is a matter that should concern all nations. Trudeau’s statement followed shortly after New Delhi dismissed Ottawa’s claim that the enforcement of parity amounted to a violation of global standards.

During a press conference in Brampton, Ontario, Justin Trudeau claimed that the Indian government’s actions were creating an “unbelievably difficult” situation, disrupting the normal lives of millions in both India and Canada. This, of course, does not make sense, just as most of what Trudeau says. He, as usual, provided no evidence to substantiate his figments of imagination – about the contravention of the Vienna convention or how India is making life difficult for millions in India and Canada.

‘India violated the Vienna Convention’: Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau said, “The actions that the government of India took this week are themselves contrary to international law. The government of India decided to unilaterally revoke the diplomatic immunity of 40 Canadian diplomats in India. This is a violation of the Vienna Convention governing diplomacy. This is, them choosing to contradict a fundamental principle of international law and diplomacy.” It is worth noting that he did not provide the section of the bylaw of the Vienna Convention that India had supposedly violated. This was another unsubstantiated allegation in the string of allegations that Trudeau has been making against India.

He added, “It is something that all countries in the world should be very worried about, and this is putting aside the allegations we made of a serious violation of international law with the alleged killing of a Canadian citizen on Canadian soil that the Indian government could have been involved in. This is a matter putting that aside that all countries should be concerned about.”

Justin Trudeau further said, “The government of India decided to cancel and revoke the diplomatic protection of 40 diplomats working in India. This is something that has far-reaching consequences for the diplomatic world that I know many many countries are very worried about. But it also has very weird impacts on millions of people.”

Essentially, in his statement, Justin Trudeau said that he was ‘putting aside’ one lie that he peddled against India (of the killing of Nijjar) just so he could peddle an entirely different lie – both without providing any evidence.

The same allegations were levelled by Canada Foreign Minister Melanie Joly

Canada Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced on Thursday (19th October) that Canada has removed 41 diplomats and their 42 family members, from India over the ongoing row between the two countries. 

She had said, “A unilateral revocation of diplomatic privilege and immunities is contrary to international law. It is a clear violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and threatening to do so is unreasonable and escalatory. If we allow the norm of diplomatic immunity to be broken no diplomats anywhere on the planet would be safe.”

India has already rejected these accusations

On Friday (20th October), the Indian Ministry of External Affairs rejected the Canadian government’s claim that India violated the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by asking Canada to remove 41 diplomats.

In a statement, MEA made it clear, “We have seen the Statement by the Government of Canada on October 19 regarding Canadian diplomatic presence in India. The state of our bilateral relations, the much higher number of Canadian diplomats in India, and their continued interference in our internal affairs warrant a parity in mutual diplomatic presence in New Delhi and Ottawa.”

“We have been engaged with the Canadian side on this over the last month In order to work out the details and modalities of its implementation…Our actions in implementing this parity are fully consistent with Article 11.1 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which states the following,” it further added.

What does the Vienna Convention say?

Article 11.1 of the Vienna Convention says [pdf], “In the absence of specific agreement as to the size of the mission, the receiving State may require that the size of a mission be kept within limits considered by it to be reasonable and normal, having regard to circumstances and conditions in the receiving State and to the needs of the particular mission.”

“We reject any attempt to portray the Implementation of parity as a violation of International norms,” the Indian Ministry of External Affairs clarified in its statement.

This is just another lie peddled by Justin Trudeau

On On 18th September, in a bizarre move, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed India for killing Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. This statement by Trudeau stretched the diplomatic relations between India and Canada. Justin Trudeau did not have any solid proof to back his claims. Furthermore, Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said as a consequence of the allegations, the Canadian government expelled a top Indian diplomat.

A month after peddling this lie, Trudeau has asked the world community to “put it aside” while giving the recent statement. What Trudeau is peddling by putting aside the earlier lie is just another lie that India violated the Vienna Convention while revoking the diplomatic immunity of 41 Canadian diplomats.

Australian fan wins hearts in Bengaluru, chants ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ during Australia-Pakistan World Cup match

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Australian fan wins hearts in Bengaluru, chants ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ during Australia-Pakistan World Cup match

On 20th October, Australia and Pakistan locked horns in a crucial World Cup encounter in the Indian city of Bengaluru. Australia eventually emerged victorious by 62 runs thanks to a huge opening partnership between David Warner and Mitchell Marsh. Not just on the ground, Australia won off the ground as well with their fans winning hearts in the stands.

During the course of the match, an Australian fan could be heard loudly chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ in the stands, warming the hearts of Indian fans around him.

The gesture by the Australian fan was widely appreciated on the ground, as well as on social media by the Indian fans.

This is not the first time that an Australian fan has won hearts in the stands during the ongoing World Cup. Earlier, during the match against Sri Lanka, Australian fans could also be seen chanting “Ganpati Bappa Morya” and “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”.

In the actual match itself, Australia posted a huge total of 367/9 in their 50 overs on the back of centuries by David Warner and Mitchell Marsh. In response, Pakistan could only score 305 before being bowled out in 45.3 overs. Leg spinner Adam Zampa starred for Australia picking up 4 wickets with the ball including the prized scalps of captain Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan.

Canada: Justin Trudeau gets booed during his visit to a Toronto mosque as Muslims try to force the PM to push for a ceasefire in Gaza

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Canada: Justin Trudeau gets booed during his visit to a Toronto mosque as Muslims try to force the PM to push for a ceasefire in Gaza

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was booed during his visit to a mosque in Toronto over his response to the Israel-Hamas war, The Toronto Sun reported. 
According to The Toronto Sun, Liberal MPs in Canada are joining calls by Muslim groups for Canada to push for a ceasefire in the region, while major Canadian Jewish groups have demanded Trudeau retract an earlier comment as lending credence to the claim by Hamas that Israel was responsible for an attack on a hospital in Gaza city. 

Additionally, the federal New Democrats, who entered into a confidence-and-supply agreement with the minority Liberal government last year, are also calling for a ceasefire. 

The Toronto Sun cited a video post on X by a Global News reporter which showed some people gathered in the mosque are heard saying “shame” during Trudeau’s visit on Friday and urging a facilitator not to let the Canadian PM speak at the podium. The video shows Trudeau addressing the dozens gathered, thanking them for allowing him to “pray alongside you in this difficult time,” the daily reported. 

The daily said that the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Trudeau attended the International Muslims Organization of Toronto on Friday “to show his support to those impacted in the Muslim community from the horrific events in the Middle East.” 

“Everyone is hurt and hurting, everyone is grieving, everyone is scared of what this means,” Trudeau told reporters on Friday in Brampton, Ontario when asked if his caucus is at odds over how the Liberals should respond. 

The Toronto Sun reported that the Toronto-area Liberal MP Salma Zahid, who is chair of the Canada-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group have written a letter to the Canadian PM that laid out certain demands in consideration of 33 MPs. 

The letter demands Canada to join the call for an immediate ceasefire, help facilitate the opening of a humanitarian corridor and stand up for international Law, which was signed by 23 backbench Liberal MPs, eight NDP MPs and both Green Party MPs. 

“International law is clear that innocent civilians and all those not taking part in the fighting must on no account be attacked and must be spared and protected,” the letter said. 

On Thursday, a dozen Muslim, Jewish and Arab MPs from the Liberal caucus met to discuss the conflict. 

Israel declared war against Hamas after the militant group killed 1,400 Israelis in a brazen attack on Oct. 7. Hamas, which Canada considers a terrorist organization, has control over the Gaza Strip, reported The Toronto Sun. 

Tensions have risen across the Middle East as Israel has retaliated with airstrikes and cut off the Palestinian territory’s access to water, food and electricity. The United Nations says this violates international humanitarian law.

PFI approaches Supreme Court challenging UAPA Tribunal’s decision to uphold 5-year ban on it imposed by centre

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PFI approaches Supreme Court challenging UAPA Tribunal’s decision to uphold 5-year ban on it imposed by centre

The Popular Front of India (PFI) has approached the Supreme Court challenging an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) tribunal confirming the five-year ban imposed on it by the Centre.

The hearing in the case was scheduled for today before the bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi, however, it got adjourned as the petitioner has circulated a letter for adjournment.

PFI in its petition has challenged the March 21 order of the UAPA tribunal by which it had confirmed the September 27, 2022 decision of the Centre to ban the organisation for five years.

The Centre had banned the PFI for five years for its alleged links with global terrorist organisations such as ISIS and trying to spread communal hatred in the country.

The Centre had declared as “unlawful association” the PFI and its associates, affiliates or fronts, including Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala.

The Central government is of the firm opinion that it is necessary to declare the PFI and its associates, affiliates or fronts as “unlawful association” with immediate effect under the UAPA, the notification had stated.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notification said some of the PFI’s founding members are the leaders of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), and the PFI has linkages with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). Both JMB and SIMI are proscribed organisations.

It said there were many instances of international linkages of the PFI with global terrorist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

The notification claimed that the PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts have been working covertly to increase the radicalisation of one community by promoting a sense of insecurity in the country, which is substantiated by the fact that some PFI cadres have joined international terrorist organisations.

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

Copyright infringement case filed against AR Rahman over PS-2 song ‘Veera Raja Veera’, Delhi HC orders him to submit raw recording of the song

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Copyright infringement case filed against AR Rahman over PS-2 song ‘Veera Raja Veera’, Delhi HC orders him to submit raw recording of the song

A Copyright violation case has been filed against music composer AR Rahman over the song ‘Veera Raja Veera’ from the movie Ponniyin Selvan Part-2. Indian classical singer Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar filed the copyright infringement suit against Rahman at the Delhi High Court. Hearing the case, the high court on Friday ordered Rahman to submit raw recording of the song.

Padma Shri awardee Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar has alleged that the song ‘Veera Raja Veera’ was copied from the song Shiva Stuti, which was composed by his father Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar and uncle Zahiruddin Dagar. Dagar filed the plea seeking credit for the song in all platforms whenever the song is played.

The court found that there were similarities in the two songs, and asked Oscar awardee AR Rahman to submit the raw version of his song. “You will have to produce your raw recording without the embellishments or computer-generated stuff,” Justice Singh told the counsel representing Rahman. The court said, “there is definitely some kind of similarity in the beat and the taal (rhythm), there is no doubt about it”.

After hearing the songs in question, the court said that that it was not making any observations on the dispute at this stage, but added that “there is definitely some kind of similarity in the beat and the taal, there is no doubt about it”.

The court said that plaintiff Dagar has attempted to establish infringement with the chart consisting of notations and beat, and Rahman would be required to respond to the same. In order to establish the claim of copyright infringement, Dagar’s counsel filed a chart before court comparing the musical notations of both the songs.

Dagar told the court that the rights in all the compositions of his father Nasir Faiyazuddin Dagar and uncle Zahirduddin Dagar belong to him. He said that he is a descendant of the family lineage of Dhrupad vocalists who have been singing in the Dagar Gharana for many generations. “Their style of singing has been described as the Dagar Vani and has a basis in Dhrupad classical music,” Dagar said in the plea.

Regarding the song in question, Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar claimed that Veera Raja Veera song was based on the Shiva Stuti composition which was composed by his father and his uncle in 1970s. It was performed by Dagar’s father and uncle in various international concerts including the one held at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam on June 22, 1978.  It was also part of the album Shiva Mahadeva by the Dagar Brothers and produced PAN Records, he told the court.

As he owns the rights of their creations, he prayed that an injunction should be granted against AR Rahman, the production companies Madras Talkies and Lyca Productions, and the music record label Tips Industries. He said that while the lyrics are different, both the songs have the same taal and beat, and therefore sought to restrain Rahman and the producers from using the composition.

Dagar’s counsel also said that in a brief telephonic conversation between Rahman and Dagar, Rahman had assured that he would try to resolve the issue, but nothing was done.

While Rahman’s counsel didn’t make any submission saying he would need to seek instructions, some of the other defendants have rejected the allegation, claiming that it is a traditional song and nobody can claim copyright over it.

Madras Talkies claimed that the song was a traditional song and Dagar is only attempting to earn money and gain publicity. they are attempting to arrive at an amicable resolution. Music label Tips Industries said that here was no originality claimed and the mere ‘manner of singing’ cannot be subject matter of copyright. However, they added that

The court listed the matter November 1 for next hearing.

YouTube channel ‘The Grade Cricketer’ removes clip of Australian ‘journalist’ comparing Indian cricket fans to Nazis. Here is what happened

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YouTube channel ‘The Grade Cricketer’ removes clip of Australian ‘journalist’ comparing Indian cricket fans to Nazis. Here is what happened

‘The Grade Cricketer’, a popular YouTube channel which primarily discusses Indian cricket, has removed the contentious clip of an Australian ‘journalist’ named Gideon Haigh comparing Indian cricket fans to ‘Nazi supporters.’

The said YouTube channel, run by two Australian cricket enthusiasts Sam Perry and Ian Higgins, had invited Haigh as a guest for its 250th episode titled ‘How Do You Beat India?’ on Tuesday (October 17)

At about 1 hour 23 minutes into the programme, the Australian ‘journalist’ claimed, “The sight of all those blue shirts at the Narendra Modi stadium the other night was bizarre. It looked like a Nuremberg rally, didn’t it?”

Gideon Haigh casually made the outrageous comparison between Indian cricket fans in blue jerseys and a rally of Hitler supporters in Nuremberg city of Germany during the Nazi era.

His comment was directed at the Indians, who watched the India Vs Pakistan match of the 2023 World Cup live at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 14th October. As expected, the Australian ‘journalist’ was slammed by netizens on social media.

Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra wrote, “Used to be a well-informed journalist. Seems like he stopped attending India World Cup games long back…even the ones that took place in Australia. I’m just waiting for some Indian journalists to use this to validate their own agendas.”

“This is such garbage from Gideon Haigh. I have criticized BCCI for a lot of bungling for this WC. But the home crowd coming out in Blue (the colour of India’s jersey) is a Nuremberg Rally? This is ignorant crap. The home crowd can’t wear the team colour now?” another X (formerly Twitter) user wrote.

Hindu advocacy group, SHHAN, tweeted, “If supporting home team is a Nazi-level crime, all countries including Australia are accused of having a “Nazi Nuremberg crowd.”

Following outrage on social media, The Grade Cricketer removed the contentious clip of Gideon Haigh. This is however not the first time that the Australian ‘journalist’ stirred the hornet’s nest with his contentious comments.

In February 2021, he wrote a 1000-word article titled ‘Ugly trend that can poison Indian cricket’ wherein he shared his pre-conceived beliefs about the Modi government as facts.

Haigh also lied about the farm laws to his predominantly Australian audience and whitewashed anarchy and violence as ‘peaceful protests.’ He cast aspersions on the integrity of Indian cricketers and played the ‘Muslim card’ to draw global sympathy.

Telangana: Hindu youths in Hyderabad thwart one Fareed Shah’s attempt to enter a Garba event by posing as Ashish

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Telangana: Hindu youths in Hyderabad thwart one Fareed Shah’s attempt to enter a Garba event by posing as Ashish

On Wednesday (18th October), Bajrang Dal activists stopped one Fareed Shah posing to be Ashish from entering a traditional Hindu Garba celebration held yearly at Hyderabad’s Begumpet Hockey Stadium by a mother-daughter team. The youth Fareed Shah was allegedly attempting to enter the event in order to lure some Hindu girl. For this purpose, he allegedly posed with a fake Hindu identity Ashish. Bajrang Dal members thwarted this attempt to initiate another case of love jihad in the city. A video of the incident went viral on social media.

Attorney Neelam Bhargava Ram, the joint convenor of the BJP Legal Cell for the Hyderabad district shared the video and wrote on his X handle, “Finally Hindus in Hyderabad witnessed what Hindu Dharma Rakshak Raja Singh warned about. By hiding his identity a Muslim entered the Dandiya event, and the Hindu Youths caught him and handed him over to the police.”

In this video, the Hindu activists are seen inquiring the Muslim youth for his identity proof. They also asked him why he was entering with a false name Ashish. According to reports, the youth was then handed over to the Begumpet police.

It is notable that, on 15th October, BJP MLA Raja Singh said, “The holy festival of Navratri has started now. It is considered a very auspicious occasion in our Hindu Dharma and it is a very joyous festival of ours. For nine evenings starting from here to Dashahara, the Navaratri festival and Garba Dandiya are celebrated all over India in various states. Today, I am going to Surat to inaugurate almost 15 different Dandiya festivals. My only message on this occasion is that this Dandiya Utsav is the celebration of our Hindu festival. Non-Hindus should not be allowed to enter the celebration. I am also giving this message to the people of Surat.”

Raja Singh added, “This is so because we have seen non-Hindus entering the Dandiya events by applying Tlak on their foreheads and targeting our Hindu daughters and sisters for their goal of love jihad. Therefore, it is our duty to spread awareness about this. Therefore, I urge the Dandiya event organisers that non-Hindus should not be allowed to enter the Dandiya celebrations. Aadhar Cards of the persons entering Dandiya celebrations should be checked and they should be made to consume Gomutra. If any non-Hindu enters the Dandiya pandal with the intention of love jihad, he should be beaten with shoes and thrashed away.”

Indian-origin doctor working at Bahrain hospital operated by Kerala-based group fired for pro-Israel tweets, arrested

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Indian-origin doctor working at Bahrain hospital operated by Kerala-based group fired for pro-Israel tweets, arrested

An Indian-origin doctor named Sunil J. Rao has been terminated from his position at a hospital in Bahrain and arrested after posting pro-Israel comments on social media amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. He was working as a specialist in internal medicine at the Royal Bahrain Hospital in Bahrain’s capital Manama. He wrote a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) on the ongoing war and expressed support for the Jewish state as it fights with the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Royal Bahrain Hospital issued a statement asserting that the doctor’s “tweets and ideology are personal and do not reflect the opinion and values of the hospital.” It further added, “This is a violation of our code of conduct, and we have taken the necessary legal actions, and his service has been terminated with immediate effect.”

Royal Bahrain Hospital is a private hospital located in the Salmaniya area in Manama. The largest hospital in Bahrain, Salmaniya Medical Complex, is located at Salmaniya, along with several private hospitals including the Royal Bahrain Hospital.

According to the country’s Ministry of Interior, the doctor was apprehended by the Anti-Cyber Crimes Directorate. A statement on the government website read, “The Anti-Cyber Crimes Directorate of the General Directorate of Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security announced the summon of an Asian, 50, for posting tweets on X platform containing insults of a religious nature, in violation of civil peace and social stability that could affect society’s security and safety. The Asian was arrested and legal proceedings are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution.”

He had already apologised for his remarks before the hospital’s response. He referred to his utterances as “insensitive” and conveyed, “As a doctor all lives matter. I respect this country its people and its religion deeply as I have been here for the past 10 years.”

The remarks were brought to the attention of Bahraini authorities by a user named Tanvir Ansari who highlighted the doctor’s religion in order to provoke his co-religionists and alleged, “This is a Hindu doctor working in Bahrain. He believes that Islam is a barbaric religion, Muslims are attacking Israel and Palestinians must be destroyed.” He tagged the country’s Ministry of Interior as well as the Information and e-Government Authority and asked them to “take note.”

Notably, the individual’s original account is blocked in India and he made the demand from a backup account which has a picture of Sharjeel Imam who called upon people to “agitate and cut off Assam and the Northeast from the rest of India” at an anti-CAA protest in 2020 and is presently behind bars. He was one of the faces behind the major Shaheen Bagh protest.

What the doctor actually posted

It is important to note that the doctor’s tweets were misrepresented by the extremist Muslim who twisted his words to portray him as anti-Muslim and against Palestine. He had merely denounced the terrorist attack on the civilians perpetrated by the terrorist outfit which left at least 1300 Israelis dead and thousands of others wounded including women babies and the elderly. Hamas also took hundreds of hostages comprising kids with them to use as bargaining chips in the violent dispute.

“#IsraelFightBack will do a scorched earth attack, plenty will be killed, displaced, Hamas will be destroyed (rightly so), then what? If I may ask,” he asked. His post was clearly anti-Hamas and wasn’t directed at Muslims or Palestine as it was deftly misrepresented by the radical Muslims to incite religious sensitivities.

He also reacted to a post by an Arab internet personality Loay Alshareef and voiced, “This is a very important question to answer, what is a proportional response? Which world religion allows for what was done to the Israelis? No whataboutery will help. What is proportionality? Capitulation in front of #HamasTerrporist?” He criticised the terror group for using religion as a tool to perpetuate heinous crimes against humanity and sided with Israel and its right to defend itself and retaliate after the unprecedented assault on its people.

Freedom of expression: Indians Muslims vs Hindus in Islamic Countries

There are unfair disparities when it comes to freedom of expression for Muslims living in India and Hindus staying in the Middle East. The former has the right to exploit the liberty and even to the point of abusing the latter and mocking their religion. Their vitriolic onslaught against the majority population knows no bounds, ranging from Muslim leaders to ordinary community members.

They share their disrespectful views on everyone from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to common Hindus, however, the same courtesy is not extended to Hindus in Islamic nations. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi who is the younger brother of party President Asaduddin Owaisi infamously announced in 2013 that if police were removed for 15 minutes, we (Muslims) would finish 100 crore Hindus. The comments gained him notoriety, but he continues to enjoy a public life and is an influential politician in his community.

The same sentiment was echoed by another leader and spokesperson of the party named Waris Pathan who issued a veiled threat in 2020 and declared, “We are 15 crores but be aware we can still dominate over 100 crore Hindus and imagine what we can do to you.”

Last year, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Nupur Sharma had to face death threats for merely responding to Taslim Ahmed Rehmani who was repeatedly making fun of Shivling in a debate on the disputed structure in Gyanvapi. She had quoted from revered Islamic texts but an edited video from the programme was later shared by regular fake news peddler Mohammed Zubair to dog whistle Islamists against her which resulted in “Sar Tan Se Juda” (beheading) protests across the country and multiple Hindus including Kanhaiya Lal from Udaipur, and Umesh Kolhe from Amravati lost their lives to fundamentalist Muslims.

Nupur Sharma has been forced to spend her life in secrecy since then while Taslim Ahmed Rehmani carried on to appear on debate shows and faced no repercussions for his bigoted comments.

The Chinese-funded Newslaundry columnist and extremist Sharjeel Usmani who casually calls Hindus “Sada Hua Samaj” (rotten community) equated ‘Jai Shree Ram’ to a war cry and alleged, that people who chanted the religious slogan were nothing but terrorists. He had termed Hindu society as completely rotten in a speech in 2021 while simultaneously claiming victimhood and oppression.

These are only a handful of instances of blatant Hinduphobia which is ever present on social media and in day-to-day life which is mostly incentivised and rarely challenged in the name of freedom of expression. Hindus, on the other hand, do not enjoy the same privileges and are always in danger of losing their lives or jobs due to Islamists.

The world is aware of the persecution of Hindus in Muslim-majority neighbouring states of India for being non-Muslims. The Hindus who live in the Gulf countries are at risk of losing their livelihoods and what they have worked for because their statement does not align with the expectations or displeases the majority community of that nation or their coreligionist in any part of the world as evident by the recent occurrence.

Meanwhile, fanatic Indian Muslims who harbour bigotry and hatred towards Hindus continue to offend and insult the majority population with near impunity, and they seldom ever face any repercussions for their actions.

Royal Bahrain Hospital and its ties with India’s KIMS Global

The Royal Bahrain Hospital is a part of the Indian-based KIMS (Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences) Global which has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. The healthcare organisation operates numerous hospitals and medical facilities throughout South India and the Gulf region.

It started off as KIMS Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital in Trivandrum which was launched in 2002 and expanded as the KIMS Global which went through an expansion in 2013 and opened centres in other parts of the state, Kollam, Kottayam, Perinthalmanna, and Kochi as well as in the Middle East, in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Dubai.

Now the group has 23 hospitals and medical centres in several counties. They have 6 hospitals and medical centres in Bahrain, including the Royal Bahrain Hospital established in 2011.

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