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Gujarat: Rikshaw driver Arif Mohammed abuses woman, unzips himself and claims police can’t do anything, wets himself after Vapi police arrest him: Details

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Gujarat: Rikshaw driver Arif Mohammed abuses woman, unzips himself and claims police can’t do anything, wets himself after Vapi police arrest him: Details

On May 31, a video went viral on social media in which a rikshaw driver was seen molesting a woman during an altercation. He also used abusive language for the police. Another video of the same man went viral on June 1 in which police arrested him.

As per reports, Arif operates a rikshaw near Gitanagar Railway Station in Vapi, Gujarat. He got into an altercation with a female rickshaw driver over getting passengers. During the altercation, Arif molested her. He could be seen trying to open his pants in front of the woman Rikshaw driver. He claimed the police could not do anything to him and used derogatory language for the police.

On May 31, the female driver had parked her Rikshaw near Railway Station. Arif Mohammed Abushaad Sayyed got into an altercation with her over getting passengers and started abusing and molesting her. His actions irked the female rickshaw driver who started recording video of the incident after which Arif opened his pants. He said, “Take the video of this too. Show it to the police. They cannot do anything to me”.

Soon a crowd gathered around the rickshaw and took Arif to the police station. Based on the woman’s complaint, an FIR was registered against him based which he was arrested.

After arresting Arif, police took him to the place where the incident took place and asked him to apologise in public. The video of him seeking forgiveness has gone viral on social media. In the video, a female journalist came close to Arif and asked, “What are your comments on police action? You had said police cannot touch you. However, it is now being said you wet your pants four times?” Arif was unable to answer and just nodded.

She further asked, “What are your comments on Valsad police? Will you molest a woman again? Are you going to underestimate police again?” Arif just said “no” in the reply.

IAMC, with links to Islamic terror orgs, extends support to wrestlers, along with Kashmiri terrorist Yasin Malik and anti-CAA Islamists: Details

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IAMC, with links to Islamic terror orgs, extends support to wrestlers, along with Kashmiri terrorist Yasin Malik and anti-CAA Islamists: Details

On May 31, Wednesday, Jamaat-e-Islami linked Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) posted a video on Twitter to empathise with the protesting wrestlers Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia whom Delhi police detained from the Jantar Mantra protest site on Sunday. Notably, the Delhi police cleared the protest site on Sunday, May 28, after the protestors and their supporters breached the security cordon while trying to march towards the new parliament building for a ‘Mahila Samman Mahapanchayat.’

Further, in their desperation to demonise the Modi govt and portray them as ‘fascists,’ the Islamist outfit, which has a long history of lobbying against India, brazenly went on to extend their unwavering support to Islamists who had tried their hardest to push their anti-India agenda and create anarchy in India during the anti-CAA protests that engulfed that country’s capital in years 2019-2020.

The first caption added to the 2.41-second video IAMC posted read, “From assaulting protesting students at Jamia Millia Islamia University to detaining and harassing top wrestlers of the country, here’s how Modi suppressed dissent in India.”

In the above 2.41-second movie, IAMC carefully cherry-picked video snippets of PM Modi’s inauguration of the new parliament building, as well as scenes from the wrestlers’ detention by Delhi police in Jantar Mantar, the anti-CAA protest, and the farmer’s protest. It used meticulously phrased captions to weave together a story portraying the Modi govt as anti-Muslim.

The video began with the glorification of anti-CAA Islamists like Burkha Dutt’a ‘shero’ Aysha Renna and Kashmiri separatist terrorist Yasin Malik. It began showing how during the anti-CAA protest, the Delhi police, working at the behest of the Modi govt, used brute force to suppress dissenting voices like that of Yasin Malik and anti-CAA Islamist Aysha Renna. This part of the clip carried a caption, “From Jamia Milia to Wrestlers Protest: How Modi suppressed dissent.”

Aysha Renna is one of the two ‘sheroes’ of controversial journalist Barkha Dutt, who had called India ‘fascist’ because the terrorist Yakub Memon was hanged to death after he was convicted for his involvement in the Mumbai Blasts that killed hundreds of people. It may be recalled that at the time when controversial journalist Barkha Dutt was trying to elevate female students of Jamia Milia Islamia University, Ladeeda Farzana and Aysha Renna as national ‘heroes’ after a video had gone viral showing them protecting a male student from police lathi charge during the anti-CAA protests, OpIndia had exposed the Jihadi ideologies of these Barkha Dutt’s ‘sheroes’.

The radical Islamist group, which has links with banned terror organizations such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Jamaat-e-Islami, further went on to add cherrypicked video clips from the farmer’s protest and anti-CAA protests that happened in Delhi in 2019, 2020 and 2021 and drew parallels between them and the Sunday scuffle between the Delhi police and the protesting wrestlers to show Modi as ‘fascist.’

It inserted clips of PM Modi inaugurating the new parliament building on Sunday, May 28 to insinuate that the Modi govt was indulging in a vanity project while wrestlers were being ‘mistreated’. It is important to note here that the wrestlers were detained not because they are not allowed to protest but because there was a security detail in place and protestors of any hue are not allowed to break the law.

Following that, the video showed Delhi police actions against Jamia Millia University students and farmers protesting during the anti-CAA and farmers’ agitations, respectively. The Islamist outfit conveniently used clips that portrayed these ‘students’ and farmers as victims, ignoring the numerous videos and pictures that had emerged showing how these protests, which eventually turned aggressive and violent, were a concerted effort to push India into anarchy by Islamists and Khalistanis respectively.

The video concluded with images of PM Modi receiving the Sceptre (Sengol) during the inauguration of the new parliament building and him with HM Amit Shah. It added prejudiced and hateful captions like, “BJP’s message is clear- dissent of all kinds will be suppressed” and “A regime that places its own interests over the interests of the people” to demonise Modi as someone who takes exception to ‘dissent,’ an over-used rhetoric hackneyed by the country’s elite cabal of liberals and Islamists ever since Modi assumed power in 2014.

The Islamist organisation IAMC essentially decided to invoke empathy for the Islamists who carried out a sinister plan to instigate a civil war in India over the NRC and CAA and paint Modi as a tyrant by using Sunday’s episode in Jantar Mantar. We have, however, witnessed, how protests like the one launched against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the Farmer’s Laws had evolved into a tool for anti-India elements to create an opening through opposition parties and use it to make inroads into the country with the hope of destroying it from within.

The sordid legacy of the anti-CAA and farmers’ protests

The anti-CAA protests allowed the Islamists to raise their ugly agenda in India, designed to divide the country and target Hindus who are considered Kafir in Islam. These protests were heavily funded by Islamists, Jihadi organisations and even elements from outside India. The protests allowed the ‘tukde tukde’ gang to propagate their agenda under the spotlight. The intentions were clear, these Islamists with tactical support from anti-India elements and members of the opposition parties wanted to burn the country to pull down a democratically elected government.

It was evident that no incident of violence during the anti-CAA protest was a stand-alone incident. It was evident that every cluster of violence had been planned carefully and executed. This well thought and carefully devised anti-government propaganda ultimately culminated in the anti-Hindu Delhi riots that claimed the lives of over 50 people. These protests basically paved a smooth path for the Islamists and Leftists to not only claim the lives of Hindus and subvert an entire nation, and then, play the victim.

Similarly, the farmers’ protests which started in November 2020, left in their wake losses, incidents of rapes, riots, murders and a brazen undermining of democracy. From business losses to the tune of Rs 60,000 crores to the egregious subversion of the elected government, to the insidious resurgence and manifestation of Khalistani sentiments and to a host of criminal activities such as rapes, murders, riots etc., the farmers’ agitation has been a grave assault on the national security, public exchequer and our fundamental values that are enshrined in the Indian Constitution. 

By painting heroes of the Islamsits like Kashmiri separatist terrorist Yasin Malik and Burkha Dutt’a ‘shero’ Aysha Renna, who played active roles in pushing the country into anarchy and complete chaos during the anti-CAA protest, IAMC is playing an active role in justifying not only the violence but also shifting blame from the Islamists to the government at large.

Burkha Dutt’a ‘sheroes’ Ladeeda Farzana and Aysha Renna and their jihadi ideologies

The female students of Jamia Milia Islamia University, Ladeeda Farzana and Aysha Renna, had become ‘sheroes’ of Barkha Dutt after a video had gone viral showing them protecting a male student from a police lathi charge. The incident happened during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest that had turned violent, prompting police to use force to control the situation.

Despite the Jihadi ideologies of Barkha Dutt’s ‘sheroes’ from Jamia already exposed by OpIndia and social media users, the controversial journalist continued to refuse to accept their reality.

After Barkha Dutt made the students heroes, whom she calls ‘sheroes’, and interviewed them, social media users were quick to find that these students harboured jihadi ideologies.

People discovered that Aysha Renna had called India ‘fascist’ because the terrorist Yakub Memon was hanged till death after he was convicted for his involvement in the Mumbai Blasts that killed hundreds of people.

Ladeeda Farzana, who used the name Ladeeda Shakhaloon for her social media accounts, had openly given calls for jihad. She had said that people should “learn about our ‘Jihad’”. She also glorified the early Muslims who had scored victories against ‘Kaafirs’. Aysha Renna had shared these jihadi and anti-India posts of Ladeeda.

Who is Yasin Malik whom IAMC is eulogizing

On May 25, terrorist and Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Special NIA court for terror funding activities in Jammu and Kashmir. On May 10, he pleaded guilty to all charges, including those under the stringent Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act (UAPA), before a Delhi Court in a case related to terrorism and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir that convulsed the Valley in 2017. He had admitted that he was involved in terrorist activities, had also hatched criminal conspiracies, and that the sedition clauses against him were also correct.

He has been active in Kashmir politics and is one of the key instigators and secessionist leaders in the Kashmir valley. He is the chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), an outfit that was banned shortly after the Pulwama attack. He was accused of kidnapping former Union Home Minister Mufti Mohammed Saeed’s daughter Rubiya Saeed in 1989 and of killing 5 IAF personnel in early 1990. He also was involved in the killing of Justice Neelkanth Ganju, the judge who had ordered the death sentence for JKLF terrorist Maqbool Bhatt, and the murder of the former director of Doordarshan Kendra in Srinagar, Lassa Kaul.

Terrorist Yasin Malik has been one of the primary figures who led the Kashmiri Hindu genocide in the 1990s.

Despite his terror links and his involvement in the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley, the erstwhile governments, and the left-liberal media establishment have often tried to portray Yasin Malik as a peace icon and ‘messiah’ of the Kashmiris.

IAMC and its dubious history

For the uninitiated, Rasheed Ahmed is the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council, Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a radical Islamist group that has alleged links with banned terror organizations such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and has a long history of lobbying against India.

The IAMC is a Jamat-e-Islami-backed lobbyist organisation claiming to be a rights advocacy group. In the past, it had reportedly collaborated with and even paid money to various groups in the USA to get India blacklisted by the USCIRF (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom). A detailed report by Disinfo Lab has exposed its links with the terror outfit Jamat-e-Islami.

IAMC founder Shaik Ubaid and member Abdul Malik Mujahid have headed the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the US front for Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan. According to DisInfo Lab, ICNA has established links with Pakistan-based terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba. Rasheed Ahmed, who heads the IAMC currently, was the former executive director of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA). IMANA’s Director of Operations is Zahid Mahmood, an ex-Pak Navy official.

IAMC had been caught spreading fake news and misinformation to further the Islamist cause in India. It had also been slapped with the UAPA in 2021.

Madhya Pradesh: Hindu and Jain girls found wearing hijab in posters and photos of a private school in Damoh, government orders probe

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Madhya Pradesh: Hindu and Jain girls found wearing hijab in posters and photos of a private school in Damoh, government orders probe

A major controversy erupted in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh after it was claimed that a private school is forcing students to wear a “hijab.” The accusations were made following the publication of an advertisement for Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School in Damoh on 31 May that featured meritorious students including Hindu and Jain girls wearing headscarves that looked like hijab.

Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School is a private, English-medium established in ward number 4 of the Futera neighbourhood in the Damoh region. The names of outstanding students from the school, both boys and girls, were listed on the posters that were doing the rounds on social media. Three of the eighteen were boys, while the remainder were girls. Four of the fifteen girls were from the Jain and Hindu communities and all of them were sporting hijabs, or head scarves, on their heads.

The District Magistrate (DM) Mayank Agarwal, however, dismissed the charges, alleging that they were simple misinformation and that there was nothing untoward discovered during the initial inquiries. In response to the tweet, the Superintended on Police (SP) Damoh commented that “the allegations were not proved on the investigation.”

The official then posted that an inquiry committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Tehsildar Damoh in the case and it has been directed to submit its report.

Priyank Kanoongo, the head of the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) tweeted, “A complaint has been received about a school in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district forcing Hindu and other non-Muslim girls to wear burqas and hijabs in the name of school uniforms. Cognizance of this is being taken and instructions are being sent to Collector Damoh and Superintendent of Police, Damoh for necessary action.”

The NCPCR chief took note of the situation and yesterday sent a notice (number DD6270) to the DM seeking an action report within a week.

According to the notice, the principal areas that are to be looked into are whether the school had the authorisation to permit hijabs as a dress code, the videos of students reciting religious prayers found by the commission, the violation of Article 28(3) of the Indian Constitution by the school administration and the monetary support obtained by the institution.

Copy of the notice issued by the NCPCR to the DM Damoh. (Source: Organiser)

Article 28(3) mentions that no person who is attending an institution recognised by the State, or that is receiving aid from state funds shall be requested to indulge in any religious instruction that may be imparted in any such institution.

“In the matter of Hindu girls being shown in hijab in Ganga Jamuna School in Damoh, the District Education Officer and the local police officer investigated the matter but found nothing. However, in view of the seriousness of the matter, the Superintendent of Police has been instructed to thoroughly investigate the entire matter,” informed state Home Minister, Dr Narottam Mishra.

The school management immediately removed the banner from the building once its photograph went viral on social media.

Images show the poster was removed from the school building later. (Source: Organiser)

Notably, Hindu organisations have been protesting against the school administration since 2021. They claimed that the pupils were taught as if the school was a Madrasa. Hindu girls were made to wear hijab and boys were instructed how to recite namaz. The school administration has not yet been subject to any legal action.

School photos of students uploaded by teachers on Facebook and Instagram reveal that the females are donning the hijab on sports day and not all of them belong to the Muslim community. Their heads are covered in the annual class pictures that are shared on Facebook. Those who didn’t put on hijabs kept a dupatta on their heads.

Picture of the school sports event. (Source: Organiser)

The yearly photograph. (Source: Organiser)

The students can be seen singing Muhammad Iqbal also known as Allama Iqbal’s poems like Sare Jahan Se Accha and Lab Pe Aai Hai Dua in footages. The girls are wearing hijabs and they start their recitation with an Islamic greeting.

Girls are decked out in green, white, and saffron hijabs at 2022 Independence Day celebrations. Dupattas are worn on the heads by those who are not covered with the hijab.

A girl can be heard welcoming the function’s chief guest, MP Tiwari, as well as the school’s director, Haji Mohammad Idri, the vice president of the Ganga Jamna Welfare Society, Haji Abdul Razzaq, and the cashier of the Ganga Jamna Society, Haji Mohammad Mushtaq.

Sixty per cent of the students enrolled at the school are Hindus, and their parents have no objections to the arrangement, per Station House Officer Damoh Kotwali, Vijay Singh Rajput, who visited the school on May 31 along with District Education Officer (DEO), Santosh Mishra. He stated that the poster had been taken down when they arrived at the school.

Onkar Singh and Dr Nivedita Sharma, two Madhya Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MPSCPCR) members, also voiced doubts on the aforementioned issue. The latter said, “SCPCR is receiving such complaints from across the state. I myself have gone to many places, and the government has also taken action at its level. An investigation of some is going on, and in some cases, the commission has also written to the government, and notices have also been issued to such institutions. In this case, we will also find out the real truth.”

“I have such evidence that proves that Hindu girl students have been presented in the flex imposed by the school management. Posters were pasted on the walls of this school. In this case, the members of the commission will also go to the school and meet the girls,” added the former.

Hindu groups protested outside the district collector’s office, proclaiming that the school compels Hindu female pupils to wear the hijab. They submitted a memorandum demanding the cancellation of the school’s registration.

“Your officers have probably been bought. The police removed this board in the night. Under whose pressure are you,” Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Central India Prant Prachar Pramukh Jitendra Singh Chauhan wrote to Collector Damoh. Sharing the poster he asked, “Respected sir, what do you have to say about this poster? This is on the wall of the school, even after all of this, if the administration closes its eyes, then it is love for a particular religion,” he asserted.

Meanwhile, the allegations have been refuted by the school’s owner, Mustaq Khan, who insisted that the headscarf was part of the dress code and that no one was forced to wear it.

It is important to note that Hindu activists have already expressed their displeasure with the school and its imposed religious practices. The DM received a memorandum from VHP members back in September 2021.

They reported that students at Ganga Jamna School are coerced into receiving an education along Madarsa lines. The school mandated the girls to cover up with the hijab and ordered the boys to offer namaz. Verses from the Quran were written in Arabic within the classroom. The document highlighted numerous similar problems, but as of now, nothing has been done against the school administration.

Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Chouhan lays the foundation stone of Grand Devi Lok in Salkanpur, See the mesmerising images

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Madhya Pradesh: CM Shivraj Chouhan lays the foundation stone of Grand Devi Lok in Salkanpur, See the mesmerising images

On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone of the Grand Devi Lok in Salkanpur at Vijayasan Devi Temple. This comes after the development of Mahakal Lok in Ujjain in the state. The state government has allocated over Rs 200 crore for the construction of a spectacular Devi Lok. Following the foundation stone laying ceremony, CM Chouhan also addressed the crowd of over one lakh devotees that gathered from near and far to witness the historic moment. 

“It is our responsibility to take our Dharma and culture forward, and for this, the MP government, and I as humble servant, along with my team would leave no stone unturned to accomplish this goal,” CM Chouhan said. 

The Madhya Pradesh CM also reiterated the story of how Goddess Durga slayed demon Raktbeej and earned the name Vijayasan.

“We are nobody to do anything, it is Maa Vijayasan who does it all. It is at this place only where the Devtas prayed to the Goddess to slay Raktbeej and then she appeared in her deadliest manifestation and killed the demon here, and then the devtas offered a victorious Ma Durga the aasan (seat) on this mountain and that’s how the name Vijayasan came about,” CM Chouhan said as he prayed for the destruction of the evil and protection of the good.

CM Chouhan also paid a visit to the replica of Mata Vijayasan Temple. The Chief Minister also took part in Maa Vijayasan’s musical Rath Yatra.

Interestingly, to mark the participation of every devotee of Maa Viijayasan, in the construction of the Devi Lok, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan started a Rath Yatra to collect Shilas (stones) and bricks which would be used in the construction of the holy abode of the divine. 

Moreover, the sacred soil of the 52 Shaktipeeths has been brought to Salkanpur. In addition to the picturesque temple structure, replicas of 64 Yoginis, nine forms of Nava Durga, Devi Mahatma, Durga Saptashati, and different Shaktipeeths and verses will be carved in the main temple premises, at an estimated cost of Rs 166 crore. The BJP government has also decided to build shops along Manidvipa, parking, and modern ropeways in addition to the Nav Durga corridor that will be developed along the temple premises road. 

Architectural model of the Devi Lok project

The Devi Lok in Salkanpur will perfectly encapsulate India’s cultural richness and become a major spiritual centre for Hindus. As seen in the project’s breathtaking pictures, the Devi Lok’s magnanimity and modern design without jeopardising the sanctity of the temple’s spiritual essence are remarkable.

“Under the Manidvipa in Devi Lok, 64 Yogini Plaza, Fountain Plaza, and tourist assistance centres will be built. The 64 Yogini replicas will be exhibited in the form of murals,” CM Chouhan said. 

Notably, on May 23, 2022, the Chief Minister performed bhoomi-pujan of several development projects worth Rs 43 crore 69 lakh 72 thousand in Salkanpur. This includes the construction of parking near the Shiva temple at Devidham Salkanpur at a cost of Rs 6 crore 41 lakh and various Shiva temple development and beautification of the temple complex at a cost of Rs 16 crore 99 lakhs including the renovation of Bhojshala and Surya Dwar.

Furthermore, the project includes the development of a fairground for Rs 11 crore 55 lakhs, an extension of Singh Dwar and lake beautification, and the construction of 125 new shops for Rs 8 crores 74 lakhs. In addition to this, six majestic entrance gates are also being built. The road will also be constructed to cut short the walking distance to just ten minutes.

Following the completion of Devi Lok, worshippers will have access to additional food and lodging facilities. The original temple in Siddha Kshetra Salkanpur would remain intact.

It is interesting to note that Madhya Pradesh celebrated Devi Lok Mahotsav from 29 May to 31st May. This included Shila and Chunri Yatra on May 28 and several competitions as well.

Mahakaleshwar Corridor 

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh is committed to promoting and preserving the promote cultural and religious sites in the state. In October last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first phase of the Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor in Ujjain. 

Besides Varanasi’s Vishwanath temple and Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath shrine, Mahakal temple is the third ‘jyotirlinga’ temple to undergo extensive renovations under the Modi government. The Rs 800-crore Mahakal corridor is four times the size of the Kashi Vishwanath corridor.

Congress faces criticism as US citizens linked to anti-India Islamic organisations organise registration to meet Rahul Gandhi

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Congress faces criticism as US citizens linked to anti-India Islamic organisations organise registration to meet Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader and disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi is currently in the United States ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The Indian Overseas Congress has organised multiple meet and greet sessions of Rahul Gandhi across the country for his week-long trip.

On June 4, Gandhi is scheduled to speak at Javits Centre in New York and the US-based IOC is working extensively to make it a successful meeting. However, a certain registration form that is being circulated on social media has raised eyebrows.

Now-closed registration form calling Muslims to attend event of Rahul Gandhi in the US. Source: Google Forms

A registration form urging Muslims living in different areas around New York to attend the event was being circulated on social media. The said form is different from what is being shared by the Indian Overseas Congress on the official website of Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the US.

Indian Overseas Congress’s official form inviting registration for Rahul Gandhi’s event. Source: IOC

In the said form, which has now been closed for registration, the list of persons whom people can contact for more information has raised concerns as it contains the names of people who have alleged links to anti-India activities. List of people and mosques that have called for the registration are Tazeem Ansari and Niaz Khan of Masjid Al-WALI/MCNJ North Edison Woodbridge TWP NJ, Jaweed Syed, Habeeb Siddiqui and Mir Quadri of Masjid MCMC South Edison/Piscataway / East Brunswick NJ, Mohammed Aslam and Minhaj Khan of ISCJ/MCGP South Brunswick/ Kendall Park/Princeton NJ, Aquil Mohammed and Nazeer Syed of Masjid Sadar Sayreville/Old Bridge NJ and Shaheen Khateeb and Hashir Qazi of  (Darul Islah) Teaneck NJ.

As of now, the registration from the controversial form has been closed.

Source: Google Forms

According to a detailed thread by the Twitter user and OSINT account Disinfo Lab, MCNJ is led by Imaam Jawad Ahmed, Project Director of Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) who is of Pakistani origin. Notably, ICNA is a radical Islamist organisation that has connections to Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan. They have glorified Islamic terrorists including Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin for his views on separating Kashmir from India. Not to forget, his sons were removed from government offices in 2021. Furthermore, his son Syed Shakeel Yousuf was arrested by the security agencies in India in a terror funding case in 2018. Salahuddin also had links with Mehraj-ud-Din, a suspect in the Kandahar plane hijack in 1999.

The second name highlighted by Disinfo Lab was Mohammed Aslam, who is a member of the Muslim Center of Greater Princeton (MCGP), a close partner of ICNA. The Twitter user highlighted that fronts like Justice For All operate under ICNA. Recently, OpIndia reported how ICNA was propagating Islam in prisons in the US and converting prisoners. Furthermore, they were found running fundraisers for distributing Islamic literature, hijab, and other Islamic items in the prison. ICNA is consistently indulged in anti-India activities and often posts anti-Hindu and anti-India statements on social media.

The third name that raised eyebrows was Minhaj Khan who is linked to the anti-India lobbying group Indian American Muslim Council or IAMC. OpIndia has covered IAMC and its anti-India activities in detail.

Disinfo Lab pointed out how IAMC’s Exec Dir Rasheed Ahmed is also the Executive Director of another Jamaat-affiliated organisation named Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA). During Covid, IMANA organised a fundraising campaign in the name of helping India and allegedly siphoned off the money. OpIndia did a detailed report on its dubious activities during the Covid pandemic in 2021.

IMANA has links to retired officers of the Pakistani Army and Naval officers. It also has connections to terrorist organisations including Juzbul Mujahideen and LeT.

Furthermore, in 2017, IMANA’s members, according to Disinfo Lab, have been members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s front Islamic Society of North America or ISNA. Notably, Canada Revenue Agency implicated ISNA Canada in 2017 for funding the charity wing of the terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.

IAMC and Rahul Gandhi

Interestingly, this is not the first time IAMC has been linked to Rahul Gandhi. In March 2023, when Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Lok Sabha following his conviction and sentencing of two years, IAMC came out in his support and called it proof of India being a ‘fascist’ nation.

IAMC issued a statement condemning the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha. In the statement, IAMC claimed that the defamation case against Gandhi was designed to harass and intimidate him. The organisation called his disqualification a “grave injustice and clear manifestation of the ruling party’s desperation to maintain its hold on power, decimate the opposition, and silence dissenting voices.”

IAMC and its dubious history

For the uninitiated, Rasheed Ahmed is the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a radical Islamist group that has alleged links with banned terror organisations such as the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and has a long history of lobbying against India.

The IAMC is a Jamat-e-Islami-backed lobbyist organisation claiming to be a rights advocacy group. In the past, it had reportedly collaborated with and even paid money to various groups in the USA to get India blacklisted by the USCIRF (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom). A detailed report by Disinfo Lab has exposed its links with the terror outfit Jamat-e-Islami.

IAMC founder Shaik Ubaid and member Abdul Malik Mujahid have headed the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the US front for Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan. According to DisInfo Lab, ICNA has established links with Pakistan-based terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba. Rasheed Ahmed, who heads the IAMC currently, was the former executive director of the Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA). IMANA’s Director of Operations is Zahid Mahmood, an ex-Pak Navy official.

Jharkhand: Minor girl raped and thrown in a well in Giridih, police detain one Kaif Ansari after the victim took his name before her death

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Jharkhand: Minor girl raped and thrown in a well in Giridih, police detain one Kaif Ansari after the victim took his name before her death

In the Giridih district of Jharkhand, a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped and thrown into a well on the night of Sunday, May 28. The minor was rescued from the well the next morning, however, the girl died while being taken to the hospital. Police have taken one Kaif Ansari in custody. 

Reportedly, the matter pertains to the Baidapuri village of Birni police station precinct wherein the victim had returned from the birthday party of former head Sulochana Devi’s son along with her family members at around 12 am on Sunday. After coming back home, everyone went to sleep in their rooms, while the victim and her grandmother slept in one room. Later, when the victim’s grandmother woke up at around 2 am, the minor girl was missing. The family started searching for her, however, to no avail. Her phone was also found switched off.

On Monday, around 7 a.m., a man named Hatim Ansari called a local teacher named Mahesh Kumar near Qurban Ansari ka Kuan, where the victim was found alive. The location is around 2 km from the girls house. Following this, Mahesh notified the victim’s family, and the girl was rescued by Hatim Ansari and other locals present.

Both her legs were broken after falling into the well, her clothes were also torn, and she was found unconscious. The rescued victim was repeatedly calling out Kaif’s name. The victim died while her family members were taking her to the hospital. According to the family members of the deceased victim, their daughter was dumped in the well to remove evidence of gang rape.

Meanwhile, Birni police inspector Navin Singh has informed that one Kaif Ansari has been taken into custody and is being questioned by the police, adding that investigation is on. He said that the perpetrators will not be spared.

The deceased victim’s body has been sent for postmortem at Sadar Hospital in Giridih. Upon learning about the incident the locals gathered at the victim’s house. Meanwhile, local BJP leaders also visited the victim’s house. 

The incident sparked outrage amongst locals as they took out a protest march on Wednesday. 

Meanwhile, the former chief minister of Jharkhand and BJP leader Babulal Marandi said that there is resentment amongst the locals against the police over their dismal action in the matter. He also urged Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to shun his appeasement politics and ensure justice.

“Mohammad Kaif Ansari and Mohammad Ashiq Ansari gang-raped a Hindu minor girl student in Baidapahari village of Giridih district of Jharkhand and threw her into a well. The girl student died. Today people took out a march in protest against her. @JharkhandPolic. There is a lot of resentment among the people due to the unsatisfactory action taken by the government. Chief Minister Hemant Soren ji, come out of the compulsion of appeasement. Make arrangements to give severe punishment to the criminals,” Marandi tweeted in Hindi.

Taking to Twitter, BJP leader Sunil Deodhar shared a video of the protest march by the locals and wrote, “Mohammad Kaif Ansari and Mohammad Ashiq Ansari raped a Hindu minor girl student and threw her into a well in Baidapahri village of Giridih district. People took out a march against him. The people of Jharkhand will not forgive Chief Minister Hemant Soren who is doing appeasement politics.”

Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress posts fake survey on Twitter to claim that Kamal Nath will return to power with a heavy majority

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Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress posts fake survey on Twitter to claim that Kamal Nath will return to power with a heavy majority

On 1 June 2023, the Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress resorted to a fake image to claim that an opinion poll has predicted that Congress will win the next assembly election in Madhya Pradesh. They doctored images from visuals of ABP News to make the claim, but was immediately caught by netizens.

The MP Youth Congress on Twitter posted ‘screenshots’ from a ABP News broadcast of an opinion poll, which says in Hindi that according to the survey, Kamal Nath can return to power with a heavy majority. Another screenshot posted by them says that 87% of people have selected Congress leader Kamal Nath as their first choice for the post of CM of Madhya Pradesh. It says that Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Jyotiraditya Scindia have been selected by 10% and 3% of people.

However, the screenshots are filled with errors, making it obvious that they are doctored and not real. In the snapshot saying that Kamal Nath can return to power with a heavy majority, the Hindi word bhari has been misspelt. Moreover, ABP News used a 3D format for the visuals, where the text is tapered towards the centre of the screen, to create an illusion of two walls of digital graphics.

But the text in the image posted by MP Youth Congress is straight, and it does not match the style of the rest of the screen.

Netizens also dug out the original image used by the MP Youth Congress to create the image. It was taken from the broadcast of ABP News Lokniti CSDS Survey on Gujarat done in 2017, ahead of the assembly elections in the state. The visual that the Congress used actually says that BJP can return to power in Gujarat with a heavy majority.

Screenshot from Actual ABP News broadcast in 2018

The visual can be seen after 18 minutes in the video uploaded on the YouTube channel of ABP News.

From the attire and body language of the anchor seen on the screen, it can be ascertained that MP Youth Congress used a snapshot of the same program to create the fake image.

The other image saying 87% people have named Kamal Nath as their first choice as CM is also fake, as there is no ABP News Survey with this result. The most recent survey on the CM’s choice in Madhya doe by ABP News was in 2018, ahead of the assembly elections later that year.

In that survey, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was picked by 37% of respondents and Jyotiraditya Scindia was selected by 24% of respondents. On the other hand, only 10% of people had named Kamal Nath as their choice in the survey done by ABP News-Lokniti CSDS.

Madhya Pradesh assembly elections as scheduled for January next year, and there is no record of any survey done by ABP News for the upcoming polls.

MP Youth Congress later deleted the tweet with the fake survey.

Uttar Pradesh: 4 Hindu temples, one of them 100 years old, 12 murtis found vandalized in Bulandshahr, locals demand action

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Uttar Pradesh: 4 Hindu temples, one of them 100 years old, 12 murtis found vandalized in Bulandshahr, locals demand action

On Thursday, 4 Hindu temples in the Bulandshahar city of Uttar Pradesh stood vandalized after which enraged local Hindu organizations protested and demanded strict action against the miscreants who attacked the temples. The miscreants are also said to have vandalized 12 idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses.

According to the reports, the incident is said to have happened in the Baral late Wednesday night. The locals informed the Police after they discovered that four temples were vandalized. The Police immediately reached the spot and sealed the temple premises. The officers have also launched an investigation into the case and have assured the local Hindu organizations to identify and nab the miscreants.

As per the preliminary information, the locals suspect that the miscreants deliberately attacked the temples with the intention to destroy the peace of the society. The incident came to the fore only after some of the Hindus visited the temple early morning on Thursday and saw that the idols of Hindu Gods and Goddesses had been vandalized. Later they came to know that total of four temples in the city had been vandalized.

The video of the incident is making rounds on social media in which idols of Lord Shiva and Lord Hanuman can be seen in desecrated condition. One of the temples which has been attacked by the miscreants is assumed to be 100 years old.

The Hindu organizations who protested after the incident stated that the sentiments of Hindus had been hurt. The Hindu members also called for strict action in the case. SP Surendranath Tiwari confirmed the incident and assured that all the miscreants will be arrested and punished as per the law.

Naseeruddin Shah whines about dull performance of movies made by liberal filmmakers, rants against The Kerala Story with a bizarre comment about Nazi Germany

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Naseeruddin Shah whines about dull performance of movies made by liberal filmmakers, rants against The Kerala Story with a bizarre comment about Nazi Germany

The Kerala Story, which has drawn criticism from Muslims, liberals, and ‘secular’ political parties ever since its trailer was released, has garnered an enthusiastic reception from the general public, evidenced by its impressive performance at the box office. Notwithstanding fierce criticism, the film has made over 200 crores and has become a national sensation.

However, the immense popularity of the movie has further antagonised its detractors. The multilingual project has been denigrated by veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah who has dubbed it propaganda. It is pertinent to mention that Naseeruddin Shah has a history of making anti-Hindu, pro-Islamist comments. He has also denigrated India on several occasions.

“Worthwhile films like Bheed, Afwaah, Faraaz, all three collapsed. Nobody went to see them, but they are flocking to see The Kerala Story which I have not seen, and I don’t intend to see because I have read enough about it,” he stated in an exclusive interview with IndiaToday. He was responding to the massive success of The Kerala Story.

The seasoned actor was so incensed by the warm response of the audience to the movie that he called it a “dangerous trend” and compared it to Nazi Germany. “On one hand, it is a dangerous trend, no doubt. We seem to be heading the way of Nazi Germany where in Hitler’s time, the filmmakers were co-opted, attempted to be co-opted, by the supreme leader to make films praising him and what he has done for the countrymen, and running down the Jewish community.”

He further charged, “So many master filmmakers in Germany left the place, came to Hollywood, and made movies there. The same thing seems to be happening here. Either stay on the right side, be neutral or pro-establishment.” He was taking a swipe at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who along with other BJP leaders has come in support of the film.

He did, however, opine that he is optimistic that things will ultimately change for the ‘better’. “But on the flip side, I have hope that this atmosphere of hate gets fatiguing. How long can you go on spreading hate? I think and I hope that the way it has suddenly engulfed us all, it will also disappear. But it won’t be soon.”

It is pertinent to note here that Naseeruddin Shah is essentially “optimistic” that people will stop talking about the rampant indoctrination and radicalisation in the Muslim community and the atrocities that are heaped against non-Muslims. Given that The Kerala Story is based on ISIS and its nefarious designs to push non-Muslim women into sex slavery, prostitution, terrorism and more, one has to wonder what Shah is hoping for, exactly and how talking about terrorism activity makes one a “Nazi”.

Notably, Naseeruddin Shah’s reputation for contentious remarks rivals that of his acting prowess. He recently said that hatred of Muslims is being “cleverly tapped” into people’s minds and accused the ruling BJP government of doing the same. He added that it has become “fashionable” and called it “worrying times.”

“Oh sure, these are worrying times absolutely. The kind of stuff that’s pure, undisguised propaganda is being lapped up and it’s a reflection of the zeitgeist of the times. Muslim hating is fashionable these days, even among educated people. It’s what the ruling party has very cleverly tapped into this nerve. We talk about secular this, democracy that, so why are you introducing religion into everything,” he questioned.

In February, talking about the Mughals, he remarked, “If everything they did was horrible, then knock down the Taj Mahal, knock down the Red Fort, knock down Qutub Minar. Why do we consider the Red Fort sacred, it was built by a Mughal. We need not glorify them, but there is no need to vilify them either.”

He argued that the Mughals did not come to India in order to pillage and plunder the country but rather to make her their home, ignoring the atrocities they committed against the native Hindu population. “Who can deny their contribution,” he posed.

‘Sexual assault on a dead body not rape’: Karnataka HC rules, also recommends govt to amend the law to criminalise necrophilia. Read details

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‘Sexual assault on a dead body not rape’: Karnataka HC rules, also recommends govt to amend the law to criminalise necrophilia. Read details

The Karnataka High Court has ruled that sexual assault on a woman’s corpse does not constitute rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The High Court acquitted a man of rape charges for sexually assaulting a 21-year-old girl’s dead body after murdering her by slitting her throat in the Tumkuru district in June 2015.

The High Court bench comprising Justice B Veerappa and Justice Venkatesh Naik T opined that sexual assault with a dead body is tantamount to sadism and necrophilia but it does not come under the scope of Section 375 and 377 adding that there is no offence made under section 376 of the IPC.

“A careful reading of Sections 375 and 377 of IPC makes it clear that a dead body cannot be called a human or person. Therefore, the provisions of Sections 375 or 377 would not be applicable,” the High Court bench stated.

The bench went on to say, “It is the prosecution’s specific case that the accused first murdered the victim and then had sexual intercourse with the dead body. Thereby, it cannot be considered a sexual or unnatural offence under Sections 375 and 377 of the Indian Penal Code. It is considered as sadism or necrophilia, and there is no offence to prosecute under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code.”

The bench stated that rape must be committed on a living person, not a dead body. “It must be accomplished against a person’s will. A dead body cannot consent to or protest a rape, nor can it be in fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury. The essential of guilt of rape consists in the outrage to the person and feelings of outrage,” the court said.

Karnataka High Court recommends the central government to bring law against Necrophilia

The court, however, noted that there is a need for a provision to punish such offences and recommended that the central government makes amendments to the Indian Penal Code and criminalise necrophilia. 

“The Central Government is hereby recommended to amend the provisions of the IPC as stated supra in order to protect the dignity of the deceased’s body in order to ensure to protect person’s right of life includes right of his dead body as contemplated under Article 21 of the Constitution of India within a period of 6 (six) months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order,” the Court said.

In addition, the Court ordered the State government to install CCTV cameras in every government-run mortuaries and private hospitals to prevent crimes against a woman’s dead body.

The State was additionally tasked to maintain mortuary hygiene, ensure confidentiality and privacy at mortuaries, remove infrastructural barriers and sensitise mortuary staff.

Necrophilia

Necrophilia is a paraphilia in which the perpetrator derives pleasure from having sex with the dead. Necrophilia is a “psychosexual disorder” classified as a “paraphilia” by the DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), which includes paedophilia, exhibitionism, and sexual masochism.

Conviction of the accused on murder charges

However, the appellant was found guilty of murder based on the finding of a blood-stained weapon and clothes from his home, as well as a failure to explain incriminating circumstances.

“The evidence on record clearly establishes that, based on the aforesaid circumstances, the prosecution has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of homicidal death of deceased,” the Court decided.

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