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Uttar Pradesh: 6 youths arrested for pressurising Hindu girls to study at madarsas and abusing when the girls resisted

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Uttar Pradesh: 6 youths arrested for pressurising Hindu girls to study at madarsas and abusing when the girls resisted

The Unnao police in Uttar Pradesh arrested six youths for harassing and molesting three Hindu girls in the district’s Lachhi Khera village. The action was initiated in response to a complaint filed by Komal Vajpayee, the mother of these three victims. Komal in her complaint accused Atteq, Raja, Zeeshan, and 4 others of harassing her daughters. The accused had reportedly been pressuring the girls to stop attending school and study in a Madarsa instead.

According to reports, the accused threatened to kidnap the three girls if they did not conform to their demands. The accused reportedly abused and molested the girls when they resisted.

The Unnao police took to Twitter on Thursday to confirm that the Mauranwan PS has taken cognizance and arrested the 6 accused after registering a case against them under relevant sections of the IPC.

According to the FIR, the victims are residents of the Lachhi Khera hamlet in the Mauranwan region of Uttar Pradesh’s Purwa tehsil in the Unnao district. According to the mother of the three Hindu girls, who reportedly attend Unnao’s Rajwara School, the accused, Atteq, Raja, Zeeshan, and four others, had been harassing her daughters for the past four years.

Copy of the FIR
Copy of the FIR

She asserted that the accused, who had on several previous occasions hounded and tormented the girls on their way to school, outside their residence, and outside their coaching centre, did so again on September 15 at around 8.45 p.m. as they were coming from their tuition. They made inappropriate remarks and vulgar sounds and gestures at the girls. They allegedly clashed with the victim’s father and threatened to implicate him in a false case when he protested. As evidence to support her claim, the mother alleged in the FIR that the vulgar message sent by the accused was still preserved on the victim’s phone.

Meanwhile, media reports suggest that one of the victims, studying in class 11, alleged that the accused has been pressurizing them to quit their school and join a madarsa instead. She said that the accused often threatened them by saying, “If you want to live in the locality, you have to study in the madarsa.” Reportedly, the terrified Hindu girls have stopped going to school.

The mother of the girls had submitted an application with SP Dinesh Tripathi for action against the Muslim boys, alleging that Mauranwan police station was not taking any action on her complaint. After she questioned the role of the local police in the matter, the SP took cognisance of the complaint, and ordered Amarnath Singh, in-charge of Mauranwan police station, to investigate the matter.

‘Plotted for death sentence to Narendra Modi’ – SIT charge sheet reveals sinister plans of Teesta Setalvad and others

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‘Plotted for death sentence to Narendra Modi’ – SIT charge sheet reveals sinister plans of Teesta Setalvad and others

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the role of Teesta Setalvad and others in a conspiracy against then-Chief Minister Narendra Modi said in the charge sheet filed against the so-called activist that she had conspired to ensure the death penalty for the CM. SIT said she conspired to defame the Gujarat government and fabricated evidence to ensure then-CM Modi was sentenced to death in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

SIT submitted a 100-page charge sheet against Setalvad, former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, and former Director General of Police RB Sreekumar (Retd) before the Ahmedabad metro court on Wednesday in the case related to alleged fabrication of evidence in connection to the Gujarat riots of 2002.

SIT said the accused allegedly plotted to get the death penalty for CM Modi. Though Sreekumar and Bhatt were part of the government, they helped Teesta by producing fake documents and adding them to the official entries. The aim, according to the charge sheet, was to end the political career of then-CM Modi and damage his reputation. They hired several lawyers to prepare fake documents and affidavits.

The charge sheet noted that the riot victims were manipulated, and they were forced to sign the fabricated statements. Furthermore, the statements were written in English, which was an alien language for several victims, and they could not understand what they were signing, the SIT said. If the witnesses refused to support Setalvad, they were threatened.

The SIT said in the charge sheet that RB Sreekumar allegedly threatened a witness and said, “If you don’t support Teesta, Muslims will turn against you, and you will be a target of the terrorists. If we start fighting among ourselves, the enemies will benefit, and so will Modi.” Riot victims were taken outside Gujarat by the accused to collect millions in donations on the pretext of ‘reducing their pain.’

Setalvad and several Congress leaders went to the riot victims camps to mislead them that they would not get justice in Gujarat, the SIT said. Victims were manipulated to submit applications to move the cases out of Gujarat by the accused.

The investigation team mentioned that IPS officer Bhatt was in touch with the NGOs, journalists, and opposition leaders via e-mails to help Teesta in her conspiracy against the CM. Bhatt would ask his contacts to create pressure on the Amicus Curie, the court, and other authorities. They were so deeply involved in their pursuit against then-CM Modi that they even kidnapped a witness who had refused to sign an affidavit prepared by Teesta. The witness was forced to sign, SIT said.

The arrest of Teesta Setalvad in fabricated evidence case linked to Gujarat Riots 2002

Teesta Setalvad, the self-proclaimed ‘activist’ was arrested by the Gujarat ATS in June 2022 in a case of forgery, influencing witnesses, and the investigation of the Gujarat riots in 2002 that occurred in the aftermath of the Godhra Train burning incident, when 59 Hindus were burned to death after a Muslim mob set ablaze a Sabarmati Express bogey carrying passengers from Ayodhya. Teesta Setalvad is accused of coaching witnesses and making ridiculous accusations in several cases related to the Gujarat riots in 2002.

The case against Setalvad was filed after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Modi in the 2002 Gujarat Riots case. Teesta was granted bail on September 2 by the Supreme Court.

Out on bail in money laundering case, Robert Vadra apologizes for violating court-ordered travel terms, court rejects apology

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Out on bail in money laundering case, Robert Vadra apologizes for violating court-ordered travel terms, court rejects apology

On Wednesday, September 21, Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra issued an unconditional apology for allegedly violating the restrictions and constraints imposed by a Delhi court for travelling to the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain.

Special Judge Neelofar Abida Parveen of Rouse Avenue Court reserved the decision on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea to forfeit the fixed deposit and commence legal proceedings against Robert Vadra for breaking the court’s terms and conditions for travelling overseas until Thursday.

The ED stated action should be taken against Vadra despite his unreserved apology. In an affidavit, he stated that he mistakenly made an error and put “via Dubai” instead of “to Dubai” in the application for authorization to travel. Vadra, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s spouse, is currently on bail in connection with a money laundering investigation. Robert Vadra was represented by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

“I have no doubt committed an error,” said senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who was representing Robert Vadra. “You should have requested permission,” the court stated.

“There has been an error,” remarked Abhishekh Manu Singhvi, “I plainly had no intention of misleading anyone. There was no plan to say X to the judge and then perform Y.”

“I unconditionally apologise for the mistake of putting via UAE”, he added, “Please accept my apologies for the error.”

ED’s counsel objected to this contention. Advocate N K Matta, special public prosecutor (SPP) for the ED, stated that Robert Vadra was asked to give his address to the court before leaving India and that he did not submit details of places he visited in the UK even after returning to India.

“On August 22, 23, and 24, ED did not object to the changed schedule (which included a four-day stay in Dubai),” Singhvi claimed.

On Monday, the Court expressed its dissatisfaction with Robert Vadra’s clarification that he stayed in Dubai for a medical emergency in August this year while travelling to the United Kingdom via UAE, claiming that this was a violation of the terms and conditions of the permission granted to him.

The court also issued a show cause notice, asking Robert Vadra why his fixed deposit receipt should not be forfeited for breaking the terms and conditions of the permission granted to him by the court.

On August 12, the court gave Robert Vadra permission to travel to the United Kingdom through the United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Italy for four weeks. The court noted that the flight and hotel information included in Robert Vadra’s undertaking plainly showed that he would travel to the UK via the UAE, as approved by this court.

In his affidavit, Vadra stated that he stayed in the UAE before continuing his journey because he had deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in his left leg and had been instructed to take sufficient rest between long-haul flights.

During the trip, he had to stop and seek medical assistance in Dubai on August 27 at the LGA medical facilitation centre for medical emergencies of travellers in Dubai, where he was advised further medical treatment in this regard, according to Vadra’s lawyer.

Robert Vadra is currently on bail in connection with a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Karnataka govt argues in SC that like cow slaughter on Eid, Hijab not covered under Article 25, objects to claims of religious right

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Karnataka govt argues in SC that like cow slaughter on Eid, Hijab not covered under Article 25, objects to claims of religious right

On Wednesday, the Karnataka government contested in the Supreme Court that the imposition of uniforms in schools and colleges might prevent the students from wearing religious attire including hijab in educational institutions but does not suffocate one’s right to freedom of religion or expression.

According to the reports, Advocate General Prabhuling K Navadgi appearing for the state argued that the hijab is not an essential practice in Islam and that students who intend to wear hijab can practice religion outside the schools. “Strict adherence to uniforms in schools promote an irreligious disciplined atmosphere conducive for education and promotes equality and unity”, he said.

This is after the Islamist side in the Court stated that the hijab fell under religious rights guaranteed under Article 25 and as a choice of dress also formed a part of the right to freedom of expression under Article 19.

Advocate Navadgi then referred to the earlier judgments given by the Supreme Court and said that till 1958 Islamists kept on claiming their right to cow slaughter on Eid was protected under Article 25 until it was rejected by the SC. “Since 1958, the SC has consistently ruled that all religious practices are not essential in character to get protected under Article 25, as is being sought by Muslim side for Hijab”, he said.

The advocate meanwhile also added that the government provides free uniforms to students studying in govt schools to create an irreligious atmosphere for learning. During the hearing, the bench led by Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia stated that the petitioners never stated that they would not wear uniforms. It was asked if this might be avoided if a youngster wore a muffler throughout the winter.

To this, the lawyer responded by saying that the regulation states that there cannot be a religious identity. Uniform is ‘uniform’, and one must wear it in a secular institution, he stated. The court also said that it must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that wearing the hijab endangers public order, public health, or morals.

Additional solicitor general K M Natraj further headed the Karnataka government’s argument and said that mixing religious rights and the right to freedom of expression would result in serious complications. “In the guise of religious rights, can a Muslim offer Namaz or Hindu perform Havan in the Court”, he asked rhetorically. The teachers of the Udupi educational institutions also established their point in the Court and said that the atmosphere of the educational institutions should not be disturbed by students exhibiting their unique religious identity.

“Let them have religion in their hearts and not wear it up on their sleeves”, Senior advocate D Sheshadri Naidu appearing for one of the Udupi teachers stated on September 21. The Karnataka High Court, according to the court, should not have gone into the essential religious practice test. The court will continue to consider the case stemming from the Karnataka High Court’s March 15 decision maintaining the hijab prohibition.

‘Let’s clean them from Leicester as we did from Kashmir’: Hindu families leaving amid threat messages from Islamists

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‘Let’s clean them from Leicester as we did from Kashmir’: Hindu families leaving amid threat messages from Islamists

On September 21 (local time), Charlotte Littlewood, a research fellow at Henry Jackson Society who has been following anti-Hindu attacks in Leicester and Birmingham, revealed that there were threatening messages from Islamists suggesting they wanted to ‘clean’ Hindus from Leicester just like they ‘did from Kashmir.’ The shocking revelation was made during an interview with GB News.

Charlotte said during her on-ground research, she found that the tension between the Hindu and Muslim communities had been brewing for months in Leicester, and according to her, it was more of a territorial dispute rather than political. The tension resulted in attacks on the Hindus who were displaying Hindu symbols in their cars and homes. “I have now knowledge of six, potentially nine [Hindu] families left the area because of the violence,” she added. Some of the families have returned, but they were reportedly hiding the Hindu symbols.

‘No hard evidence of so-called ‘Hindutva nationalism’

When asked if the tension was related to politics in India and that might be offensive to some people of Pakistani heritage, why protests were erupting in Britain, Charlotte said she could not find any hard evidence of ‘Hindutva nationalism’ being the reason for the violence. She said, “From my discussions on the ground, I am finding it really hard to get hard evidence that this is Hindutva nationalism. In fact, it is looking more and more a territorial dispute particular to Leicester.”

She further added that the attack on the Hindu temple in Birmingham was linked to the visit of Hindu leader Sadhvi Ritambhara, which was cancelled. She claimed that when she spoke to the temple authorities, they mentioned that they had cancelled the event after learning about the “problematic past” of Sadhvi. However, when OpIndia spoke to the head office of Sadhvi Ritambhara’s organization, they told us that the events were postponed owing to her poor health.

Calls were made to Muslims to mob up

Charlotte said, “When only 30 [Islamists] gathered on the streets of Leicester, there was a call for more brothers. We saw it go from 30 to 200. Half of them were from outside Leicester. Now we are aware of an Instagram account and various private social media accounts with thousands of followers in which there calls to ‘chop up Hindu community,’ ‘clean them from Leicester as we did from Kashmir,’ ‘put those dogs down.”

She called it ‘a very sickening afternoon’ while she went through the social media posts. “It was an absolutely organized gang of Islamists that are being fronted by what I would call extreme Islamist influencers with half a million plus followers on YouTube who have been calling for people to come to Leicester and Birmingham,” she said. 

Charlotte said the next target of these Islamists appeared to be the Indian High Commission in London.

Attacks on Hindus in Leicester and Birmingham

The Hindu community in the UK, particularly in Leicester and Birmingham, is under attack by the Islamists. What initially appeared to be a clash between the two communities following the T20 match between India and Pakistan, where the latter lost, turned out to be a well-planned and well-organized attack on Hindus, their homes, businesses, and properties in Leicester. Several arrests were made by the Police following the attack on Hindus in the city.

Later, calls were made by the “Islamist influencers” to gather in Birmingham to circle a Hindu temple to mark a “peaceful protest” against an event where Sadhvi Ritambhara was scheduled to appear. Despite the event being postponed a week before the scheduled date, the Islamists circled the Hindu temple, hurled abuses, and threatened to attack Hindus if they were followers of BJP and RSS. 

ED charge sheet gives clean chit to Republic TV in ‘TRP manipulation scam’, confirms no evidence found against the channel

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ED charge sheet gives clean chit to Republic TV in ‘TRP manipulation scam’, confirms no evidence found against the channel

The Enforcement Directorate has filed a charge sheet before a special court in Mumbai in which it confirmed that no evidence was found against Republic Media Network in the fake TRP case. On Wednesday, Judge MG Deshpande of the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court took cognizance of the charge sheet.

The central agency stated in the charge sheet that the Mumbai police probe into the TRP manipulation scam was “at variance” with the ED’s investigation.

Simultaneously, the ED said that it had discovered evidence that some regional and entertainment channels were involved in manipulating Television Rating Points (TRP) by paying sample or ‘panel’ households.

According to the ED charge sheet, there was a larger conspiracy among channel viewers, agents, and regional managers to influence/induce panel households to watch specific channels for economic benefit. TRP is based on limited statistical data from around 1800 houses in Mumbai and 45000 households across India, according to the report. It is impossible to determine when the manipulation began, but multiple channel owners exploited the system over an extended period of time, read the charge sheet.

According to the report, channels such as Maha Movies, Box Cinema, Fakt Marathi, and others engaged in a criminal conspiracy with Bompalli Mistry, a former top official of the Hansa group, under the guise of a cable reach survey.

Republic TV’s alleged participation in bribing/influencing panel households to watch Republic TV or Republic Bharat channels was thoroughly investigated. The charge sheet stated that it became clear that the Mumbai police probe was ‘at variance’ with the ED investigation.

According to the report, the panel households denied taking money to watch Republic TV or Republic Bharat.

The charge sheet read that the regional managers who admitted to paying household panels to watch particular television channels denied doing the same for Republic TV.

There was no indication of Republic TV or Republic Bharat engaging in these practices, “either by a statement or by digital data evidence,” it noted.

According to the charge sheet, the forensic audit report relied on by Mumbai police was “superficial” and based on a review of “limited aspects.”

Mahesh Bompalli was fully aware of TRP manipulation in relation to networks such as Box Cinema and Fakt Marathi, the ED specified, naming Bompalli and owners of Box Cinema and Fakt Marathi, among others, as accused in the case.

After reports emerged, the media outlet thanked its viewers on Twitter for their unflinching support as it came clean.

Notably, the ED filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), which is akin to a police FIR in November 2020. The ECIR came after Mumbai Police filed a First Information Report against Republic TV, two Marathi channels, and a few persons for alleged TRP manipulation.

The TRP scam, in which Republic Media Network was falsely implicated, came to the fore after the rating organisation Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) filed a complaint through Hansa Research Group.

Param Bir Singh reveals allegations against Republic TV in TRP Case were part of a political conspiracy

Recently, the tainted ex-Police Commissioner of Mumbai Param Bir Singh, facing a probe by central agencies in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case, confirmed that the TRP case against Republic Media Network was a hoax and part of a planned conspiracy against Journalist Arnab Goswami. During an interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Singh also alleged that ex-Police Officer Sachin Vaze was taking instructions from the then Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in the TRP case along with other cases.

Over time, both Param Bir Singh and Sachin Vaze admitted the MVA government’s complicity in restricting Republic Media Network’s press freedom while unjustly blaming Arnab Goswami and his channel in a fabricated TRP case. It is worth noting that Hansa Research, the original complainant in the TRP case, had previously warned the Bombay High Court that Mumbai police were harassing its officials in order to name Republic in the case. The corporation cited India Today and two other Marathi broadcasters in the original FIR. However, Mumbai police had instead pursued the Republic network.

Birmingham, England: Islamist Shakeel Afsar asks Hindus to declare that they do not support BJP and RSS, amid threats of violence

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Birmingham, England: Islamist Shakeel Afsar asks Hindus to declare that they do not support BJP and RSS, amid threats of violence

After a call for “peaceful protests” on social media, a 200-strong mob of masked Islamists circled the Durga Bhawan Hindu Centre on Spon Lane in Smethwick, West Midlands, England, on September 20 (local time).

The so-called protest, which was more of an intimidation technique by Islamists, was planned in opposition to Sadhvi Ritambhara’s already-postponed event. Islamist and full-time protestor Shakeel Afsar was seen in a video threatening the Hindu community with violence if Durga Bhawan Hindu Centre does not issue an official statement that they are not associated with BJP/RSS. 

Shakeel Afsar, an Islamist, continues to threaten Hindus on social media. One approach used by all Islamists is to openly spew venom against Hindus and then pretend that they have no problem with ordinary Hindus and are only against the Hindutva ideology and its supporters, namely the BJP and the RSS. “Yes good as life they are not supportive of the BJP/RSS extremists we have no issues with the large majority of Hindus But BJP/RSS we will always have an issue !!!”

So, indirectly, Afsar wants the Hindus of Birmingham, England to submit to the demands of Islamists and declare that they will never support a party and an organisation back in India, thousands of miles away. He wants the political opinions and choices of Hindus in Birmingham to be vetted and certified by the local Islamists first.

Shakeel Afsar is a known Islamist who has a history of inciting hatred and violence against non-Muslims. The film Lady Of Heaven, which depicted the story of Lady Fatima, the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter, was released on June 3, this year. However, a well-known movie chain in the United Kingdom cancelled all shows, citing concerns for employee and customer safety after an Islamist mob led by Shakeel Afsar threatened violent consequences. “Birmingham will not tolerate the disrespect of our prophet. There will be outcomes from your actions. You will have repercussions for your actions. We have been trained from birth that we must defend the honor of our prophet & we will lay our life on the line, Afsar said.

In 2019, Shakeel Afsar led a massive protest against the government-led LGBT equality teachings and sex education drive in schools. He was accused of inflaming tensions by inviting a radical imam to a protest who claimed anal sex and transgenderism were taught in schools. He also had to face trial in court.

Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence

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Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence

The left and non-left may disagree on everything, but one fact is undisputed – the left excels at good, catchy slogans. For example, ‘peace and injustice cannot co-exist’ – they remind us daily. I agree.

And hence when I see with my bare eyes the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi with an alien dome on top of the ornate walls, I worry for peace. I do not need to play an elaborate game of legalese and court drama. As a common powerless citizen of this country, I have the luxury of not having to pretend the Temple I see with my own eyes is something we need a judge to see for us. It is a Temple. It will always be a Temple. Hence when some Muslims invoked the Places of Worship Act of 1991 to thwart any attempts of Hindus to claim what is theirs, my concern for peace took a legal colour. I wanted to know more about this law.

The Places of Worship Act was passed by the Congress-led govt of PV Narasimha Rao in 1991. This was when the illegal Babri Mosque was still standing on top of Ram Janmabhoomi, but the activism around it was at its peak. The then Home Minister S B Chavan had said while passing this act: “It is considered necessary to adopt these measures in view of the controversies arising from time to time with regard to the conversion of places of worship which tend to vitiate the communal atmosphere… Adoption of this Bill will effectively prevent any new controversies from arising in respect of conversion of any place of worship…”. The law said no matter what the historical realities, no new legal recourse would be available to alter the nature of any places of worship as they existed on 15th August 1947. So not only the left seemed to have forgotten their own rule that peace and injustice cannot co-exist, but they also made into law the new rule that it was imperative to accept injustice to preserve peace. What kind of law is this?

As a common person, I understand laws are supposed to make sense. Or in other words, they follow what a common person may call ‘natural justice’. If someone steals from me, the law will try to make good my losses and punish the thief to protect others like me. If I promise a consideration in return for a service, the law will force me to deliver that consideration. Natural justice is easy to understand. But that’s a layman’s understanding. In English law, natural justice is based on two principles

Nemo judex in causa sua – It means no one shall be a judge in his own case.

Audi alteram partem – It means both the parties/sides must be heard. No man should be condemned unheard.

It may be procedural in nature, but the principles are not difficult to follow. Most of us will readily agree similar principles are desirable in laws that our governments pass too.

Of course, I am also pragmatic and understand that sometimes laws are made for political purposes or to nudge society in the desired direction. Laws driven by dreams of social justice, for example. Sometimes the law offers special protection to the powerless and underprivileged. But even that is rooted in the desire for delivering justice. This is where the Places of Worship Act truly stands out. It is obvious, that the law is not about justice. But even for a political act, it is unique in its explicit desire to ‘forbid access to justice’ for those who were wronged in the past.

The arbitrary date of 15th August 1947 is not just mind-boggling; it is infuriating because it is the date of our freedom. So, the time for seeking justice was BEFORE we achieved independence? Read that again. Also, the random date is not something even the liberals take seriously. For example, try giving them such limitation dates for causes important to them, say Palestine, and they will laugh at your audacity. The law seems to be based on the idea that if Hindus seek justice, it will vitiate the communal atmosphere, hence Hindus should be barred from seeking justice. But is that not why we have laws and courts and the government with its powers and responsibilities, for delivering justice no matter what the guilty party thinks? Are we not going to seek punishment for criminals if their village threatens to “vitiate the communal atmosphere”? This is nothing but a document of abject surrender disguised as a law. The government waving the proverbial white flag to those who will create violence if justice is done. Stay classy liberals!

So, we saw that the Places of Worship Act is unfair and unethical. Its promise of ‘peace’ is an illusion. When I see people washing their dirty feet in my holiest places and on my revered Shivling, what kind of peace am I supposed to experience? Hindus, who have been ruthlessly attacked by foreign ideologies for centuries need truth and reconciliation, not denial of justice. Unethical political laws must be removed in the interest of fairness and progress.

Oh, and did I mention, that peace and injustice cannot co-exist? That too.

NIA raids PFI offices and houses across 10 states, over 100 members, including top leaders arrested

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NIA raids PFI offices and houses across 10 states, over 100 members, including top leaders arrested

On the intervening night of September 21 and September 22, National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted several raids on locations linked to the Islamist organization Popular Front of India (PFI) across 10 states, including Bihar, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana.

The agency arrested around 100 cadres, including top leaders of the organization. As per reports, the raids were conducted by joint teams of NIA, Enforcement Directorate (ED), and respective State Police, and the Union Ministry of Home Affairs was monitoring the action against the organization.

As per news agency ANI, NIA raided the residence of Chairman of PFI OMA Salam in Manjeri, Malappuram as well. Following the surprise raids, PFI workers staged protests outside Salam’s house. The Police also detained the protesting members of PFI at several locations.

In Kerala, NIA has taken 4 of PFI’s top leaders into custody along with chairman OMA Salam. Kerala state chief CP Mohammed Basheer, national secretary VP Nazarudheen & national council member Prof P Koya have been taken into custody, ANI reported.

News18 quoted sources in NIA that called the crackdown the “largest ever investigation process till date.” The raids were conducted at the residential and official premises of the PFI members involved in terror funding, organizing terror camps, and radicalizing people. Official details from the investigation agencies about the raids were awaited when this report was published.

In Assam, NIA and the state police launched a joint operation against PFI and detained 9 members from Hatigaon and Guwahati.

In Tamil Nadu, NIA has raided 8 locations in the Madurai city area including Villapuram, Gomatipuram, and Kulamangalam, ANI reported. Similar raids have been carried out in Bihar’s Purnia.

Cases of terror funding, money laundering and radicalization against PFI

There have been several reports that suggest PFI has been involved in terror funding, money laundering and radicalization of Muslim youth in the country. In May 2022, ED filed a ‘prosection case’ against two PFI extremists Abdul Razak Peediyakkal alias Abdul Razak BP and Asharaf Khadir alias Ashraf MK in a money laundering case of Rs 22 crores. According to the charge sheet, these leaders of the PFI established a business in Munnar, Kerala, to launder money acquired abroad and support the organization’s “radical activities.” It is also claimed that these leaders were involved in the formation of a purported “terror group” by the PFI.

The two are also related, according to the ED, to the payment of Rs 3.5 lakh (from August 2018 to January 2021) to PFI member Anshad Badharudeen, who was nabbed by the Uttar Pradesh Police Anti-Terrorism Squad last year, along with PFI member Firoz Khan. The authorities discovered homemade explosive devices, a 32-bore pistol, and seven live rounds in their possession.

As per News18 reports, the ED checked accounts of over 600 contributors and 2,600 beneficiaries in India. It was found that the majority of these accounts were fake, and the persons whose names were given to open the account were not found during physical verifications.

Earlier this year, the Telangana police had busted PFI-run radicalisation camps where Muslim youth were given arms and weapons training. In Kerala, the organisation has been linked with dozens of murders.

NIA raided PFI locations in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

On Monday, similar raids were conducted by NIA in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh at over 40 locations. At that time, four people were detained by the investigation agency. Reports suggested that NIA had recovered incriminating materials, including documents, draggers, digital devices, and cash over 8 lakh.

Watch: How ‘popular YouTuber’ and Islamic scholar Mohammed Hijab incited Muslims to attack Hindus in Leicester

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Watch: How ‘popular YouTuber’ and Islamic scholar Mohammed Hijab incited Muslims to attack Hindus in Leicester

Amidst the ongoing violence in Leicester in England’s East Midlands region, Islamist scholar Mohammed Hijab was seen mocking Hinduism and inciting Muslims to attack the adherents of the Dharmic faith on Monday (September 19).

In a video that has now surfaced on social media, he was seen interacting with mask-clad Muslim men and encouraging them to teach the local Hindu population a lesson.

“When I was on social media, I saw these people (Hindus) getting brave. How come today it is like pin drop silence?” the British Egyptian scholar was heard as saying. He claimed that no Hindus were in sight after realising that Muslim mobs were coming at them in hordes.

“Cause they (Hindus) fear us when they are near us”, responded an Islamist from the crowd. Pumped by the support of the like-minded people in the crowd, Hijab said, “Deep down, they know we got the truth. If you want respect, then, learn to respect.”

“If they (Hindus) believe in reincarnation, what a humiliation of them to be reincarnated into some pathetic, weak, cowardly people like that,” the Islamist went on an anti-Hindu tirade.

“Hindutva (Hindus), you are trying to act like gangsters…Don’t ever come out like that again (referring to the protests by Hindus in Leicester). Do you understand? Are they going to come out again?” he continued his threats.

Amidst the war cry of Allah hu Akbar, Mohammed Hijab cautioned that he and his supporters would be there if Hindus dared to protest against the violence, committed by his co-religionists.

In an Instagram post, Hijab was seen leading a frenzied mob of Islamists, with their faces covered in masks. “Muslim patrol in Leicester,” he wrote in his post.

The Islamist scholar had earlier dared atheists and apostates to bad-mouth Hindu Gods and Goddesses. “If the online Apostates are really brave they should make an entire video of mockery targeted at the Hindus just as they did with Muslims,” he provoked.

“That is as the initial justification for doing this all was that Muslim figures (namely me) were harassing them and families,” Hijab had remarked.

Screengrab of the tweet by Mohammed Hijab

The Community Security Trust (CST) has described Mohammed Hijab as an “influential Islamist Youtuber” in 2021. He was earlier part of an anti-Israeli demonstration in London wherein he threatened to kill dogs and Jews.

“If those dogs come close to us again, we will see it as an act of aggression and we will kill those dogs! We’ll put them down,” he was heard as saying. Hijab’s supporters were heard raising provocative slogans, and vying for the blood of Jews.

“This video features Mohammed Hijab who tells a police inspector that if they don’t put the dogs away, he’ll kill them. Members of the march call for the blood of Jews. Police did nothing,” wrote popular Twitter user David Atherton.

Horror at Leicester: Targeted attacks on Hindus and Misinformation campaigns

Leicester City in England’s East Midlands region has witnessed a sharp increase in targeted attacks against the Hindu community. The orgy of violence by Islamists began soon after India clinched victory against Pakistan in the group stage match of the Asia Cup on August 28.

According to a Hindu organisation (@INSIGHTUK2), a casual banter between Indian fans and Pakistani supporters turned serious when the latter snatched and disrespected the Indian tricolour. Soon after, the police took cognisance of the matter but added to the raging misinformation by Islamists that religious slurs were hurled in Hindi.

India and Pakistan again met at the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup. After Pakistan succeeded in settling scores on the field, its supporters attacked a Hindu home celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi.

The accused men also received overwhelming support from their co-religionists on social media. Homes, cars, and properties belonging to the Hindu community, which were easily identifiable with sacred symbols, were damaged. In order to control the situation, Chief Superintendent Adam Slonecki granted dispersal and stop search powers to the police.

Recently, a Hindu temple came under attack by Islamists in Leicester. In a viral video, one extremist was seen uprooting a saffron flag affixed to the temple structure. On September 16, the police informed that a total of 27 people were arrested in connection with the violence.

Meanwhile, the Islamists resorted to making outlandish claims to deviate public discourse from the targeted attacks on Hindus. While speaking to Opindia, research scholar Sarah L Gates said, “This was a planned clean out aka religious cleansing. They want to purge Hindus.”

Hindus in Leicester are now at the mercy of the police for their safety. With motivated news publications and Islamist groups portraying them as the perpetrators, they are left to fend for themselves.

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