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.
Justice Gupta : Rights they are claiming under Part 3. They claim a primary right under Article 25, right under Article 19, ..and that the restrictions do not come under 19(2) and wearing of hijab is permissible.#hijab#SupremeCourtOfIndia
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.
Naidu : Ask any conditioned mind, they will say God. But ask a mind with scientific temper, they will think there is a reason…
Justice Dhulia : What is your point?
Naidu : As a teacher, I want minds which are not conditioned.
“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.
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.
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.
ED says no evidence of Republic TV’s involvement in TRP rigging case, contradicts Mumbai Police probe
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.
PTI reported on the #FinalTRPReport and says there’s “no evidence” against Republic. Viewers, we’re grateful for your consistent support & as we await the full TRP report, we’d love to hear from you. Write to us & send us your videos with the hashtag or WhatsApp us on 7304434381
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.
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.
Listen to what Shakeel Afsar says and explain to me how Hindus aren’t at risk from Islamist extremism ? pic.twitter.com/lZaCiuFGSr
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.
Yes good as life they are not supportive of the BJP/RSS extremists we have no issues with the large majority of Hindus
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.
— British Democrats ?? (@BritishDems) June 8, 2022
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.
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.
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.
In major action being taken across 10 states, NIA, ED along with state police have arrested over 100 cadres of PFI: Sources pic.twitter.com/RPXBFxg1m2
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.
Kerala | NIA & ED conducting raids at the house of OMA Salam, PFI chairman in Manjeri, Malappuram district, PFI workers stage protest pic.twitter.com/9bXewpGJo6
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.
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Four PFI leaders taken into custody by NIA; ED raid completed at PFI offices & leaders’ residences.
PFI chairman OMA Salam, Kerala state chief CP Mohammed Basheer, national secy VP Nazarudheen & national council member Prof P Koya taken into custody. https://t.co/ofDeGlNMJH
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.
Assam Police detained 9 persons linked with PFI across the state.
A senior police official told ANI that, last night Assam police & NIA jointly launched op in the Hatigaon area, Guwahati & detained 9 persons across the state linked with PFI.
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.
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.
Muslim fundamentalist Mohammed Hijab who previously had led violence against Jews in London, is now in #Leicester with a mob of masked men and planning similar assault on local Hindu community. We demand arrest of Mohammed Hijab immediately.@leicspolicepic.twitter.com/Nl8kmupY5b
“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.
“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.
After a challenge to cook chicken in NyQuil, a cough medicine, went viral on social media in the USA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning against it. The FDA said that cooking chicken in NyQuil or similar medicine can be dangerous even if the chicken is not eaten, and advised parents on how to prevent their kids from trying this unhealthy challenge.
“The challenge sounds silly and unappetizing — and it is. But it could also be very unsafe,” the FDA said in an advisory issued on its website. According to the notification, boiling a medication can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways. Therefore, even if the chicken is not eaten, inhaling the medication’s vapours while cooking could cause high levels of the drugs to enter the body. The FDA warned that it can also hurt the lungs.
“Put simply: Someone could take a dangerously high amount of the cough and cold medicine without even realizing it,” FDA added.
Nyquil Cough Syrup contains acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, and doxylamine, and inhaling its vapour can cause sleepiness, the reason why the recipe challenge that has gone viral on TikTok is called “sleepy chicken”. The challenge involved cooking chicken breasts drenched in NyQuil in a pan.
— ToasteonYukitake ? Freshly Baked Fox God (@Toasteon_En) September 16, 2022
In one such TikTok video, the person attempting the challenge says that sometimes the steam coming out of the NyQuil-Chicken makes him sleepy. The chicken is seen turning blue, from the colour of the cough syrup. It is notable that in the video that has gone viral, the person is using Nighttime, a different brand with the same composition as Nyquil.
FDA also said that such dangerous challenges involving medicine keep appearing on social media, like a TikTok challenge in 2020 that urged people to take large doses of the allergy medicine diphenhydramine (Benadryl) to try to induce hallucinations. Several teenagers had to be hospitalised after this challenge, and there were even reports of deaths. FDA had issued a warning at that time also.
Robert Carter, aka Muhammad Ali, is a journalist, news editor, and TV presenter. Muhammad was born Robert Carter, but he converted to Islam at the age of 16 and adopted the name, Muhammad Ali. In recent times, he has been actively speaking against Hindus and spreading misinformation to bolster his own propaganda in favour of Islamism. Carter, who is much like the fake news peddler CJ Werleman, runs his own YouTube channel and uses social media to spread misinformation and spread fake news.
Carter claims Islam helped him ‘deal with anxiety’
In 2021, while speaking about his experiences with Islam for the ‘A New Person’ YouTube channel, Carter claimed that at the age of 16, he converted to Islam, and it has been ‘the best decision’ of his life. Carter came from a broken family with problematic childhood. Something that made him vulnerable to getting influenced by anyone who could leave an impression on him, and this is exactly what happened.
At the age of 14, he made a Muslim friend, and the next two years of his life were spent around Muslims. While his mother was a non-religious person, the new group seems to have subtly pulled him towards Islam. He mentioned how he was introduced to Quran and Islamic practices. As every person who is introduced to a new religion, he was also shown the positive side of Islam.
Interestingly, during the 16-minute monologue, he seemed much ‘impressed’ by the Arab rulers who ‘spread’ Islam to make the world a ‘better place’. Carter mentioned that he was having mental health issues like anger management issues, depression, family problems, and more. But obvious, a teenager facing such problems will be vulnerable to outside influence, and this was the time he came in contact with the Islamic teachings and practices. Carter claimed that converting to Islam helped him deal with anxiety, and he became an outgoing person from a shy one.
Cater’s anti-Hindu propaganda
OpIndia examined his anti-Hindu and anti-India posts and videos for the last two years and found some seriously problematic posts and videos where he published fake and misleading reports. On his verified Twitter handle, Bob_cart124, Robert Carter can be seen spreading anti-Hindu propaganda. In the light of recent anti-Hindu attacks in the United Kingdom’s Leicester, followed by the incident of Birmingham where a 200-strong Islamist mob circled a Hindu temple and raised ‘Allah Hu Akbar’ slogans while abusing Hindus, Carter peddled misinformation to portray Hindus as the culprits.
In a recent Twitter post, Carter claimed that the attack on the Hindu temple in Birmingham was in response to the event of Sadhvi Ritambhara. Interestingly, if that had been the case, the Islamists would not gather outside the Hindu temple to intimidate the Hindus at the event, instead, the whole UK trip of Sadhvi was already postponed owing to her poor health. Despite being aware of the update about the event, Islamists decided to go ahead and circle the Hindu temple. They raised slogans like Allah Hu Akbar, climbed the temple walls, and abused Hindus present inside the premises. One of the protesters even threatened Hindus who support BJP and RSS, saying they are not welcome in the UK.
Carter tried to propagate that Muslims attacked Hindu temple to protest against the already-postponed event of Sadhvi Ritambhara. Source: Twitter.
In another post, he propagated that Hindus are suffering not because of Islamists but because of ‘Hindutva’. He proclaimed that Hindutva is the “real” reason behind the attacks on Hindus. He quoted another propagandist Aina J Khan, a British journalist of Pakistan origin, who had published a misleading thread on the anti-Hindu attacks happening in Leicester. He wrote, “You want proof Indian Hindutva extremism is being exported to Britain? Locals proudly defending fascist RSS membership in Leicester. Hindus openly backing RSS is like a Muslim backing Daesh.”
Carter echoed anti-Hindu reporting by British journalist Aina J Khan of Pakistani origin. Source: Twitter
While the attacks on Hindus in Leicester started after India defeated Pakistan in T20 Asia Cup, Carter claimed in several posts that Hindus attacked Muslims and said it was not about cricket. He said, “Leicester’s Hindu-Muslim violence is NOT about cricket. It’s about Hindu extremism, racism and police failings.”
Carter Propagated that the attacks on Hindus was because of ‘Hindutva’ and ‘Hindu extremism’. Source: Twitter
In July, he covered a blatant anti-India protest by Islamists in the UK that alleged India was committing genocide of Muslims and minorities. A Completely false allegation but Carter went ahead and supported the “cause” and published the report proudly with “worried” expressions. The posters shown in the video claimed PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath are wanted for “Crimes Against Humanity”? Wanted Where? The blatant lies in the posters and the speeches given in the video were absolutely anti-India and anti-Hindu.
Carter covered an anti-India and anti-Hindu protest claiming Hindus want to kill Muslims. Source: Twitter
He also backed the Hijab issue and tweeted in support of the Muslim girl Muskaan who claimed Hindus attacked her outside college and she faced them while chanting ‘Allah Hu Akbar’. Muskaan was praised by several terrorist organizations as well.
Carter posted tweets in favour of pro-Hijab Islamists. Source: Twitter.
He also talked about it in a video monologue where he claimed that the ‘right wing’ Hindus and the government were attacking Muslims and Islam. He claimed that the government of Karnataka banned the hijab as a part of propaganda against Islam. In reality, the students who started wearing Hijab never wore the same for years. There was photographic proof that it was a recent movement by a small group of Muslim female students who started wearing hijabs and when the school administration asked them to follow the dress code, they protested. The issue is currently sub-judice in the Supreme Court.
Carter has been publishing anti-India reports for a long time. In November 2020, he interviewed a Muslim music group that had released a video on Kashmir. Visibly promoting violence against India in the video, the “artists” claimed that their music video is a reminder for Kashmiris that they were not alone. The group included members from Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Before and after the interview, Carter propagated anti-India notions and stated Human Rights abuses were common in the state. He conveniently ignored the fact that it is Islamic terrorism that has been causing pain to the region. Since the abrogation of Article 370 in the valley, the region has been progressing slowly but steadily. Interestingly, many companies have shown interest in opening businesses in the valley, and for the first time in more than 30 years, a theatre was recently opened in Kashmir.
In a video on August 16, 2021, he covered an anti-India protest in Birmingham where the protesters claimed Indian forces were “ransacking” villages and “raping” women. Similar lies about the Indian Army and security forces are being propagated by the Pakistani media and international media at the behest of anti-India forces including the Pakistani government, ISI and others. There are multiple videos where he interviews Islamists propagating anti-India sentiment over the abrogation of Article 370, the killing of terrorist Burhan Wani and more. These can be seen here and here.
Carter, who has worked for Muslim publications like 5Pillars, Ahlulbayt Television Network and more, have a long history of propagating anti-Hindu and anti-India sentiments. Like other alleged journalists including CJ Werleman, whose account was recently withheld in India for his anti-India content, Carter runs an agenda to paint a bad picture of India, Modi-led Indian government and Hindus in general. Interestingly, he does not use his Muslim name for reporting possibly to give it an ‘authentic’ tone in the eyes of the viewers in the west.
On September 21, Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) wrote to Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Liz Truss and sought appropriate action against the attacks on Hindus in the country. In its letter, VHP pointed out that anti-Hindu forces are trying to portray the recent attacks on Hindus as if the Hindus of the area had triggered the wanton violence, and they were responsible for the same. VHP urged the newly appointed UK PM to take immediate and appropriate action to ensure the safety of the Hindus in the UK.
VHP said, “The Vishva Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) is deeply concerned and alarmed at the ongoing violence in Leicester in which a large number of Hindus of Leicester, their places of worship, their cultural and religious symbols have been wantonly targeted and damaged by Islamic extremists and hoodlums. These violent, hateful, and extremist acts are entirely unidirectional and unilateral. However, a strong but false narrative is being constructed that it is the Hindus of that area who triggered this wanton violence and are responsible for the same.”
VHP pointed out that following the attacks on Hindus, several of them were admitted to the hospital. Hindu places of worship in Leicester were violated and desecrated. They also pointed out that an attack happened on September 20 on a Hindu religious establishment in Smethwick in Birmingham.
VHP said, “Hindus are being terrorized to remove symbols of their heritage, traditions, culture, and religion, and a few Leicester Hindus had, out of fear, to comply.” It further added that houses and properties of Hindus are being targeted, and several were damaged. “Many Hindus living in the impacted area have not sent their kids to school for several days now. Nothing of this sort has happened to Muslims, Islamic symbols, or places of worship,” VHP said.
Calling Hindus peaceful and law-abiding by nature, VHP said, “UK-Hindus, who constitute a minuscule 1.5% of UK’s population, have contributed significantly to their adopted homeland economically, culturally, and educationally. A very large number of UK Hindus are self-employed and provide jobs to others.” The organization reminded what late PM Margaret Thatcher had stated in a public event addressing Hindus. She had said, “You have taught us, in this country, so much about the family, and we must continually keep it in mind. You are a great asset to the UK.”
VHP said that there was a lack of action from the Police and administration in the attacks against Hindus, and the community has continuously been subjected to violence and intimidation since September 4, 2022.
It said, “We request that strong and immediate efforts be made to protect Hindu lives, dignity, and properties. We also urge that strong punitive action be taken against all who are involved in such violent and heinous hate crimes. Sans such strong actions, the peace and social fabric of the country will get damaged. The law and order and the due protection of law to all Hindus, particularly in Leicester and Birmingham, must be provided.”
VHP said that the Leicester riots should not be seen as a one-off event and the riots were part of a continuum. “They arise from an ideology of hate, aggression, and violence. The riots are merely the most recent manifestation of Islamic extremism, which has hurt the UK (and other countries) over the last several decades. Earlier acts included the London-metro bombings, the 2017 London Bridge attack, and the deadly stabbing near London Bridge in 2019. All of these acts have been inspired by extremist and violent ideologies,” VHP added.
VHP urged the PM to take a comprehensive approach to handling periodic surges of violence and terrorism, which are caused by extremist ideologies, and offered support as the UK government deemed appropriate.
VHP further stated that they had approached High Commissioner UK in India for an appointment to convey their concerns over the recent incidents of violence against Hindus, but they did not get any response.
