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Academician Madhu Kishwar and over 20 scholars write to PM demanding ban on Jihadi curriculum followed by state-funded Islamic universities

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Academician Madhu Kishwar and over 20 scholars write to PM demanding ban on Jihadi curriculum followed by state-funded Islamic universities

On July 27, activist and academician Madhu Kishwar along with over 20 academicians wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring to his notice the ‘Jihadi Islamic course curriculum’ being followed by state-funded Islamic universities, including Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Hamdard University.

In the letter, the academicians said that the continuous attacks on the Hindu society, culture and civilization are a direct result of such a curriculum. It read, “It is a matter of deep concern that leading Islamic universities are providing a cover of legitimacy and respectability to such ideologies, especially since some prominent Muslim leaders of India have openly declared their determination to Islamize all of post-Partition India by 2047. Since these universities are being supported by public money, we as taxpayers and concerned citizens have a right to demand action against such teachings.”

They included a detailed note on how anti-Indic and anti-national curriculum is openly taught to the students in Islamic universities. The letter read, “it is a matter of deep concern and worry that the writings of Abul Ala Maududi, widely recognized as the authoritative fountainhead of Islam, is part of the course curriculum of the above-mentioned three Islamic universities.”

Notably, Maududi calls for “genocide of non-Muslims everywhere in the world.” Despite the fact that his teachings are anti-non Muslims, the writings by Maududi are included in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in these universities. Furthermore, the students who are pursuing PhDs in these universities are encouraged to go through his writings. Maududi was the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, which is committed to the total Islamisation of India.

The letter read, “The hydra-headed ideology of Maududi has created many offshoots such as the Indian Mujahideen, Wilayah of Hind (Islamic State’s India province), the JKLF, the Hurriyat, the Raza Academy, The Popular Front of India, etc. JIH also founded the SIMI. All these have had to be either banned at different points or are currently under the NIA scanner on extremely serious charges.”

It further read, “Internationally designated terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah, Muslim Brotherhood, Taliban, etc., continue to drive their inspiration from Maududi’s core ideology and framework of political Islam.”

Speaking about Maududi and his opposition to secular ideas, the letter read, “Maududi opposed the secular pretensions of Jinnah who occasionally paid lip service (practising Taquiyya) to democracy and secularism in his speeches so that he could appear as a “modern and progressive leader”. But Maudidi’s Islam does not believe in making even token concessions to democracy, leave alone secularism. That is why Jinnah was rapidly side-lined soon after his dream of an Islamic State became a reality.”

The academicians alleged it was because of Maududi’s teachings, “pogroms and targeted killings against Shias, Ahmediyas and other smaller sects have a rout been a routine affair”.

They quoted Professor Kevin McDonald, Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Criminology and Sociology, Middlesex University, who documented how ISIS chief Al Baghdadi was inspired by Maududi. He wrote, “When he made his speech in July at Mosul’s Great Mosque, declaring the creation of an Islamic State with himself as its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi quoted at length from the Indian / Pakistani thinker, Abul A’la Maududi, the founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in 1941 and originator of the contemporary term “Islamic State”.

Similarly, Maududi was an inspirational figure for Muslim Brotherhood ideologue Sayyid Qutb, current Al Qaeda chief Al-Zawahiri, and even General Zia Ul Haq of Pakistan. The letter read, “Maududi’s ideas were eventually adopted by General Ziaul Haq, who had pulled off a successful military coup in July 1977 and then invited Maududi to help him shape policies to help make Pakistan a ‘true Islamic country’ run on ‘Nizam-e-Mustafa.”

The letter added, “The Government of India needs to listen to the belief system and mandates of Islam in the words of prominent Muslim leaders instead of coming up with naive goodwill gestures towards the Muslim community which have continually boomeranged on politicians who try to goad Muslims towards secular reform.”

It further read, “Given this spine chilling belief system which glorifies the total annihilation of non-Muslims who refuse to embrace Islam, it is both shocking and disgraceful that books by Aurangzeb-minded Maududi are currently part of the curriculum and are being taught at the Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jamia Hamdard, just to name the three leading Muslim universities.”

Expressing their concern about the political and moral legitimacy being given to the anti-Indic and anti-India ideology by the Indian state by allowing them to be part of the academic curriculum, the academicians urged the PM to take note of the matter and act on it at the earliest.

They wrote, “Indian taxpayer money is being used for preparing Jihadis to wage war against non-Muslims (Kafirs) in India. That such fears are not the product of our wild imagination is evident from the recently exposed Agenda 2047 of Popular Front of India (PFI) whereby, this umbrella organization of sundry Jihadi outfits inspired by Maududi ideology has openly stated that they are mazhab-bound to ensure total Islamization of the remaining part of India through means that include waging war against the Indian state and decimate Kafirs who still hold on to their faith.”

Speaking about the multiple incidents where Hindus have to leave their homes because of the change in demographics, they wrote, “Just as Hindus had to flee from areas that became Pakistan, today Hindus of India are forced to abandon their homes and mohallas where Islamists have come to hold sway. The well-planned Demographic Invasion of India through millions of illegal migrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan and even Pakistan is being executed in defiance of the Indian state under the influence of the Islamic agenda of Ghazwa-E-Hind.”

“Its openly declared aim is to destroy the remaining vestiges of Indic civilization and decimate the remaining share of the native population in their own homeland through Demographic Invasion and a series of civil wars,” the letter further added

The academicians also expressed concern that the curriculum that they have pointed towards is available in traditional Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and Persian, and it is not easy to find a non-Muslim proficient in any of these languages. “Therefore, not just ordinary citizens but even the Government of India and its security apparatus seem unaware of the imminent existential threat India faces at the hands of this virulent political ideology,” they added.

The academicians put forward three demands:

  • The entrenchment of such ideologies in state-funded universities needs to be stopped on a war footing since it has deep national security implications and pertains to the impending bloodbaths being openly threatened by outfits inspired by Maududi.
  • A comprehensive academic review of the course curriculum of Islamic universities, colleges, schools and madarsas be undertaken by the best available experts who are not themselves trapped in the stranglehold of such ideologies. Special effort must be made to review their courses and reading essential lists given to students in Urdu, Arabic, Persian and Turkish.
  • There should be a total ban against the publication or circulation of books by Abul Ala Maududi and other ideologues of Islam that openly call for Jihad against non-Muslims and instigate mass murders and/or forced conversions to Islam in order to bring about total Islamization of India.

The signatories to the letter include:

  1. Prof. Anand Kumar, National Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla
  2. Dr. Anil Kumar Vajpayee, Central Government College, Daman & Diu (Retd.)
  3. Dr. Bhakti Devi, Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, Haryana
  4. Prof. Bharat Gupt, University of Delhi (Retd.)
  5. Dr. Gautam Sen, London School of Economics (Retd.)
  6. Prof. Hari Om Mahajan, Former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jammu University
  7. Prof. Kanchi Gopinath, Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore
  8. Prof. Lakshmi Bandlamudi, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York
  9. Prof. Madhu Kishwar, Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML)
  10. Dr. Mala Kapadia, Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, Haryana
  11. Shri Neeraj Atri, Chairman, National Center for Historical Research and Comparative Studies
  12. Dr. Nidhi Shendurnikar, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
  13. Prof P Kanagasabapathi, Former Director, Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies
  14. Prof. Prashant Singh, Rashtram University
  15. Dr. Prem Parkash Khosla, M.M.D. University, Haryana
  16. Shri Sahil Aggarwal, CEO, Rishihood University, Haryana
  17. Prof. Sangit Kumar Ragi, Dept. of Political Science, University of Delhi
  18. Dr. Satish Malhotra, Retd. Prof., G.G.S. Medical College, Punjab
  19. Dr. Saumya Dey, Rashtram School of Public Leadership, Rishihood University, Haryana
  20. Dr. Shilpi Tiwari, VIMHANS, Delhi
  21. Prof. Uma Iyer, Bronx Community College, City University of New York
  22. Prof. Ved Prakash Kumar, Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Haryana

DGCA orders SpiceJet to operate 50% of approved flights for 8 weeks following multiple snags, airline says it won’t affect flight operations

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DGCA orders SpiceJet to operate 50% of approved flights for 8 weeks following multiple snags, airline says it won’t affect flight operations

On Wednesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) reduced the number of departures of the SpiceJet airlines following spot checks, inspections, and reply to show cause notice submitted by the company. The DGCA directed SpiceJet to operate up to 50 percent of its flights which have been allowed for the summer schedule, for eight weeks.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet on July 6 in response to at least eight incidences of mechanical breakdown in its aircraft since June 19. “Given the findings of various spot checks, inspections, and the reply to the show cause notice submitted by SpiceJet, for the continued sustenance of safe and reliable transport service, the number of departures of SpiceJet is hereby restricted to 50 percent of the number of departures approved under summer schedule 2022 for 8 weeks,” the aviation regulator’s order on Wednesday said.

DGCA said that while “SpiceJet is taking measures for arresting the trend of incidents, however, the airline needs to sustain these efforts for safe and reliable air transport service.” Restricting the flights to 50% of approved numbers, the regulator added that “any increase in the number of departures beyond 50% of the number of departures approved under Summer Schedule 2022, during this period, shall be subject to the airline demonstrating to the satisfaction of DGCA that it has sufficient technical support and financial resource to safely and efficiently undertake such enhanced capacity.”

During the said 8 week period that starts on July 27th, the airline will be subjected to “Enhanced Surveillance” by DGCA.

Responding to the DGCA directive, SpiceJet said that will act as per directions of the regulator. It said, “Due to the current lean travel season, SpiceJet like other airlines had already rescheduled its flight operations. Hence, there will be absolutely no impact on our flight operations”.

The airline said that there will be no cancellation of flights due to the DGCA order, and that their flights will operate as per schedule in the coming days and weeks.

This development comes a day after SpiceJet replied to the DGCA’s show cause notice issued to the company for its failure to ensure safety following a spate of mid-flight incidents. The DGCA in the statement on July 6 said that SpiceJet had failed to establish safe, efficient, and reliable air services under terms of Rule 134 and Schedule XI of the Aircraft Rules, 1937. The authority had asked the airline to explain why action should not be taken against it for the repeated safety issues.

“The review (of incidents) transpires that poor internal safety oversight and inadequate maintenance actions (as most of the incidents are related to either component failure or system-related failure) have resulted in degradation of the safety margins,” the notice stated. At the time of the notice, SpiceJet had reportedly seen at least eight incidents and one accident since May.

On Monday, the minister of state for civil aviation, V K Singh informed that the DGA had found no major safety violations after it conducted 53 spot checks on 48 SpiceJet aircraft. Just three days after issuing the notice, the regulator had started conducting spot checks on SpiceJet planes. The spot checks were completed on July 13.

However, on July 27, the DGCA issued an interim order directing the airline to operate 50 percent of the number of departures approved under Summer Schedule 2022 for 8 weeks from the date of issue of this order

Delhi: Jihadi enters VHP office and threatens to blow it up with a bomb, arrested

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Delhi: Jihadi enters VHP office and threatens to blow it up with a bomb, arrested

The Delhi-based offices of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) received bomb threats on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. A jihadi reportedly entered the VHP office and threatened to blow it up.

The VHP has shared this information on its official Twitter account. The tweet reads, “RSS and VHP’s Delhi offices threatened to be blown up with bombs today. The jihadi who entered the offices was handed over to the police by the VHP Delhi’s office bearer Shri Surendra Kumar Gupta. The Delhi Police is investigating further.”

According to the reports, the accused youth did recce at one place while at another place he threatened to blow up the office with a bomb. He said, “What you are saying about our Prophet? What do you think, you know, we also know how to answer this. We will blow up this office with bombs.”

The SHO of the Paharganj police station said, “This afternoon we received the news that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad office located on the second floor of the Jhandewalan temple received a bomb threat. As soon as we got the news, we reached there and detained the accused. Further questioning is going on.”

OpIndia contacted Inderjit Sidhu, VHP’s state electronic media chief, over the incident. He told, “Today, the Delhi offices of the Sangh and VHP received bomb threats. The police are investigating the case. It’s hard to say anything about the threatener right now. After the police investigation is completed, his detail information can be shared.”

At the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Delhi office in Jhandewala temple, a man came around 12.18 pm and said to the state general secretary Surendra Kumar Gupta, “Our boss has decided that the entire building has to be blown up with a bomb.” Then this threatener attempted to run away. Surendra Kumar Gupta immediately called the Delhi police. The police reached the spot and took him into custody.

Uttar Pradesh: One Qazi Farhan brutally beaten for serving Kanwariyas and getting Darshan of Goddess Shakambhari, case registered

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Uttar Pradesh: One Qazi Farhan brutally beaten for serving Kanwariyas and getting Darshan of Goddess Shakambhari, case registered

A Muslim youth is brutally beaten up in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh for serving the Hindu devotees of Lord Shiva going on the Kanwar Yatra in the ongoing month of Shravan. Unidentified assailants attacked a youth named Qazi Farhan with weapons in the wee hours of Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Qazi Farhan was severely injured in this attack.

In this attack, Farhan’s nose is broken and there is a serious injury to his head and left eye. Farhan said that he had darshan at a temple and served the Kanwariyas, and so he was attacked. Police have registered a case in this matter.

According to a report by Dainik Jagran, Farhan accused that on Tuesday night, when he was serving people in the camp that is set up near his home, a few miscreants came to the camp and started making a ruckus. As he went on to see those people, he noticed that they were wearing saffron stole around their necks.

Noticing Qazi Farhan, the miscreants approached him and encircled him saying ‘he is the guy.’ The attackers assaulted him several times. As more people arrived after seeing the commotion, both the attackers fled from the spot. Farhan said that the assailants tried to kill him with a sharp weapon and also snatched his chain. In this case, he has lodged a complaint with the police.

A few days ago, Qazi Farhan went to the temple of Goddess Shakambhari and got Darshan. He also served the Kanwariyas passing by the temple by offering water and fruits to them. According to Farhan, it was only after this incident that he started receiving threats on social media.

Mithun Chakraborty says 21 Trinamool MLAs are in direct contact with BJP; TMC leaders term it movie dialog, say he has mental issue

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Mithun Chakraborty says 21 Trinamool MLAs are in direct contact with BJP; TMC leaders term it movie dialog, say he has mental issue

On Wednesday (July 27), actor turned BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty held a press conference and hinted at the possibility of ‘Operation Lotus’ in the State of West Bengal. While speaking to the media, he claimed that about 21 Trinamool Congress MLAs are in direct contact with the BJP. He further added that a total of 38 TMC MLAs have good relations with the saffron party.

“Do you want to hear breaking news? At this moment, 38 TMC MLAs have very good relations with us, out of which 21 are in direct (contact with us),” he remarked.

However he refused to give further details, saying his comments are like trailer and the media need to wait for the final release. While deflating questions posed by curious media persons, the BJP leader said, “If I reveal everything now, then, when will I release my trailer. Enjoy the music for now.” The national award winning actor turned politician made the comments at a meeting with BJP MLAs at the at the election office of the BJP in Hastings on Wednesday.

However, TMC has dismissed the claims, saying Mithun Chakraborty has a habit of making over the top claims. Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “Mithun Chakraborty’s dialogue is a habit. I think he gave the dialogue of the movie. It has nothing to do with reality. Mithun might be giving a dialogue from a flop movie or MLA Phatakester.”

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Santannu Sen went one step ahead and said that Mithun Chakraborty must be having some mental problem to make such claims. Sen said that Chakraborty was in hospital for a long time for some physical disease, and now he must be suffering from some mental issue.

The Trinamool Congress was in a state of political turmoil, prior to the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha polls in 2021. Several MLAs and heavyweight leaders, including Suvendu Chakraborty, had defected to the saffron party.

Currently, the Mamata Banerjee-led-TMC has a whopping 215 MLAs in the Vidhan Sabha, which is way higher than the majority mark of 148.

Karnataka: Praveen Nettaru’s murder triggers discontent among BJYM workers, MLA Renukacharya threatens to quit

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Karnataka: Praveen Nettaru’s murder triggers discontent among BJYM workers, MLA Renukacharya threatens to quit

Praveen Nettaru, a Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha member, was hacked to death on July 26 by unknown assailants. After this incident, outraged BJP Yuva Morcha members started to furnish mass resignations. Members of the youth wing of the party are distressed after this incident and expressing their concern they took to social media to put up posts threatening mass resignation.

Karnataka BJP MLA Renukacharyra also said that Hindus are not safe despite there being a BJP regime and he has also threatened of tendering his resignation from the MLA post if the Hindus in the state are not protected.

Protests emerge after Praveen Nettaru’s murder

There is a massive protest in southern parts of Karnataka after Praveen Nettaru’s murder. Protests have broken out in Bellare and Sullia, and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has called for a bandh. Hundreds of people escorted Praveen Nettaru’s dead body as it was taken to his home on July 27 in the morning. The deputy commissioner of police, Mangaluru, remarked that the situation is being thoroughly probed. He said, “I spoke to the family regarding the autopsy and the funeral. We will forward the family’s requests to the government.”

According to police, 15 persons have been held for interrogation, and six teams have been formed to find the murderers. Three squads have been sent to Hassan, Madikeri, and the adjacent state of Kerala. Hindu activists and BJP workers surrounded BJP state party president Nalin Kumar Kateel’s car and heckled him as they protested Praveen Nettaru’s murder, demanding answers from senior party leaders.

Both the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada have seen an increase in the number of security officers deployed in an effort to prevent any potential law and order concerns. On July 27, most of the local businesses, including restaurants and retail outlets, remained closed. Several schools opted to close for the day given the difficult situation in the area.

On 26th July 2022, BJYM member Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death by unknown attackers. As per reports, the killers came on a bike in Bellari, Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka, in the late evening and attacked Nettaru with sharp weapons. Nettaru, who ran a poultry business, was returning home when the attack happened. The assailants escaped after the attack. Nettaru was rushed to the hospital, but he could not be saved.

NDTV had established itself by using and selling tapes and equipment stolen from Doordarshan: Reveals senior journalist at Doordashan

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NDTV had established itself by using and selling tapes and equipment stolen from Doordarshan: Reveals senior journalist at Doordashan

A senior Doordarshan journalist has made sensational allegations against controversial news channel NDTV, saying that it had stolen tapes and equipment from Doordarshan during its initial days. Ashok Srivastav, consulting editor and senior anchor in Doordarshan, has made this explosive revelation during a panel discussion, the video of which went viral on Twitter today.

Ashok Srivastav said this during a panel discussion on the YouTube channel India Speaks Daily sometime in the past. A clip from the discussion containing the comments on NDTV were shared on Twitter by users.

Ashok Srivastava said that NDTV had stolen Doordarshan tapes and equipment to make a profit and to establish itself. He said that while NDTV used footage from tapes stolen from the public broadcaster, it had sold equipment stolen from Doordarshan. During that time, Bhaskar Ghosh had actively helped NDTV in doing so.

Ashok Shrivastava said, “NDTV channel is created and established by stealing Doordarshan tapes, stealing Doordarshan footage, selling that footage, and by selling the equipment that belonged to Doordarshan. Bhaskar Ghosh was the Director General of Doordarshan at that time and he is the father of Sagarika Ghosh. At that time, the government gave public money to uplift this channel.”

It is worth noting that NDTV is known for its anti-BJP and anti-Hindu agenda. NDTV is often accused of partial reporting siding with anti-BJP parties. In January 2021, NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy were instructed to deposit 50 percent of the illegally earned money. The direction was issued by the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).

In November 2020, SEBI found Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, the promoters of the controversial media network NDTV, guilty of taking undue advantage of insider trading. Subsequently, as a penalty for the financial offense, SEBI barred them from trading in the securities market for two years. The duo was also asked to return Rs 16.97 crore earned illegally through insider trading 12 years ago.

SEBI had found that Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy traded shares of the company while holding positions in New Delhi Television Limited where they had access to sensitive information about the price. Apart from Pranay Roy and Radhika Roy, former NDTV CEO Vikramaditya Chandra, senior consultant Ishwari Prasad Bajpai, and group CFO Sourav Banerjee were also found guilty of insider trading.

As per the investigation conducted by SEBI, they violated insider trading regulations (PIT). He was accused of possessing unpublished price-sensitive information (UPSI) during 2007-2008, which deals with the restructuring of New India Television Ltd. SEBI had taken this step after examining the trading in the shares of the company from September 2006 to June 2008.

As ‘liberals’ have a meltdown over flower petals on Kanwariyas, here is how politicians attended govts held Iftar parties

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As ‘liberals’ have a meltdown over flower petals on Kanwariyas, here is how politicians attended govts held Iftar parties

Kanwar Yatra is happening this year with full enthusiasm after a gap of two years. Owning to Covid-19, Kanwar Yatra was suspended by the authorities to ensure the virus was contained. However, this year’s situation is under control, and Shiv Bhakts walked hundreds of miles to collect water from the River Ganga to do Jal Abhishek of Bhagwan Shiv at one of the Jyotirlingams.

The state administrations in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are equally enthusiastic about the festival, and the UP government showered rose petals on Kanwariyas too. Police officials happily participated in the grand festival to celebrate the God of destruction, Bhagwan Shiv.

However, the sight of the state government facilitating the Kanwar Yatra did not go well with the liberal section as they criticized the government for “spending money on rose petals”. Left-leaning ‘liberals’, including Barkha Dutt, Anusha Sood, Assadudin Owaisi and many others objected to the use of state machinery or government funds to shower rose petals on the pilgrims.

AIMIM leader Assasudin Owaisi is visibly angry over the idea of showing flowers on Kanwariyas. Alleging discrimination against Muslims, he said, “You are using tax payers money for showering flowers on Kanwariyas. POlice officers are massaging their feet. If someone offers namaz for few minutes public policy is getting disturbed. I want to tell BJP to practice equality among all communities. If it is ‘sabka sath sabka vikas’ why we are not showered with flowered but out houses are demolished using buldozers.”

Interestingly, these liberals never raised a question when crores of rupees were spent on Haj subsidy or when leaders, political parties and even Rashtrapati Bhawan organized iftar parties. There have been countless visuals and reports of these leaders attending and enjoying iftar parties for decades, but no one dared to say a single word against the practice. Police officers taking ‘chaddar’ to Mazar or serving food in iftar parties do not draw ire from the liberals.

First, let’s talk about the famous “journalist” Barkha Dutt. In a tweet, she wrote, “How is it ok for state officials to shower petals on Kanwariyas but object to namaz in public spaces? I am not a fan of religion spilling over onto shared common public spaces, but this is brazenly partisan.”

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Now, if you go back 13 years, Barkha Dutt had informed his followers on Twitter that she had attended the iftar party by then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In September 2019, she wrote, “Quiet day. Friday, Saturday non anchoring days for me. Attended PM iftar, where was told that the China story exaggerated vastly by media.”

Source: Twitter

There is photographic and videographic evidence of leaders and political parties holding iftars with large gatherings. In 2018, then-Congress President Rahul Gandhi hosted an iftar party. It was held at Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi. In 2015, then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh organized an iftar party that was attended by several leaders and celebrities, including Sonia Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, Javed Akhtar, and Shabana Azmi, then-High Commissioner to Pakistan Salman Bashir, LK Advani, Sheila Dixit, Mulayam Singh Yadav, and others.

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In June 2016, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attended an iftar party.

In the same month, the Samajwadi Party chief and former CM of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav also attended the iftar party at 5, Kalidas.

Congress party organized iftar after a gap of three years at that time. The party was attended by the likes of Sonia Gandhi, former President Pranab Mukherjee, former President Pratibha Patil, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former Vice President Hamid Ansari, Sitaram Yechury, Satish Chandra Misra, Dinesh Trivedi, Kanimozhi, Sharad Yadav, Danish Ali, Hemant Soren, DP Tripathy, Manoj Jha, Badruddin Ajman, Mehrajuddin and others.

Notably, Congress’s decision to organize iftar came at a time when then-President of India Ram Nath Kovind had decided to go away with all religious functions at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, including Diwali, Christmas and, of course, iftar. Before former President Kovind, former President APJ Abdul Kalam also stopped the tradition of celebrating iftar at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Before former President Kovind took charge, former President Pranab Mukherjee had organized an iftar party marking it as the last iftar at the President’s house.

In 2019, Trinamool Congress chief and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee attended an iftar party organized by the Municipal Corporation of Kolkata. Notably, she attended that particular party days after terming Hindus chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in her state as criminals. Announcing about going for iftar, Banerjee had said, “I appease Muslims, no? I will go there a hundred times. If a cow gives milk, one has to be prepared for its kicks also.”

Akhilesh Yadav also attended an iftar party in April this year. He shared photographs of the event and wrote “Roza, iftar” on his Twitter account. He had attended multiple iftar parties during that month.

In April 2022, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar attended the iftar organized by Lalu Prasad’s RJD. In return, RJD’s Tejaswi Yadav attended an iftar organized by Nitish Kumar.

Source: HT

Not only leaders, but there have also been several instances where Police were seen attending iftar parties. In May this year, video has emerged from Maharashtra where Police officers served food to iftar party attendees including chindren.

Kanwar Yatra generating revenue for local vendors

After the controversy of government money being spent on Kanwariyas erupted, OpIndia met Police officers, Kanwariyas and shopkeepers who have shops on the Yatra route. It was revealed that Kanwariya Yatra had generated business worth crores for the shopkeepers. The flowers used for showering were bought from poor flower sellers. Fruit sellers earned good money as those who served fruits to Kanwariyas brought them from local vendors. From juice sellers to tea vendors, food stalls to small-scale cloth shops, everyone earned because of the Yatra.

Hyderabad: Four out of five minors accused of gang-raping 16-year-old granted bail, prime accused Saduddin Malik remains in the jail

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Hyderabad: Four out of five minors accused of gang-raping 16-year-old granted bail, prime accused Saduddin Malik remains in the jail

On Tuesday, four out of the five minors who were arrested in early June for gang-raping a 16-year-old girl kidnapped from a Hyderabad pub were granted bail by the Nampally criminal court complex’s juvenile justice board. The Board however denied the bail plea of the fifth juvenile because his bail petition was pending before the High Court.

According to the reports, the fifth juvenile is the son of a law-maker who was involved in a serious crime against a 16-year-old girl in Hyderabad. The Court also rejected to grant bail to Saduddin Malik who is the prime accused in the case. The five youngsters had filed separate bail requests with the juvenile board twice in June, but they both had been denied. On Tuesday, however, the four were granted bail on the provision of a Rs 5,000 surety.

The Nampally criminal court complex’s juvenile justice board while granting the bail ordered the four to cooperate with the investigators and to appear in court whenever they are summoned. Saduddin Malik, the prime accused in the case was arrested by the Police on June 3 and was housed in the Chanchalguda jail while the five other minor accused were put in the custody of the juvenile court.

On 28th May 2022, a 17-year-old minor girl had gone to attend a party at the Amnesia and Insomnia Pub in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. The party was hosted by two of her friends. Some other boys also had met her in the same pub, from where she was taken in a Mercedes car and allegedly gang-raped by the accused. The Mercedes car in which the girl left the pub belongs to a TRS leader and an Innova car in which the crime took place belonged to a Waqf Board functionary.

It may be recalled that the Hyderabad police had on June 9, said that they will be pushing for the under-18 accused to be tried as adults so that they do not get lighter punishment on account of being juveniles. However, the four were granted bail on July 27. Earlier reports had emerged about how politically influential families of the five accused were using their political clout and influence to pressurize the victim’s family to drop charges against the accused.

Earlier, the Hyderabad police while investigating the case had confirmed that the all accused had clinically planned the entire crime. They were carrying condoms and even used them while raping the 17-year-old girl in a moving car on the night of May 28. “They even had condoms on them and used protection while committing the offense. We are trying to ascertain where they got the condoms from,” the Police official had said.

In the stated case, all the accused minors are between the ages of 16 and 18, with one of them, the son of an AIMIM MLA, just a month short of becoming 18. The police had charged the accused under sections 376-D (gang rape), 323 (causing harm), and 376 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code. A second charge was filed under the Information Technology Act for recording the rape and distributing the images and video.

Three murders, four brutal assaults and death threats: How radical Islamists have been attacking Hindus who have supported Nupur Sharma

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Three murders, four brutal assaults and death threats: How radical Islamists have been attacking Hindus who have supported Nupur Sharma

Former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s alleged ‘blasphemous’ remark about Prophet Muhammad on May 26 sparked outrage amongst Islamists not just in India but around the world. Her decision to merely quote an excerpt from the Islamic Hadith during a TV show proved catastrophic for her political career and mental peace after AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair dog-whistled about her comments to Islamists.

This set off a series of incidents that culminated into a constant barrage of threats at Sharma and attacks on those who dared to speak out in her support, many of which turned out to be extremely brutal.

In the last few months, rabid Islamists, who have been using Nupur Sharma just as an excuse to show muscle power and challenge state forces, have brutally executed, attacked and threatened a number of people for voicing their support for the former BJP leader on social media.

Engineering student in Bhopal found dead on railway tracks a day after his father received ‘Gustakh-e-Nabi ki ek saza, sar tan sey judaa’ message

Only yesterday (July 26), the mysterious death of an engineering student from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh came to light. Nishank Rathore, a third-year college student, was found dead on the railway tracks near Obaidullaganj town in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Before his death, his father had received a message that read, “Gustakh-e-Nabi ki ek saza, sar tan sey judaa.”

Suleman attacks Mukesh Tiwari for supporting Nupur Sharma on social media

On July 23, a man identified as Mukesh Tiwari was beaten up by one Mohammad Suleman for alleged posts and comments in favour of former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma in Baikunthpur Police Station Area of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.

But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Despite the suspension of Sharma and an apology from her for the alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed, the Islamists have been unsparing toward those who have dared to support her.

Islamists attack Bajrang Dal activist for supporting Nupur Sharma

On July 20, a Bajrang Dal activist identified as Ayush Jadam from Agar, Madhya Pradesh, was allegedly attacked by Islamists for supporting the former spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Nupur Sharma. As per reports, Ayush was travelling on Ujjain Road when a group of 10-12 people attacked him with sharp weapons.

In a statement, Ayush said that during the attack, the Islamists threatened to behead him for supporting Nupur Sharma. Ayush added that he suspected someone was following him for some days but did not pay much attention to it.

Rajasthan Police arrest five over death threats to man for supporting the ex-BJP leader

On July 16, Bhilwara Police in Rajasthan arrested five people for giving death threats to a man identified as Ayush Soni. As per reports, he was receiving ‘sar tan se juda’ threats after he allegedly shared a social media post supporting Nupur Sharma. He had shared the post on WhatsApp, after which he received these threats.

When Hindu organizations came to know about the death threats given to Soni, they demanded quick and strict action. Protests and bandh were called by the Hindu organizations in Bhilwara. Later on Saturday, the Police arrested five people for threatening Soni, and security was provided to his family.

Ankit Kumar Jha was stabbed for watching a video of Nupur Sharma

Prior to the above incident, a 23-year-old man named Ankit Kumar Jha was stabbed multiple times for watching a video of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on social media. The incident took place in the Sitamarhi district in the Tirhut Division of Bihar on July 15.

As per reports, Jha was watching the video of his own social media status about Nupur Sharma on his mobile which drew the ire of the Islamists, who then attacked him with a knife at least 6 times, leaving him critically injured.

A complaint was filed by the victim’s family at the Nanpur police station against the four accused, namely, Mohammed Bilal, Mohammed Nihal, Gulab Rabanni (alias Gora) and Hilal. Two of the accused had been arrested and sent to judicial custody.

Young businessman receives death threats for supporting Nupur Sharma

Death threats to people supporting Nupur Sharma on social media still continue. A case appeared in the Umra area of Surat city in Gujarat on July 15, where a young businessman received death threats for supporting Nupur Sharma on social media. An FIR was registered in the Umra police station, and the police arrested three persons in the case. 

The complainant youth runs an amusement park in the city. A picture of former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma was uploaded on the Instagram page of the park. After this, the youth received death threats from seven persons. Initially, the youth ignored these threats but as the threats continued, he contacted the police station and told the officials about the threats. The police initiated the procedure to file an FIR and arrested three youths.

The arrested accused were identified as Mohammad Ayan Atashbajiwala, Rashid Bhura, and a woman named Aliya Mohammad.

Lawyer in Gujarat receives death threats from Islamists after he used the image of Nupur Sharma as WhatsApp status for 3 minutes

Yet another incident where Islamists exhibited extreme intolerance was when one Ahmedabad-based lawyer received threats for life after he used an image of Nupur Sharma as his WhatsApp status picture for just three minutes. The incident was reported on July 6.

The 32-year-old lawyer Krupal Raval had uploaded Nupur Sharma’s image as his WhatsApp status in last month but had removed it in just three minutes. But even in that short duration, Islamists took note of it. Raval said that soon after he had removed the status, he received threats for ‘supporting’ Nupur Sharma.

Around two hours after he had removed the image, he received a message on WhatsApp from a person who abused him using derogatory language and asked him why he was supporting Nupur Sharma. Krupal replied back asking for the person’s identity, but then blocked the number.

A few hours later, he received a call on his phone from an unidentified person, who threatened to kill him for supporting Nupur Sharma.

Hindu boy brutally assaulted by a Muslim mob for sharing social media post in support of Nupur Sharma

Islamists have been unrelenting toward all those Hindus who have voiced their support for the ex-BJP leader. On July 5, a frenzied Muslim mob in Arrah, Bihar, attacked a Hindu boy for posting a social media post in support of the former BJP leader.

Deepak, the victim, had shared a post on Facebook in support of Nupur Sharma that drew the ire of one Islamist named Raees, who responded to the social media post with indecent remarks. The matter escalated in the evening when the war of the words spilt onto the streets in the form of a fierce fistfight between Raees and Deepak, following which Raees brought 20 to 30 men to beat Deepak up. Reportedly, the Islamists also vandalised the tea shop owned by one Sonu Kumar Singh.

The assault against the Hindu man comes close on the heels of fatal attacks against Udaipur’s Kanhaiya Lal and Umesh Kolhe—two Hindu men killed for extending support to former BJP leader Nupur Sharma over her remarks on Prophet Muhammad, despite the fact that whatever Sharma told during a TV debate is corroborated by Islamic hadiths and many scholars.

Umesh Kohle was brutally hacked to death by Islamists for sharing a social media post supporting Nupur Sharma

On the night of 22nd June 2022, Chemist Umesh Kolhe was killed by some Islamists in Amravati of Maharashtra for allegedly sharing a social media post supporting former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma.  Dr Yusuf Khan, Kolhe’s close friend, shared his social media post with another group called Rahebariya and informed his friends Sheikh Irrfan and others, and created hatred in their minds for Umesh Kolhe, resulting in the attack that led to his death.

Udaipur Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal beheaded in broad daylight

On June 28, a Hindu man named Kanhaiya Lal was brutally murdered in Udaipur, Rajasthan, over an alleged post in support of Nupur Sharma.

His neighbour Nazim filed a complaint against Kanhaiya Lal, following which he was arrested. Nazim also leaked Kanhaiya Lal’s number, photograph, and address to his community groups. After being released on bail, he continued to receive threats.

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