On Sunday (May 29), the Islamic outfit Jamiat-Ulama-e-Hind passed a resolution against the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which seeks to override Muslim personal laws and enforce uniformity in civil matters.
The resolution was passed during a 2-day program, which saw the participation of 5,000 Muslim organizations, in Deoband in the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The resolution claimed that the enactment of UCC would prevent the observance of personal laws, allegedly guaranteed by the Indian Constitution.
“This ignores the true spirit of the Constitution. No Muslim accepts interference in Islamic law. If any government makes the mistake of implementing UCC, Muslims will not accept this injustice and will be forced to take all measures against it while staying within constitutional limits,” the resolution stated.
*?#जमीअत* *उलमा-ए-हिंद की मजलिस-ए-मुंतजिमा का अधिवेशन #लाइव टेलीकास्ट उस्मान नगर (ईदगाह मैदान) देवबंद से।*
— Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (@JamiatUlama_in) May 29, 2022
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has accused the Modi government of patronizing hate mongers and making the lives of Muslims difficult in India. It has announced that it will hold 1,000 ‘goodwill conferences’ (Sadbhawana Sansads) to supposedly unite society and counter Islamophobia.
During his address, President (Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind) Maulana Madani said, “We had a chance to go to Pakistan but we did not go. Those who harp on about Pakistan should go there themselves.” He also claimed that Muslims have been rendered ‘strangers’ in their own country.
“We have been maintaining patience but that does not mean that we will bow our heads and accept everything. We can compromise on everything, but not on our faith,” he warned while speaking during the event.
Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind raises Gyanvapi masjid issue
During the 2-day event, a resolution was also passed on the ongoing dispute over the Gyanvapi Masjid structure. The organization expressed its displeasure at the whole controversy. On Saturday (May 28), Maulana Niaz Ahmed Farooqui threatened that the claim over the Gyanvapi mosque could lead to the creation of another Pakistan.
Farooqui, who serves as the media-in-charge of Jamiat- Ulama-e-Hind, warned, “Hatred is being propelled against Muslims in the country. Pakistan was created the last time there was a tirade of this sort against the Muslims. I don’t understand what exactly these people want.”
The event was conducted under the tight security and supervision of the Saharanpur district administration. A large contingent of the police forces was deployed to avert any law and order situation.
Lyricist of Akshay Kumar starrer Samrat Prithviraj and #MeToo accused Varun Grover got a lesson in free speech and expression after he downplayed life threats to BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Netizens pointed out his double standards putting how he once said freedom of speech should also include freedom to insult.
On Sunday, Grover expressed solidarity with self-proclaimed fact-checker and AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who dog whistled an online mob of Islamists by sharing a post of Nupur Sharma making some statements about prophet Muhammad. This resulted in a spate of rape and murder threats on her and her family. Social media users were also outraged that, instead of siding with the woman who is receiving rape and death threats, Varun Grover stood with the man who triggered it all.
Grover watered down Zubair’s leading an online Islamist mob and claimed that all he did was ‘call out hate-speech’ and even called Sharma’s comments on Prophet Muhammad ‘legally problematic’.
I stand with @zoo_bear. He simply called out hate-speech by sharing an actual, unedited clip of a certain hate-monger given on a certain hate-filled TV channel.
The TV channel has even removed the clip from its youtube (understanding that the speech is legally problematic).
Replying to the tweet above, a pointed out how Grover had earlier stood by ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui for having insulted Hindu gods and goddesses under the garb of ‘comedy’.
Munnwar should have all the freedom of disrespecting hindu gods, but Nupur can’t states what has written in religious books.? https://t.co/2nimkyuKxc
Faruqui, in one of his stand-up performance, used lyrics of a popular Bollywood score to mock Lord Rama over his 14 years of exile, and portrayed Sita as an insecure wife suspicious of her husband Lord Rama’s loyalty towards her. Subsequently, people had called for boycott of his ‘comedy’ shows which hurt Hindu sentiments.
However, for Grover, what is good for the goose is not really good for the gander. Faruqui had the right to offend Hindu sentiments and get away with it, but Sharma cites Islamic religious text and gets called ‘hate speech’.
Author Aabhas Maldahiyar pointed out how Sharma was just quoting Islamic text. “Quran 17.1: Prophet on Flying Horse/ Donkey Bukhari 5134: Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Ask “Chidiyaghar ka Bhalu” to fact check it. Bukhari & Quran writer= hate-monger?” he added.
That’s quoting Islamic text.
Quran 17.1: Prophet on Flying Horse/ Donkey
Bukhari 5134: Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old.
Ask”Chidiyaghar ka Bhalu”to fact check it. Bukhari & Quran writer= hate-monger?
Quoting Varun’s tweet, Twitter user and podcaster Kushal Mehra wrote, “Is citing religious sources hate speech? Then is religion itself hate speech?”
I believe hate speech is part of free speech. But these hate speech haters need to resolve this internal problem. Because if they want hate speech banned they have to multiple religious verses. I am sitting in the corner and enjoying this.
Ina subsequent tweet, he wrote, “I believe hate speech is part of free speech. But these hate speech haters need to resolve this internal problem. Because if they want hate speech banned they have to multiple religious verses…”
Another popular Twitter user tweeted how people like Grover show their true colours by siding with offenders just because the victim is from a different political ideology.
these are ur vanilla free speech warriors showing their true colors by siding with big0t who has dog-whistled his followers to issue mass r@pe/k!lling/behe@ding threats to a lady.. thereby throwing FOE/ feminism/ liberalism/ anti-hate/ anti-religion etc activism out of the window https://t.co/OMfp7HaIyB
Another social media user also pointed out how Grover was justifying the threats received by Sharma by calling he remarks ‘hate-speech’.
This misogynist-communal bigot varungrover is justifying de@th/r@pe/behe@ding to a lady by defending the big0t who had dogwhistled his followers to go after her..
Notably, Varun Grover was earlier accused of sexually abusing a woman. During the #metoo movement in 2018, an anonymous lady stated to be his college junior at BHU accused Grover of sexually harassing her under the guise of auditioning for a play. However, he had denied those allegations.
The Unique Identification Authority of India has withdrawn a Press Release issued by it on 27th May, through which it had asked people to not give the photocopy of their Aadhaar cards to anyone. A clarification in that regard has been issued today by the body, saying that the press release has been withdrawn due to possibility of misinterpretation.
It may be noted that the press release dated 27th May issued by the Bengaluru office had appeared in media today, which had created a quite a storm in social media. Through it, the UIDAI had said, “Do not stare photocopy of your Aadhaar with any organisations because it can be misused”. As an alternative, people were asked to use a masked Aadhaar number which displays only the last 4 digits of the Aadhaar number. Aadhaar cards with such masked Aadhaar numbers can be downloaded from the UIDAI official website.
The Central Government clarifies that “unlicensed private entities like hotels or film halls are not permitted to collect or keep copies of #Aadhar card. It is an offence under the Aadhar Act, 2016.” #Aadhaarpic.twitter.com/AUbucFRGaP
The press release had also asked people to avoid using internet café or kiosk to download e-Aadhaar. “Only those organizations that have obtained a User License from the UIDAI can use Aadhaar for establishing the identity of a person. Unlicensed private entities like hotels or film halls are not permitted to collect or keep copies of Aadhaar card. It is an offence under the Aadhaar Act 2016. If a private entity demands to see Aadhaar card or seeks a photocopy of Aadhaar card, please verify that they have a valid User License from the UIDAI,” the notice had further said.
This notice had invited lots of shocks and ridicule on social media, as Aadhaar has been made either mandatory or an accepted identity document in a range of services, and most people have already submitted copies of the Aadhaar cards to various government and private organisations.
As the press release had created a lots of confusion, the authority decided to withdraw it. The new notice published by PIB says:
This is in pursuant of the Press Release dated 27 May 2022 by the Bengaluru Regional Office, UIDAI.
It is learnt that it was issued by them in the context of an attempt to misuse a photoshopped Aadhaar card. The release advised the people to not to share photocopy of their Aadhaar with any organization because it can be misused. Alternatively, a masked Aadhaar which displays only the last 4 digits of Aadhaar number, can be used.
However, in view of the possibility of the misinterpretation of the Press Release, the same stands withdrawn with immediate effect.
#Aadhaar holders are advised to exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their Aadhaar numbers. In view of possibility of misinterpretation the press release issued earlier stands withdrawn with immediate effect.https://t.co/ChmbVs8EjJ@GoI_MeitY@PIB_India
Withdrawing the advisory to not share the photocopy of the Aadhaar card with anyone, the new notice says that UIDAI issued Aadhaar card holders are only advised to exercise normal prudence in using and sharing their UIDAI Aadhaar numbers.
Ever since Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair unleashed Islamists on Nupur Sharma, the BJP spokesperson has been receiving multiple death threats on social media. Now, the death threats from extremist organizations across the border have also started pouring in for Sharma.
A Pakistani Twitter handle named ‘Labbaikians TV’ which claims to share ‘The Latest Speeches and interviews of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)’ has shared the announcement via their Twitter handle. The handle announced a cash reward of Pakistani Rupees 5 million (Around 19.5 lakhs INR) to anyone who would behead Nupur for allegedly committing ‘blasphemy’.
“Ghustaak-e-Rasool Nupur Sharma beheader will be given Rs 5 million reward -Labbaikians TV,” the tweet read. The handle is run by supporters of Islamic extremist party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Screengrab of the tweet by ‘Labbaikians TV
Soon after, Pakistanis began wishing death upon the BJP spokesperson and started feeling sad that they can’t commit this murder because they are on the other side of the border. “Kash me India me hota to iss ka qatal kr hi data (I wish that I was in India. I would have killed her then)”, read a comment by one of the users.
Screengrab of the tweet
“Kill this woman,” exclaimed another user Aftab Hussain.
Screengrab of the tweet
It must be mentioned that Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers were responsible for the lynching of a Srilankan national Priyantha Kumara in Sialkot in the Punjab province of Pakistan over blasphemy charges. The party has been very vocal in demanding the death sentence for every charge of blasphemy.
The party was banned in Pakistan but back in November last year, the then Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan succumbed to the pressure of radical Islamists and gave his permission to lift the ban on the extremist group.
The Background of the Controversy
Nupur Sharma has been at the receiving end of a torrent of hate and death threats since appearing on a news debate on Times Now channel on Friday (May 27). During a debate on the disputed Gyanvapi structure, Sharma argued that people can mock Islamic beliefs in response to objectionable remarks against Hinduism.
Following the debate, an alleged fact-checker from Alt News, Mohammed Zubair, shared a clip of the debate out of context, dog-whistling to his 100s of thousands of followers to attack her. Soon, the rape and death threats started to flow targeting not just Nupur Sharma, but her family members as well.
Several others, like journalist Rana Ayyub also joined Zubair later and invoked more hatred against Sharma by accusing her of blasphemy leading to a further escalation in the threats Sharma was facing.
On May 29, a North Korean drone with a payload of seven magnetic bombs or sticky bombs was shot down by Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Kathua district. As per reports, a Police search party picked up the movement of the drone from the Talli Hariya Chak area under the Rajbagh police station’s jurisdiction.
After tracking it, the police fired and shot it down. The Police said, “On the basis of drone activity observed in the area of Talli Hariya chak under police station Rajbag in district Kathua, Early morning search party of police was being sent regularly in the general area.”
Today early morning, the search party observed a #NorthKorea drone coming from the #border side and fired at it. The drone was shot down. It has a payload attachment with it which is being screened by the bomb disposal experts @JmuKmrPolice
— Police Media Centre Jammu (@ZPHQJammu) May 29, 2022
It further added, “Today early morning, the search party observed a North Korean drone coming from the border side and fired at it. The drone was shot down. It has a payload attachment with it which is being screened by the bomb disposal experts.”
A Police spokesperson said, “It has a payload attached with it, and it is being screened by the bomb disposal squad.” The drone was carrying seven magnetic bombs and seven Under Barrel Grenade Launchers (UBGLs). Ramesh Chander Kotwal, SSP Kathua, said, “We got information about drone-like activity in the region. Based on the information, a Police party was searching the area in the morning. During the search, they spotted the drone. When it was hovering at a lower altitude, the Police shot it down.”
J&K | Security forces shoot down a drone in Talli Hariya Chak under Rajbagh PS in Kathua Dist.
7 UBGLs (Under Barrel Grenade Launcher)& 7 sticky/magnetic bombs recovered from payload attached to the Hexacopter; further analysis underway. Bomb Disposal Squad present: SSP Kathua pic.twitter.com/rO3YE0m7OV
A report in Free Press Journal stated that the terror groups lodged in the valley are currently facing a shortage of ammunition. The Pakistani terror groups have developed different ways to supply them with weapons, and drones are among those methods.
There have been multiple sightings of UAVs along the international border and Line of Control, especially in Jammu. Notably, the use of drones is not a new phenomenon, and they have been used by terrorists before in Kathua and Akhnoor, along with the border district of Kupwara in Kashmir.
Keeping the threat in mind, the security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have expanded the anti-drone system capacities, jamming technology etc., especially around important military installations in the area.
Kerala Police on Sunday arrested Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Yahya Thangal after he made a derogatory remark on the judiciary over the case of hate speech during the PFI rally in Kerala. The PFI state committee member was arrested after making a remark that ‘Judges are wearing saffron innerwear’.
In the early hours of Sunday, Yahya Thangal was taken into Police custody from his home in Perumpilavu in Thrissur and was taken to Alappuzha where his arrest was recorded. On Saturday, while addressing a public rally in Thrissur, Thangal had commented, “If they are wearing saffron underwear, of course, they will feel the heat. It will burn you. We are fully aware it will disturb you,” Thangal was heard commenting on the HC’s reaction to the incident where a minor boy was shouting communal slogans against Hindus and Christians.
Earlier, the Kerala High Court had objected to the hateful sloganeering at PFI’s ‘Save the Republic’ rally held on May 21 in Kerala’s Alappuzha. In one of the videos which went viral on the Internet, a boy sitting on the shoulder of a person could be seen issuing threats to Hindus and Christians living in Kerala. He said, “Be ready with rice flakes to fill your mouth if you won’t live quietly (For Hindus). Be ready to burn incense sticks in your home if you won’t live quietly (For Christians). Because we are coming, we are your death. We won’t go to Pakistan or Bangladesh, you have to live here as we say, or else we know how to make you live quietly, we will kill you even if we are attacked.”
After the video went viral, Kerala High Court directed police to take action against the organizers of the event held in Alappuzha, Kerala.
Consequently, an FIR was registered on the complaint by lawyer Vijayakumar PK under sections Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class), 505(1)(b) (act against the public tranquillity), 505(1)(c), 505(2) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Section 120(o) of KP Act against PFI Alappuzha district secretary Mujeeb and Navas along with others.
The Kerala Police have made 21 arrests so far in the case, which includes that of the boy’s father who raised the slogan. During PFI leader Thangal’s arrest today, PFI activists gathered in front of his house and tried to block the police vehicles. After a minor clash with the agitators, the police arrested Thangal and took him to Thrissur on Sunday morning.
Sweden is facing a crisis with the integration of a large number of immigrants that have flooded the country in recent years. Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson said on April 28 that the integration of immigrants has failed, fueling gang crimes in the Scandinavian country. To tackle the problem, the Swedish PM announced a series of initiatives to control rising organized crimes in the country.
The announcement came after violent riots in Sweden left over 100 police officers injured. As per reports, the riots erupted in the country after a Swedish-Danish politician burnt a copy of the Muslim holy book Quran at a rally and suggested similar burning would talk place in immigrant-dominated neighborhoods.
The failure of the authorities to integrate the immigrants the country has received in recent years has led to the formation of parallel societies. Gang violence is much more prevalent in the country now compared to other European countries, data suggests.
Blaming criminals for the law and order situation, PM Andersson said extremism on both sides, i.e. Islamic and right-wing, was allowed to grow in Sweden. She said, “Segregation has been allowed to go so far that we have parallel societies in Sweden. We live in the same country but in completely different realities.”
The population of people who have been born abroad in the past two decades stands at 2 million, which is one-fifth of the total population. She said, “Integration has been too poor at the time when we have had large immigration. Society has been too weak, resources for the police and social services have been too weak.” Notably, her party Social Democrats has been in power for 28 out of the last 40 years. Since 2014, the party has been ruling the nation.
The rising number of gun violence in Sweden
According to a report by The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention released in 2021 [PDF English Summery], the country, which was once considered one of the safest countries in the world, now stands at the number one position in Europe in terms of fatal shootings. Notably, in the early 2000s, Sweden had the best crime stats in the region. However, by 2019, it reported maximum shootings in Europe.
The report stated, “As regards the level of gun homicide, the rate in Sweden ranks very high in relation to other European countries, at approximately 4 deaths per million inhabitants per year. The average for Europe is approximately 1.6 per million inhabitants.”
As per reports, the authorities have identified 60 “vulnerable areas” in Sweden. Mostly inhabited by immigrants, the unemployment rates and crimes are higher in these areas compared to other regions in Sweden. With only 5.4% of the population, 50% of shooting incidents took place in these areas. The study suggested that most homicides in 2020 took place in these so-called vulnerable areas.
Since 2020, many high-profile killings have taken place, as a result, Deputy National Police Chief Mats Löfving had to issue a statement where he pointed out that 40 migrant clans are operating in Sweden and held them responsible for the violence.
He said, “These clans have come to Sweden solely to organized crime. They work to create power, they have a great capacity for violence, and they want to make money. And they do that through drug crimes, violent crimes, and extortion.”
Sweden is scheduled to hold general elections in late 2022. In recent times, the country has tried to make its immigration policies strict. As a result, the dubious Human Rights Organization Amnesty International criticized Sweden and claimed that the tightening of the policies was causing human suffering and made integration harder for the immigrants.
On Friday (May 27), American magazine The Atlantic resorted to fear-mongering about India to its global audience and alleged that the country’s ‘secular and inclusive ethos’ had eroded during the 8-year rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
In an article titled, ‘The Hinduization of India is nearly complete’, author Yasmeen Serhan suggested that Muslims who stayed in India during Partition are paying the price for their decision to choose a ‘Hindu majority India’ over the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The article highlighted the case of Shah Alam Khan, who supposedly rejected the idea of a theocratic State in 1947 to live in a ‘secular’ India. “They (Religious minorities) were promised a secular nation. The unmaking of secular India is a betrayal,” he had claimed.
Screengrab of the article in The Atlantic
During the provincial elections in 1946, Muslims had voted overwhelmingly for Muslim League which had stirred up religious passions with its demand for a separate Islamic State at the time. The Muslim League had asserted that Hindus and Muslims cannot co-exist in the same country and thus, Muslims should have a country of their own carved out of India itself, post-independence.
It is thus intriguing when several apologists claim that most Muslims stayed back in India out of choice and that most Muslims at the time did not want a separate Islamic state.
There can be no denying that there was opposition even from the Muslims at the time to the idea of a separate state, however, political statements and voting preferences are two rather separate concepts. This ‘trope’ is often used to trick the Hindu community into a web of guilt.
The propaganda surrounding Article 370 abrogation, NRC and more
Yasmeen Serhan then lamented how the Modi government revoked the special autonomous status of India’s sole ‘Muslim-majority territory’ aka Jammu and Kashmir. It may be recalled that Article 370 was a temporary Constitutional provision that gave special status to the erstwhile State.
By abrogating the temporary provision, the Government of India completely integrated Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian territory and nullified the claim that Pakistan had been making about it for the past 70+ years.
She also cast aspersions about the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Act. “That same month, the northeastern BJP-led state of Assam published a national registry that left nearly 2 million people, many of them Muslim, off the list, casting their Indian citizenship into doubt,” Yasmeen alleged.
It must be mentioned that the NRC was conducted under the supervision of the Supreme Court to distinguish the original residents of Assam from the immigrants who infiltrated the Indian territory from the neighbouring country of Bangladesh.
“For Indian Muslims, in particular, the situation is dire. During the recently passed holy month of Ramadan, they saw their houses and shops bulldozed, their businesses boycotted, and their religious gatherings heckled by Hindu-nationalist mobs,” the article read.
The propaganda piece in The Atlantic deliberately omitted details about the events to keep its international readers in darkness. The use of bulldozers by the Madhya Pradesh administration was to remove illegal encroachment, which was presented as State’s vengeance against Muslims.
Given that there are mosques in every nook and corner of the country, locals in Gurugram had objected to using public property for religious prayers each Friday by the Muslim community. They had demanded that the community members use mosques for prayers instead of roads.
“Worse, a series of draconian and discriminatory laws have recruited both police and courts to efforts to silence government critics and advocates for India’s religious minorities,” the author made a passing remark without making any specific reference to the alleged laws.
Insinuation about State vendetta against Siddique Kappan and Rana Ayyub
The article also made reference to ‘journalist’ Siddique Kappan, who was arrested on October 5, 2020, while trying to enter Hathras with a fake ID. In its affidavit to the Supreme court, the Uttar Pradesh government informed that Kappan was using the garb of journalism to create a caste divide and law & order disturbance in the State.
Kappan was associated with the radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and a banned terrorist organisation named Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The Uttar Pradesh government had submitted a copy of a front-page story by Kappan in Thejas, dating back to November 30, 2011, wherein he claimed that Al-Qaeda terrorist Osama bin Laden was a ‘martyr’.
The government revealed that Siddique Kappan was the mastermind of several other riots, who in collusion with Thejas Editors, wanted to create religious unrest in the State of Kerala. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Siddique Kappan in a money laundering case.
References were also made to the case against ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub for misuse of Covid-19 funds for personal gains. It was presented as State’s vendetta against a famous Muslim personality, who is allegedly out to expose the government.
On February 10 this year, OpIndia had reported that ED seized Rs 1.77 crore in Ayyub’s and her family’s accounts under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. A few days after the expose, Ayyub alleged in a statement that she was being framed for her “journalism” and she did not misuse the money.
However, all her claims were debunked by a Twitter user Hawk Eye who was the first to share details of alleged charity fraud last year. The ED has, in its attachment order, said, “Rana Ayyub has cheated the general Public Donors in a pre-planned manner and with the intention to cheat the general public donors.”
The misleading testimony of Nandita Suneja
The article in The Atlantic made references to one Nandita Suneja who allegedly left India to avoid communal tensions.”
“Nandita Suneja, who moved from her native Delhi to Australia in 2019, told me that the communal tensions made her Hindu family’s decision to leave much easier. She didn’t want to raise her daughter in an “atmosphere of stifling freedom and hate,” Yasmeen Serhan had claimed.
Nandita Suneja is a former Chief Political Correspondent for Times Now. She moved to Australia for better opportunities. Currently she works as Director, Global Health Strategies, The Georgia Institute, Sydney, Aus. pic.twitter.com/FwouC4N1cf
— Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) (@HinduHate) May 29, 2022
Twitter user ‘Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN)’ pointed out that Suneja worked as a Chief Political Correspondent for Times Now. It informed, “She moved to Australia for better opportunities. Currently, she works as Director, Global Health Strategies, The Georgia Institute, Sydney, Australia.”
Here is Nandita Suneja participating in anti-CAA protest in Sydney defending her “idea of India”. Anti-Hindu, anti-India lobby do not just pick random people to quote in their articles. There is a method to this narrative.#Hinduphobiapic.twitter.com/wvSgQRw6nn
— Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) (@HinduHate) May 29, 2022
The Twitter user pointed out how she has been active in anti-India propaganda in Australia and has been at the forefront of the anti-CAA campaign.
“Here is Nandita Suneja participating in anti-CAA protest in Sydney defending her “idea of India”. Anti-Hindu, anti-India lobby do not just pick random people to quote in their articles. There is a method to this narrative,” it stated.
It has been 8 years since the BJP government has been in power in India. Prophecies and claims about Muslim genocide, mass emigration, and change in Indian Constitution have fallen flat.
Nevertheless, the left-liberal lobby continues to cast aspersions about the possibility of catastrophe under the Modi regime in the hopes of creating lawlessness and anarchy in the country. While such attempts have been thwarted time and again, the latest article by The Atlantic appears as one more concerted effort to create hysteria in the minds of ‘politically naive’ Indians.
PM Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation during the 89th edition of his monthly radio program, Mann Ki Baat. In his talk, he addressed the issue of cleanliness highlighting the pictures of litter spread in areas of Kedarnath during the ongoing Char Dham yatra.
The pictures of the Kedarnath valley full of litter have emerged as the temple saw pilgrims in heavy numbers during the Char Dham Yatra. This horrified many netizens who underlined the need to keep our surroundings and especially places of public importance, clean.
The Prime Minister on Sunday expressed the same concern in his latest edition of Mann ki Baat. He highlighted that while many pilgrims are sharing their contentment over their experience of Char Dham Yatra, many are also displeased with the littering of the place by some visitors. “Devotees in Kedarnath are upset over the litter spread by some pilgrims. It is not right that we go to a holy pilgrimage and find heaps of litter there,” PM Modi said.
Char Dham Yatra is underway in Uttarakhand where thousands of pilgrims are arriving. I’ve seen pilgrims in Kedarnath are saddened by litter spread by some pilgrims. There’re also some pilgrims who are cleaning nearby areas of their stay during their Yatra: PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat pic.twitter.com/A9kn2oqpwx
However, the PM highlighted, that in the midst of these complaints, good pictures from the yatra have emerged as well. “Where there is devotion, there is creativity and positivity too,” he added. He talked about a few devotees of Kedarnath, who are also practicing cleanliness apart from performing religious rituals. He mentioned that while some devotees are picking up trash from the pilgrimage road, and cleaning the places nearby, many NGOs and groups associated with the Swachh Bharat Mission too, have taken it upon themselves to keep the premises clean.
PM Modi said, “In our culture just as pilgrimage is important, the importance of service at these sacred places is highlighted as well. I will also say that the former is incomplete without the latter.” The PM highlighted that in this regard, the work of Manoj Benjwal from Rudraprayag is a great inspiration. For the past 25 years, Benjwal has undertaken efforts for conserving the environment and making the pilgrimages plastic-free.
Similarly, Modi lauded the efforts of Surendra Bagwadi from Guptkashi who regularly hosts cleanliness drives in the town. Champa Devi from Dewar Village also got praised during Mann ki Baat for her efforts to maintain cleanliness. The PM highlighted her work in creating awareness about waste management among women from her village. Her large-scale efforts in planting trees have led to the creation of a forest in itself.
“Because of the efforts of such people, the divinity in the land of Gods and our sacred places is preserved,” the PM added.
After the rape and death threats by Islamists following the uproar over the remarks of BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad during a TV discussion, Islamists have now resorted to their age-old tactic of knocking on the doors of Arab and Gulf nations to support their vicious campaign against Hindus as they consider themselves to be their immediate relatives.
Several Islamists, including the brother of Washington Post columnist and financial fraud suspect Rana Ayyub, have reverted to their old strategy of pushing Arab and Gulf countries to assist them in their fight against Hindus in India. Arif Ayyub, the brother of financial fraud accused Rana Ayyub, turned to Twitter and suggested that the Gulf nations restrict their fuel supplies to India in order to make Hindus in India suffer. The Islamists are leaving no stone unturned to target Nupur Sharma even though all she did was quote some facts about Prophet Mohammad which are written in Islamic scriptures.
Quoting the tweet of her sister Rana Ayyub and tagging Aramco, UAE President Mohamed Bin Zayed, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Arif wrote, “India runs on Oil from middle-east, a region of Islamic nations. If these nations were to stop their supplies for a month, Indians, of which a vast majority are such Muslim-hating Hindus, would suffer greatly.”
Screenshot of the tweet.
Several other social media users posted on similar lines inviting Islamic intervention from the Arab countries. A user wrote, “Instead of expecting any legal action in India, the clip of Nupur Sharma should be made viral in Gulf…” He also dragged in author and professor Anand Ranganathan stating he abuses Islam.
Screenshot of the tweet.
Arif Ayyub, who is presently encouraging Gulf nations to interfere in Indian affairs, had earlier gone on an erratic tirade against the Saudi and UAE royal families after a Saudi-led coalition retaliated against the Islamist Houthi movement in Yemen for carrying out a deadly drone assault in the UAE in January this year. In subsequent tweets, Arif had declared that the Islamic world will experience a rebirth if the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are ousted.
Notably, Delhi Minorities Commission chairman Zafarul Islam Khan also took similar lines in 2020 when he sought Arab intervention in Indian affairs after alleging that Muslims are persecuted in India.
