Pakistani media agency Dawn News has said that its channel was ‘hacked’ following which its screen started showing the Indian flag with a message that read ‘Happy Independence Day’, Sidhant Sibal of WION News reported. An investigation has been apparently ordered into the same.
Dawn channel says it's channel was hacked with screen suddenly broadcasting Indian Flag with text saying Happy Independence Day; Investigation has been ordered into the incident. pic.twitter.com/f6CmzljS9z
Dawn News has said that broadcast was on as usual when the Indian flag along with the message appeared on screen while a commerical was running. Its administration has said that it is too early to comment on the matter and it will inform its viewers as soon as the investigation has been concluded.
While it is unclear as to which individuals were responsible for the said event, speculation on social media is rife that it was the work of Indian hackers.
Big Breaking : Dawn channel broadcasted Indian Flag with text saying 'Happy Independence Day'.
Indian hackers have in the past attempted such endeavours in which they have secured much success. In 2016, one hacker from India had apparently compromised the Agricultural Department of Baltistan’s website and warned Pakistani hackers, “If we start attack on you, it would be more dangerous than surgical strikes.” Some Indian hackers have also claimed to have extracted sensitive information from Pakistan in the past.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra during a television debate ahead of the Bhoomi Pujan event at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya called Congress Rahya Sabha MP Kumar Ketkar ‘rice bag convert’. It was after the senior Congress leader claimed that it is yet to decided whether Rama is a ‘creation of history or literature’.
Kumar Ketkar said, “Ram exists because of Ramayan. However, a conclusion is yet to be reached on whether Ram is the creation of history or literature. Valmiki wrote a great epic and its impact was felt both in India and abroad. But, I don’t know if He existed in history.“ At this, Sambit Patra slammed him and ended up calling him a rice bag convert.
“What is the Congressman saying? He is asking whether Lord Ram is the creation of history or literature. He is telling us to show evidence that Ram existed… If you had said the same thing about Allah, you would have been beheaded by now. Be grateful that you are a Hindu else you would not have the audacity to say something like this,” said Sambit Patra.
What does Rice Bag Convert mean?
The term ‘Rice Bag Convert’ or ‘Rice Christians’ is used to refer to people who convert to Christianity after being induced to do so by Christian missionaries on the promise of material benefits. The Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, published in the 19th Century, defined Rice Christians as “Converts to Christianity for worldly benefits, such as a supply of rice to Indians. Profession of Christianity born of lucre, not faith.”
Jason Wordie in an article for the South China Morning Post wrote, “The term “rice Christians” appears in the writings of William Dampier, an English explorer (and occasional privateer-pirate) who visited Indo-Pacific waters in the late 17th century. Dampier dismissively wrote of the French Catholic priests active at that time in Indochina, opining that “alms of rice have converted more than their preaching”.”
He stated further, “Materially opportunistic religious adherents arrived in the region in the wake of European voyages to maritime Asia from the 16th century. Commonly known as “rice Christians”, they have a long and generally distasteful history in Hong Kong, and elsewhere.” Thus, quite clearly, the term does not mean that the inducement is limited to rice alone but it features prominently.
Concerns about ‘Rice Bag Converts’ or ‘Rice Christians’
As is to be expected, concerns regarding ‘rice bag converts’ or ‘rice Christians’ often come the most from Asian countries such as India, Japan and China. Historically, Japan went on a war with Christian missionaries in order to eradicate the presence of the religion which they perceived to be a cultural as well as a polirical threat.
While Christian missionaries these days tend not to use bags of rice to induce conversions, at least some of them do not appear to have lost their attachment with the symbolism of the object. Mission India, a Christian Evangelical organisation, calls one of its projects the ‘Rice Bag Project’. The project involves handing out ‘Mission India Rice Bags’ to children.
Some Christian organisations, too, have voiced their concerns with such inducement as they believe conversion through inducement will not lead to a true change of heart but only changes on the surface. Some of them have also issued directives to missionaries in order to urge them to refrain from using allurement for conversions.
One Baptist Christian publication said, “On occasion, it might not be wrong to HELP another church to build its building, when it is plain that that congregation is doing all it can to build the building, and when it is plain that that congregation would eventually get its own building with or without outside help. But to channel U.S. church funds into church buildings in Asia (or elsewhere) is a very serious mistake. It will weaken those churches, at best. It is even possible that the churches which are so aided will never be true churches, being peopled only by “rice Christians.””
Another article noted, “Cambodia’s relative religious freedoms have encouraged Christian groups to set up shop in the Kingdom, but they risk creating ‘rice Christians’ when they preach to the poor.” The author of another ‘code of conduct’ for ‘Christian witness’ noted, “To the best of my ability I tried to explain to this well-meaning but misguided pastor that his approach to cross-cultural ministry was bound to produce “rice Christians” drawn to “faith” by the enticing prospect of a free trip to an American vacationland.”
The Congress party and its leaders have vilified the sentiments of millions of Hindus by questioning the existence of Lord Ram on multiple occasions. Ahead of Bhoomi Pujan on August 5, Zee News conducted a discussion on Ayodhya and Ram Mandir. In a shocking display of ignorance, Congress leader Kumar Ketkar denied the historical existence of Shri Ram and cast aspersions about the Hindu God being a creation of literature.
Kumar Ketkar questions existence of Shri Ram
At about 19 minutes into the discussion, the host asked Ketkar whether he or the Congress party now believes in the existence of Lord Ram. In a display of sheer ignorance, the Congress leader replied, “Ram exists because of Ramayan. However, a conclusion is yet to be reached on whether Ram is the creation of history or literature. Valmiki wrote a great epic and its impact was felt both in India and abroad. But, I don’t know if He existed in history. “
On being questioned about his bizarre stance on the existence of Lord Ram, Kumar Ketkar tried to justify his comments in light of the baseless claims made last month by the Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli about Lord Ram. During a recent event to commemorate Bhanubhakta’s birth anniversary, the Nepalese Prime Minister claimed that India had created a ‘fake Ayodhya’ in India when, according to him, it is a village in Birgunj in Nepal. “There is no historical evidence (of the existence of Shri Ram) and that is why Nepal’s PM claimed that Ayodhya is located in Nepal”, Ketkar concluded.
Sambit Patra dares Kumar Ketkar to speak against Allah
He was then slammed by BJP leader Sambit Patra for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and dared him to deny the existence of Allah in a similar fashion. “What is the Congressman saying? He is asking whether Lord Ram is the creation of history or literature. He is telling us to show evidence that Ram existed… If you had said the same thing about Allah, you would have been beheaded by now. Be grateful that you are a Hindu else you would not have the audacity to say something like this,” Sambit Patra taught Kumar ketkar a session in secularism and free speech.
Congress denied existence of Lord Ram, opposed Ram Mandir
In 2007, an affidavit filed by the Congress-led government read, “Valmiki Ramayana and Ramcharitmanas admittedly form an important part of ancient Indian literature, but these cannot be said to be historical records to incontrovertibly prove the existence of the characters and occurrences of events depicted therein.” The affidavit was filed to register the UPA government’s opposition to the demand to scrap the Sethusamudram project as it would damage the Ram Setu.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal fought the Ram Janmabhoomi case for the Sunni Waqf Board opposing the building of a magnificent Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. He also employed dilatory tactics and asked the apex court to delay the decision in the Ram Janmabhoomi case till the 2019 elections. Another eminent Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had earlier claimed that no ‘good Hindu’ would want a Ram Mandir at Babri site. Tharoor urged that one should have the Ram Mandir in one’s heart.
Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar on Saturday made a sensational claim stating that he had rejected a 175,000-pound county cricket contract with Nottinghamshire in England to fight the war in Kargil.
Speaking to ARY News, Shoaib Akhtar revealed how he was ready to turn down the lucrative country cricket contract to fight for his country.
“People hardly know about this story. I had a 175,000-pound contract with Nottingham. Then in 2002, I had another big contract. I left both when Kargil happened. I stood on the outskirts of Lahore. A general asked me what I’m doing there. I said war is about to start and we’ll die together. I left county [cricket] twice like this and the counties were shocked. I wasn’t concerned about that. I called up my friends in Kashmir and told them I am ready to fight,” Akhtar was quoted as saying.
He further said, “When the planes (from India) came and downed some of our trees, that was a big loss for us. They dropped 6-7 trees and we are really putting a lot of focus on trees now. I was very hurt about this. I was feeling dizzy when I woke up that day and my wife told me to calm down. But until the next day when I saw the news, that continued. I know the inside story of what happened on the next day, I’m from Rawalpindi and I know GHQ”.
The Kargil war broke out after Pakistani soldiers disguised as Kashmiri terrorist sat in positions on the Line of Control (LOC). The war which started on May 2, 1999, lasted till July 26 after Indian Army ousted the Pakistani intruders from Indian bunkers.
BJP UP President Swatantra Dev Singh has tested positive for Coronavirus. He wrote on his Twitter account that he was showing symptoms of Covid-19. After getting tested, his reports came back positive. He has advised everyone who came in his contact in the last few days to immediately quarantine themselves and get tested if there is any need.
मुझे कोरोना के शुरुआती लक्षण दिख रहे थे जिसके चलते मैंने अपनी कोविड-19 की जाँच कराई। जाँच में मेरी रिपोर्ट कोरोना पॉज़िटिव आई है। मुझसे संपर्क में आने वाले सभी लोगों से मेरा निवेदन है कि वह गाइडलाइन के अनुसार स्वयं को क्वारंटाइन कर ले और आवश्यकता अनुसार अपनी जाँच करा ले।
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit was also tested positive today. According to the reports, 80-years-old Purohit was admitted to the Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. He is said to be asymptomatic and in a stable condition. The hospital released a statement in which they said, “The Honourable Governor of Tamilnadu Shri Banwarilal Purohit tested positive for COVID-19. He is asymptomatic and clinically stable. He underwent further tests and assessments at the Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet, Chennai today. As the infection is mild, he has been advised home isolation.”
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit (in file pic) tests positive for #COVID19. He is asymptomatic and clinically stable. As the infection is mild, he has been advised home isolation & will be monitored by the medical team of Kauvery Hospital: Kauvery Hospital, Chennai pic.twitter.com/iWBz20Lcjm
Earlier today, Home Minister Amit Shah also posted a tweet in which he said that he has been tested positive and got himself admitted in the hospital on doctor’s advice. While netizens are praying for everyone’s fast recovery, some ideology-extremists and Islamists are wishing death for the leaders.
On the same day, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan recovered from the disease, and he was discharged from the hospital after he tested negative. This is informed by his son Abhishek Bachchan, who is also undergoing treatment for the infection. Both of them were admitted at the hospital after testing positive for Coronavirus on 11th July. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter had also tested positive the next, but they were kept in home isolation, and they had recovered on 27th July.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 17,50,723 Covid-19 cases reported by India so far. 11,45,629 have been cured, 5,67,730 are still active, and 37,364 have lost their lives.
The mystery surrounding the untimely death of Sushant Singh Rajput is becoming murkier with every passing day. In a shocking revelation, the Mumbai police have reportedly said that they ‘inadvertently deleted’ the folder containing the case details of Disha Salian, the former manager of the actor. But later Mumbai police denied the allegation, and said that all documents related to the death are available with them.
Disha had committed suicide five days prior to Sushant’s death. The Mumbai police have supposedly deleted the investigation details by mistake. As per reports, the Bihar police had emphasised on the need to reopen the case of Salian’s death to unearth the possible links with Sushant Singh’s death.
When the Bihar police went to the residence of Disha Salian, they did not find anyone to record any statement. While preliminary reports suggested her death as a case of suicide, Mumbai police later claimed that it can be a case of ‘accidental death.’
The mysterious call received by Mumbai Police team
When the team went to Malwani police station in Malad to inquire about Disha Salian, the investigation officer of the Mumbai police had shared the details but later claimed to have ‘inadvertently deleted’ case details. Reportedly, the change in the stance of the Mumbai police team was observed after they received a ‘call.’ When the team from Bihar offered to help retrieve case files, the Mumbai police refused them access to the laptop. The Bihar police will also find the key maker who opened the locks of Sushant’s house, after his mysterious death.
Mumbai police refutes ‘delete’ claim
After the media reports claiming that Mumbai police has deleted the case files of Disha’s death appeared, the Mumbai police came forward to deny them. Officials of the Malvani Police Station said that no files related to Disha Salian’s death case have been deleted and that they have everything on record. All documents are also available with them.
“The case is under investigations. Several statements are taken and family has given no complaint against anyone,” officials of the police station said.
Lawyer of Sushant Singh Rajput denies Disha being the manager of Sushant Singh Rajput
Sushant Singh Rajput’s lawyer has denied that Disha was the actor’s manager, saying that she was yet to join him. However, according to the lawyer, Disha committed suicide on the same day that Rhea had left him. He further claimed, “The next day, all media reports said Sushant Singh Rajput’s secretary died by suicide whereas she had not even joined yet. The situation contributed to an increase in Sushant’s anxiety and he feared being implicated in Disha’s death case and constantly checked Google because of it.” The lawyer has labelled it as a case of abetment of suicide.
Mother of Disha Salian rules out potential connection
According to her mother, there is no connection between her death and that of Sushant Singh Rajput. She said, “This cannot have a connection with Sushant’s death, she never took his name. We didn’t know that she was Sushant’s manager. We came to know later. Only once, she had told us that she had gone to Sushant’s house with somebody. How can there be a connection in meeting him just once? She was his manager for a very short time.”
Weeks after OpIndia had exclusively reported the statement of Ex-Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain confessing his involvement in the Delhi riots in February this year, the same has been confirmed by Delhi police. According to reports, police have informed that Tahil Hussain has admitted during the interrogation that he is the mastermind of the Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots of February 2020. In his statement to Delhi Police he said that when he became Aam Aadmi Party’s councillor in 2017, he wanted to teach Hindus a lesson using his political position and money. According to the official confession, he got support from Khalid Saifi and Popular Front of India (PFI).
Tahir Hussain and Khalid Saifi planned the riots
Tahir Hussain in his confession during the interrogation of Delhi Police, said that Khalid Saifi, who is very close to him, planned the riots with him. He once told him that his political position and money should be used against Hindus and for the community. He promised Saifi that he will always be ready to take any step. After the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Ram Lalla Virajman and the Indian government passed Citizen Amendment Act tabled by Home Minister Amit Shah, Tahir and Khalid met and decided that this is time they have to act.
PFI provided space and money to formulate a plan for the riots
In his confession, Tahir Hussain said that Khalid Saifi introduced him to Umar Khalid, ex-student of JNU at PFI office in Shaheen Bagh. He alleged that Umar Khalid told him that he is ready to die. Saifi promised Hussain that Danish, member of PFI, will help him financially in the war against Hindus. They made the plan in PFI office that they will do something big in Delhi that will shake the roots of the central government and it will be forced to take back CAA. Khalid Saifi took the responsibility to provoke people to a level that they come out on the streets.
According to Delhi police, Tahir Hussain has confessed that he had collected empty liquor and cold drink bottles from scrap dealers, and as construction was going on at his house, collecting bricks and stones without arousing doubt was not an issue. He also collected petrol and diesel by filling the tanks of vehicles full, which was transferred to containers at his house. Tahir also said that Umar had also asked him to collect acid, and accordingly, he had stocked large quantities of acid, bricks, stones, petrol, diesel etc on the roof of his house. Umar had planned to use them to attack people during US President Trump’s India visit. Tahir Hussain informed that he also collected his licensed pistol, which was deposited with police, to use during the riots.
What does the charge sheet against Tahir Hussain says
The charge sheet pertaining to FIR 114 states that Tahir played a vital role in burning several Hindu shops in the Khajuri Khas area along with his accomplices. During the investigation, police found out that he had instigated a mob during the riots of 24th and 25th February 2020 saying that Hindus have killed many Muslims and had set their shops on fire on the Sherpur Chowk. The charge sheet says, “Only 64 live cartridges and 22 empty cartridges were recovered at his instance. During interrogation, he could not give an account of the remaining 14 live cartridges and 22 empty/fired cartridges, when and where the same were fired/used.”
OpIndia’s detailed report on the chronology of the event that led up to the riots is now available on Kindle. It has a comprehensive account of the loss of life and property in riots and how Hindus were targeted.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah tested positive for novel coronavirus infection on Sunday.
As soon as the news spread regarding Home Minister Amit Shah being tested positive for the coronavirus, Islamists jumped on social media platforms to not only mock Amit Shah and express their happiness but also to wish death upon him.
Islamists took to Twitter to take a dig at Amit Shah and wishing death upon him.
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One Shokat Ali referred to the Ram Mandir as ‘tabela’ (stable) and wished death upon Shah. The Bhoomi Pujan of Ram Janmabhoomi temple is scheduled for 5th August 2020.
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Expressing their hatred, few Islamists also wished death upon Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Another user celebrated that the news of Amit Shah testing positive for the coronavirus to claim that this was her ‘Eid’ moment.
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Another user dragged in Baba Ramdev’s immunity boosting kit ‘Coronil’ to joke about Amit Shah’s health and suggested that the Union Home Minister should use it to get cured from the infection.
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Home Minister Amit Shah is currently undergoing treatment for coronavirus. While his symptoms are mild, he has been hospitalised on advice of his doctors.
As the date of Bhoomi Pujan for Ram Mandir is coming closer, more stories are surfacing around demolition the disputed structure of Babri Masjid. One such story is of the temporary Mandir of Ram Lalla that was raised in 1992 after the demolition. Baba Satyanarayan Maurya is one of those Karsewaks who were present at the time when the temporary Mandir was built. In a recently published video, he narrated the story briefly how they had to think quickly before armed forces entered the premises to take them away.
Baba Satyanarayan Maurya, famous by the name Baba said, “on 7th December, when they came to know that police is arriving the demolition site in few hours we did not have any way to build the temple quickly. If we did not build a temporary Mandir at the site, it would have still been a disputed land, not the location of Ram Mandir. Bhagwan Ram showed us the path, and we built a small temporary Mandir using the cloth we took with us to make banners.” The temporary Mandir remained in same structure till the time Ram Lalla was shifted recently by Yogi Adityanath ahead of construction of the Ram Mandir.
Before the demolition of the mosque, the Ram Lalla’s idol was placed inside the mosque under its central dome. It was placed by some devotees on a December night in 1949, after which the mosque was locked by the government to prevent any communal violence. Before that, both Muslims and Hindus were worshiping at the site, as a the British government had divided the site into two parts by erecting a fence in 1859. The inner court including the mosque was given to Muslims, while Hindus were allowed to use the outer court. After the mosque was demolished in 1992, the temporary temple, which was basically a tent, was raised to place the idol.
Ram Lalla Hum Aayenge, Mandir Wahin Banayenge
Baba played an essential role during the Ram Mandir movement. He is the one who gave the famous slogan, “Ram Lalla hum aayenge, Mandir wahin banayenge,” which is still immensely popular among Ram Bhakts. The slogan was used on every occasion in the last 28 years whenever there was a discussion about Ram Mandir. On his social media accounts and Youtube channel, he had shared several rare videos and photographs of the Ram Temple movement.
Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan
On 5th August 2020, Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan will take place in Ayodhya. PM Narendra Modi, Murli Manohar Joshi, sister of Kothari Brothers and many other prominent leaders and saints will be present in Ayodhya for the ceremony. A 22.6 KG brick will be laid down as the foundation stone for the Mandir. The construction of Ram Mandir is becoming a reality because of the historic judgment of the Supreme Court of India on 9th November 2019 in which the court ruled in favour of Ral Lalla Virajmaan and ordered the government of India to provide support for the construction of the Mandir. A trust was formed in February 2020 as per the court’s guidelines.
A heartbreaking story of the death of a young doctor went viral on the internet on Sunday. Dr Aisha, who tweeted under the handle @Aisha_must_sayz, supposedly lost her life to the Wuhan Coronavirus after being put on ventilator on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha. The news of her death went viral on social media with an outpouring of grief from all quarters.
“Dr Aisha” getting hooked on to the ventilator. Image Source: Twitter
As it turns out, however, the entire thing appears to be a sick joke played by someone who obviously has too much time on his hands during the lockdown amidst the Coronavirus crisis. Users on social media have pointed towards the various inconsistencies in her fanciful story that makes it more than evident that the whole affair was one giant farce.
In one tweet, ‘Dr Aisha’ claimed that she was on a ventilator. However, a quick search on Google revealed that the image she had shared was actually that of dental anaesthesia. One user also revealed that ‘Dr Aisha’ in her photo does not look anything like an individual who is about to be put on a ventilator.
Now her ‘update’ has MULTIPLE logical fallacies. 1. She assumed that a smiling, well oriented patient requires a ventilator.
2. She doesn’t even know how a patient on ventilator looks like!
The user also revealed that the person in the image that was shared was likely not ‘Aisha’ and while ‘Aisha’ claimed to be living in South Africa as per the information on her Twitter profile, the logo on the hospital bed-sheet indicated that the girl in the photo was at a hospital in Telangana. The account was created on Twitter in October 2019.
Now that it’s clear that she isn’t a doctor, nor she is in South Africa.. Let’s also clear it up that it’s NOT her picture.
This profile might be of a random guy who is using a girl’s picture!
All of this clearly indicates that the news of the young doctor’s death was almost certainly fake. A further photograph shared by the account serves almost as a confirmation that the whole story was a concocted lie. The image, where the account claims the family is grieving the doctor’s death, shows the doctor at the hospital sitting with her family members and smiling.
Patients suffering from the Coronavirus are not permitted to mingle with their family without masks, PPE, gloves and other adequate precautions. In the image that was shared, neither the family nor the supposed doctor were wearing anything that could be interpreted as protection against infection. Such conduct is not permitted at any hospital that treats Coronavirus patients. Therefore, quite clearly, the whole thing is an elaborate lie.
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‘Journalists’ who are often found railing against fake news and chastising ordinary citizens for falling for the same fell for the lie hook, line and sinker. They did not bother even for a moment to verify the news before offering agonising condolence for the supposed victim. There were numerous verified handles on Twitter that helped spread the fictional story.
Among them was former NDTV journalist Nidhi Razdan.
Nidhi Razdan upset over death of ‘Dr Aisha’
She later deleted her tweet and said that the account appeared fake. “You have to be really sick to pretend to have COVID,” she said.
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Shahid Siddiqui, too, posted a condolence message on his profile that reflected some excruciating pain. He said, “Covid19 took away this flower only leaving its fragrance and love till her last breath.”
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One Asim Jofa with a verified handle posted a message of condolence as well. He shared the ‘last message’ from Dr Aisha before her apparent death and said that she had passed away yesterday.
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Professional fake news peddler Rana Ayyub mourned the death of Dr Aisha as well.
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Story of Dr Aisha moved so many people that Congress supporters even ended up planning what to do in case they themselves die.
Really? It’s not true? That’s very odd. Don’t know why somebody would create such a hoax but it was very emotive. The emotions people felt was real. I ended up writing to my sister about what she should do if something happened to me. https://t.co/OaKgFQeZUJ
News18, in fact, ran an entire story on her. The report said that Dr Aisha had become a doctor only recently and was extremely happy. She, however, got infected with the Wuhan Coronavirus and succumbed to it on Eid. They even dubbed her a ‘Corona warrior’.
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There was some hilarity during the charade as well. One person who had even conversed with the individual running the Dr Aisha account realised soon enough that it was a fake account and was rather dejected when truth stared at him right at his face.
Only one person, however, was arrogant enough to justify the whole affair and said that it did not matter if the story was fake or not. “The virus IS killing very young people too, and we have to stop behaving like it isn’t just because we are bored of being cautious,” she said. Needless to say, Hiba Beg was formerly a journalist with The Quint.
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The manner in which the whole of Twitter fell for the fake account could serve as a remarkable study in the mannerisms of the human mind. One is also driven to think that the name of the individual, Aisha, and the fact that she was claimed to have died on Eid could have perhaps motivated the ‘secular-liberal’ brigade to fall for it as they are always on the prowl for a new Muslim victim to fawn over.
One suspects that individuals such as Rana Ayyub and Shahid Siddiqui perhaps would not have readily fallen for the fake account if the account carried a name that could not be tied with a particular religion. Regardless, it was another instance where the ‘secular-liberal’ brigades’s quest to find the perfect Muslim victim fell flat on its face.
