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UP: ‘Islam Zindabad’, ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans raised during a Durga puja event, black cloth hurled at Maa Durga; one booked

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UP: ‘Islam Zindabad’, ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans raised during a Durga puja event, black cloth hurled at Maa Durga; one booked

In a shocking event, a girl belonging to the Muslim community created a ruckus in the ongoing Durga puja event in the Basti region of Uttar Pradesh by raising communally sensitive and anti-India slogans. On Monday, 23rd October, the girl barged into the event and threw black cloth on the idol of Maa Durga, and raised slogans praising Islam and Pakistan.

The girl got on the stage and snatched the mic from the person who was singing praises of Maa Durga and yelled, “Islam Zindabad, Pakistan Zindabad.” The police booked the girl on Tuesday, 24th October for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and investigating the matter further.

As per the reports, the incident is said to have happened during the ‘Jagran’ event which was organized in the Chowri Bazar area on Monday (23rd October) evening. The anti-India slogans irked the other Hindu attendees who immediately informed the police, but the authorities seemed to allegedly ignore the incident at first.

The locals complained that the police were called but they failed to arrive at the spot. Notably, on Tuesday, 24th October, the locals blocked the Chowri Bazar area and raised slogans against the administration. “Police Prashasan Murdabad, Hindustan Zindabad,” the slogans read.

The incident was recorded on the CCTV footage which stands as proof that slogans praising Islam and Pakistan were deliberately raised in a Hindu event by a Muslim girl. Also, Maa Durga was insulted by the girl as she threw black cloth at the idol.

The incident spread like fire in the Basti region of Uttar Pradesh. The Hindus residing in the city condemned the incident and demanded the immediate arrest of the accused girl. The locals meanwhile, who witnessed the incident said that the girl was surrounded by around 6-7 persons when she raised anti-India slogans but she was not stopped by anyone. The police also didn’t come to the event, locals complained.

The Police took cognizance of the event after the mass protest and booked the girl for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus. Dy SP Shehmani Upadhyay commented on the issue and confirmed that a police case has been filed in the matter and that all the persons responsible for creating communal tension at the event will be arrested.

The police also stated the possibility that the girl might have been trained by some miscreants who wanted to disturb the peace in the region. “All those will be exposed,” the police added.

“A Muslim girl went on the stage and raised religious slogans. The locals allege that there was negligence on the part of the police who were on duty. After investigation, action will be taken against them. A case has been registered and legal action will be taken against those who have attempted to disturb the peace,” Dy SP was quoted as saying.

Gujarat HC judge issues a public apology for engaging in a heated argument with a fellow judge

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Gujarat HC judge issues a public apology for engaging in a heated argument with a fellow judge

The Gujarat High Court judge on Wednesday issued a public apology after engaging in a heated exchange with a fellow judge in an open courtroom, caused by their disagreement regarding a case.

Justice Vaishnav issued a public apology to Judge Bhatt in the presence of court staff and lawyers on Wednesday. “The events of Monday should not have transpired, and I acknowledge my error. I am deeply sorry for what occurred. As we commence this new session, I must emphasize that such incidents should not have taken place. I don’t know… I was mistaken,” Justice Vaishnav said.

On Monday, October 23, a contentious argument unfolded between Justice Biren Vaishnav and Justice Mauna Bhatt in the Gujarat High Court. Justice Vaishnav, the presiding senior judge, became displeased when Justice Bhatt expressed her disagreement by quietly murmuring in his ear. A video clip of the incident, which has since circulated on social media, captures Justice Vaishnav issuing an order in a case.

Justice Bhatt, on the other hand, appeared to hold a dissenting view from Justice Vaishnav and conveyed her disagreement through a whispered comment. This prompted a strong reaction from Justice Vaishnav, who urged her to issue a “differing order.”

“Express your disagreement, my friend. You’ve shown dissent in one case, so do the same here,” Justice Vaishnav advised the junior judge.

In response, Justice Bhatt stated, “It’s not about dissenting.”

Justice Vaishnav then replied, “In that case, issue a different order. Avoid murmuring.”

Following this, Justice Vaishnav stood up and exited the courtroom, announcing that the bench would not be entertaining any additional cases.

Following this heated argument, the live-streamed video of the said bench was removed from YouTube. The Gujarat High Court’s YouTube channel usually broadcasts proceedings from all benches.

Moreover, according to the links provided for Wednesday’s hearings on YouTube, it appears that Justice Vaishnav is no longer presiding alongside Justice Bhatt. Instead, Justice Bhargav Karia has taken her place. However, there is no official notification on the High Court’s website concerning this alteration in the bench composition.

This incident bears a stark resemblance to a similar incident in the Supreme Court in January 2016, when Justices MY Eqbal and Arun Mishra engaged in an altercation over a case.

Siddharth Varadarajan’s wife Nandini Sundar, ‘Adolf Hitler’ and 1900+ others sign an open letter contextualising Hamas attack against Israel, where they raped and beheaded Jews

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Siddharth Varadarajan’s wife Nandini Sundar, ‘Adolf Hitler’ and 1900+ others sign an open letter contextualising Hamas attack against Israel, where they raped and beheaded Jews

As Israeli military action against Hamas in Gaza continues in retaliation to the horrific terror attack by Hamas on 7 October, some 1,900 plus odd sociology “professors” have signed an open letter in solidarity with Gaza and Palestinians. The letter, a typical rant of the left, calls to “contextualise” the Hamas terror attack that killed over 1400 innocent Israelis and displaced over 2 lakh civilians in Israel.

The letter is published as a Google Doc, which can be edited by people after requesting edit permission.

The excerpt reads, “As educators, it is our duty to stand by the principles of critical inquiry and learning, to hold the university as a space for conversation that foregrounds historical truths, and that contextualises this past week’s violence in the context of 75 years of settler colonial occupation and European empire.”

The letter has been signed by professors from Ivy League institutes including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oxford, Brown, Berkeley, and others. And when the elite progressives have it in them to speak up for the downtrodden, how can the Indian left not rise to the occasion?

Among those Indians who have signed the letter are The Wire founder Siddharth Varadarajan’s wife Nandini Sundar. The Indian signatories to the letter also include students from IIT Bombay, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), OP Jindal, Ashoka University, JNU, Jamia Milia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), and Delhi University (DU).

However, the biggest irony in this document is that a person named Adolf Hitler, who is listed as “professor emeritus, Sociology, University of Austria”, is also a signatory.

However, it seems that later the name Adolf Hitler was removed from the list. It is notable that anyone can add any name to sign the list, and it is possible that some of the names are fake. Moreover, as it is an editable document, someone is going through the signatures and removing suspicious sounding names, like Adolf Hitler.

Moreover, the letter does not condemn Hamas and the carnage it unleashed on Israeli civilians on 7th October killing more than 1,400 innocent people and taking more than 200 captive. It also does not mention that Hamas is also responsible for the death of civilian Palestinians in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, as Hamas has been preventing civilians from evacuating north Gaza despite repeated warnings by Israel. In fact, the letter just once makes the mention of Hamas violence but does so in a matter-of-factly tone as against the 300+ words of Israel bashing.

The letter reads, “While claiming its actions are a justifiable response to recent Hamas violence against Israeli civilians, it has targeted the civilian Palestinian population of Gaza, while exhibiting little regard for the loss of human life.” The letter also objects to the use of ‘racist and dehumanizing language’ for Hamas terrorists, referring to Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant using the term ‘human animals’ for Hamas terrorists/

Copy of the letter shared on X (Source: Christopher F. Rufo/Twitter)

Clearly, the signatories made the conscious choice of not acknowledging the unspeakable atrocities inflicted upon Israeli civilians including women and babies. One of the appalling excerpts of the letter reads, “This latest siege comes as a continuation and escalation of the daily violence Palestinians faced for decades from Israeli colonisation…”

Copy of the letter shared on X (Source: Christopher F. Rufo/Twitter)

The letter essentially negates that the Israeli attacks are a retaliation thereby further writing off the fact that Hamas ever conducted a terrorist attack on Israel. That it consciously leaves out any mention of the terrorist attack and talks about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the context of “75 years of settler colonial occupation” shows how this global left lobby joiin forces with Islamists to legitimise the existence of terrorist groups like Hamas.

Netizens have pointed out several flaws in the letter that raise questions on the credibility of the letter and even its signatories. There is of course the Adolf Hitler bit for one. “Academic Watchdog” Steve McGuire shared an image of the document while it was still accepting entries showing how the document has several collaborators.

X user Abigail Anthony, a writer, also recorded a 33-second video while the document was still being edited. The name of Michael Rodriguez, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of California, appeared on the document as he deleted an entry signed by the name Jill Biden, “professor, Northern Virginia Community College”.

The apparent editor of the document goes by the name Michael Rodriguez-Muniz on X, formerly Twitter, and had first shared the open letter on 18th October calling on his followers to sign and share the same.

Author and Professor Bradley Campbell pointed out on X that the list consists of “mostly usual suspects plus a bunch of grad students. Some of them aren’t even in sociology departments.”

Another X user, Grayson Quay, pointed out that the document can be signed under whatever name one wants. “They don’t vet the signatures at all. I just signed as Reinhard Heydrich,” he wrote.

This nth letter by the global left lobby comprising of 1,700 self-proclaimed “sociologists” whose credibility is as good as a troll account on social media, shows their sheer desperation to find an excuse of a “cause” to clutch on to. The left has become irrelevant, and Islam is their only fodder for the want of a revolution. Unfortunately, the victims of terrorism continue to have to fight for justice even in death.

After Piers Morgan, Toronto and Saskatchewan Unis platform anti-semitic, anti-Hindu, pro-Hamas Mohammed Hijab, who had also instigated Leicester violence against Hindus

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After Piers Morgan, Toronto and Saskatchewan Unis platform anti-semitic, anti-Hindu, pro-Hamas Mohammed Hijab, who had also instigated Leicester violence against Hindus

Mohammed Hijab, a radical Islamic preacher, is gaining traction amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. In less than a week, Hijab has been given a platform to spread disinformation and question the authenticity of reports of Hamas’ atrocities against Israeli people during the terrorist attack on 7th October.

Source: X

On 17th October, Hijab was a guest on Piers Morgan Uncensored. On 21st October, he spoke on the topic “Reviving Roots’Roots’ at the University of Toronto, Mississauga, and on 23rd October, he was provided a platform to speak at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

Mohammed Hijab questioned the authenticity of reports of atrocities during the Hamas’Hamas terrorist attack.

During his time with Piers Morgan on his show, Hijab kept questioning the authenticity of the reports about the atrocities of Hamas against the people of Israel on 7th October. When Morgan questioned him on his views about the reports of the elderly being kidnapped and toddlers being killed by the Hamas terrorists, the only thing Hijab said was, “Where is the proof?”.

Morgan informed him that several mainstream media reports, including from the United Kingdom, verified and published the reports of the atrocities, but the Hijab called them “second source”. He said as he is a “scholar”, he needs “academic” proof of the atrocities. Morgan said there were reports citing experts in the media, but he categorically denied accepting.

Speaking about the killing of babies in their cribs and the photograph of the charred dead body of a toddler, Hijab claimed that the photograph was AI-generated. When Morgan said it was some “rouge person” who said it was an AI-generated image and several experts debunked it, Hijab kept saying he needed “an authentic source”. Interestingly, he did not explain what he meant by an “authentic source”.

Hijab also tried to justify the horrific actions of Hamas terrorists on 7th October by claiming that Israeli forces have been killing Palestinians for decades and that what Hamas did was “resistance”. He also objected to the comparison of Hamas to ISIS, again for the same reason that Hamas was only showing a form of “resistance”. He failed to provide a base for his theory that resistance would include the killing of civilians.

Hijab claimed that what followed the 7th October attack was a war crime and accused Israel of using prohibited weapons like White Phosphorus. There are no authentic sources to support the claim. Furthermore, he failed to acknowledge that Israel has warned and urged the people of Gaza to evacuate as Israel aimed at finishing Hamas once and for all.

Throughout the discussion with Morgan, not once did Hijab condemn Hamas for the terrorist attack on Israeli soil, killing 1,300 people in a few hours. For him, what Hamas did was alright, and he kept calling Israel an occupier.

Hijab continued to lie about the Hospital bombing

On 17 October, a rocket fell on Al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza. Palestinian Authority claimed around 500 people died and accused Israel of the bombing. Israel countered with footage from Al Jazeera showing a missile originating from Gaza to attack Israel, falling short and hitting the hospital. Further reports showed the rocket fell in the parking lot, and there were apprehensions about the death toll claims.

Source: X

Despite the reports of Israel being behind the attack, which were debunked repeatedly by several media houses and governments, including the US, Hijab continued to paddle the lie. His post after the incident is still on X, and when Morgan questioned him about the source, he did not provide one. Rather, he tried to sway away from the requirement of authenticating the source by saying he was talking about a “primary source” and not a verified source.

Leicester violence: Mohammed Hijab incited Muslims to attack Hindus

In September 2022, Mohammed Hijab was found inciting violence against Hindus in Leicester, UK. In his speeches, he mocked Hinduism and provoked Muslims to attack Hindus. Videos of his speeches were shared widely on social media. He claimed that Hindus were fearful of Muslims. He further suggested that the fear was due to Muslims holding the “truth”.

Furthermore, he made derogatory remarks against Hindus and warned them not to protest. He threatened that he and his supporters would attend the Hindus’ protest sites. He was also seen leading a group of masked Islamists in Leicester.

Mohammed Hijab also worked alongside hate preacher and fugitive, Zakir Naik, during the fundraising for the construction of a grand mosque and Dawah (proselytism) centre in Oslo, Norway.

Islamists claim freed Israeli hostage was treated well by Hamas but here is what she said narrating her harrowing tale at the hands of the Islamic terrorists

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Islamists claim freed Israeli hostage was treated well by Hamas but here is what she said narrating her harrowing tale at the hands of the Islamic terrorists

On Tuesday (24th October), the Hamas terrorists released two Israeli hostages among the 220 held. The two released women have been identified as Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yochaved Lifshitz, 85. It is being said that these two were released due to their deteriorating health conditions. While some of the Islamist and left-leaning media portals lauded the terrorists for providing the women with medicines and tea during their captivity, one of the women talked to the media after being released by Hamas terrorists to reveal that she went through hell and was beaten by the terrorists.

Several Islamists and media channels released videos of the women being released by the Hamas terrorists and claimed that they were being offered tea and cookies. The Islamists also referred to the Hamas terrorists who launched a brutal attack on Israel on 7th October as ‘fighters’.

One of the social media users shared a video clip by BBC News media which showed the daughter of one of the women praising the terrorists. The daughter could be heard saying that the terrorists treated her mother well and gave her medicines. “Another major blow to Israel’s propaganda machine,” the Islamist user tweeted.

Several media houses also painted the terrorists as ‘generous’ for providing the released hostages with tea and cookies. However, one of the released women talked to the media and said that she was assaulted and that she had to see hell on this Earth due to Hamas terrorists.

Interestingly, there seems to be a pattern for cherry-picking statements and actions to justify the brutality that Islamic terrorists unleash on their victims. One can safely assume that any victim of such brutality when released from captivity, would be in shock. The victim would also feel gratitude for being released from captivity and in that moment, while still in fear by the torture inflicted, may make statements downplaying the brutality that she faced. However, for the Islamists to use that moment of fear to whitewash the crimes mounted by Jihadis only goes to show how desperate the ecosystem is to paint Hamas as good samaritans instead of the terrorists they are, given that they beheaded, raped, tortured and murdered over 1500 Jews.

The Islamists who cherry-picked her statement to claim that Hamas terrorists were humanitarians, conveniently failed to mention the details of her ordeal and the torture she faced at the hands of the terrorists.

While the Islamists tried to paint Hamas as good samaritans, the released woman identified as Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, said, “They beat me, laid me on a motorcycle, and rode through the fields with me towards Gaza. They brought me to the tunnels; we walked kilometres underground. They beat me in the ribs, even with sticks.”

Further exposing the brutality of the Hamas terrorists, the woman said that she was abducted on a motorbike by the terrorists and her head was on one side and her body on the other when on the bike. “When I was on the bike, my head was on one side and the rest of my body on the other side. The young men hit me on the way. They didn’t break my ribs but it was painful and I had difficulty breathing,” she was quoted as saying.

“I’ve been through hell … we didn’t think or know we would get to this situation,” she added.

The woman also stated that they were provided with only one time of meal and that barely included a cucumber and some cheese. ‘I was assaulted and beaten with sticks,” she reiterated.

However, the released hostage revealed that the terrorists seemed prepared for this situation as they had everything in there that men and women needed including shampoo. “They treated us well and provided all our needs. They also ate the same food as they provided it to us,” the woman added.

After being released, the woman could be seen shaking hands with the terrorists. On asking about it, she said that she did so because she was treated ‘well’ during the captivity and was provided with medicines.


Released women shake hands with the terrorists. (Image- ss from X)

Notably, Lifshitz’s husband is still held hostage by the Hamas terrorists. It is important to note that the Hamas terrorists launched a brutal attack on the Jewish state on 7th October killing around 1400 Israelis and injuring several others.

The terrorists raped the Israeli women, murdered and removed the body parts of the Jewish people, and also didn’t spare the elders and the children. The attack on Israel by the Hamas terrorists marks one of the most brutal attacks in history.

After the attack by Hamas, Israel launched a counter-attack on Gaza last week. Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported over 5,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, including over 2,000 children and 1,100 women as well as journalists, medical workers, and first responders, with more than 15,000 injured. 

Congress-owned paper National Herald spreads hate against Gujaratis and Jains living in Mumbai, terms their vegetarianism as ‘food terrorism’

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Congress-owned paper National Herald spreads hate against Gujaratis and Jains living in Mumbai, terms their vegetarianism as ‘food terrorism’

On Tuesday (24th October), Sujata Anandan – the editor of the fraud-accused Congress mouthpiece National Herald – spread hate against Gujaratis and Jains living in Mumbai. In her article published in the Congress mouthpiece, she called the vegetarianism of Jains and Gujaratis in Mumbai “food terrorism”.

Sharing her article on X, Sujata Anandan posted, “Go back to Gujarat if you don’t like the smell of fish and rice – Maharashtrians begin to reclaim their own state.”

In her article titled ‘Dietary apartheid: Mumbai gets a taste of food terrorism’, Sujata Anandan wrote, “Fish and rice are the staple of Maharashtrians and they don’t see why they should give up their diet to please later settlers, like the Gujaratis who hate even the smell of fish.”

Villifying Gujaratis in her article, she described various incidents of what she called food terrorism and accused Gujaratis and Jains in Mumbai of targetting Marathis over food habits. She added, “In an incident in a Mumbai suburb, the Gujaratis were even more aggressive—they started dumping garbage at the doors of the Maharashtrian residents, even dog poop and cow dung. The majority of society in this case backed them up, completely ostracising the family and forcing the Maharashtrians out of the building.”

She added, “This kind of food terrorism began in the late 1980s, when former prime minister Morarji Desai forced the shutdown of a non-vegetarian restaurant on the ground floor of his building, claiming that the odours disturbed his tranquillity.”

In the guise of batting for the so-called just rights of Marathis in Mumbai, what Sujata Anandan peddled was nothing but an agenda to divide Hindus along various caste lines and regional identities. She wrote, “Social media posts by young Maharashtrians have been raging against the Shethjis and Bhatjis – Gujarati traders and priests – and calling to banish them from Mumbai and Maharashtra! Former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad of the Nationalist Congress Party pointed out that the Kolis (fishermen), the Agris (who built Mumbai for the British) and the upper-crust Pathare Prabhus (who gave the city a cultural mooring) are the original inhabitants of Mumbai.”

Notably, it is the same Sujata Anandan who in her old posts on X (formerly Twitter) had attributed the glory of the courage of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to the Mughals. She had also posted that the armed forces of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj would loot and rape people. A case was filed against her in the Santa Cruz police station in Mumbai, based on the complaint filed by BJP leader Nitesh Rane.

Now, to widen the social divide among Hindu communities, she has resorted to furthering the hatred against Jains, Gujaratis and other upper-caste Hindus calling their vegetarianism food terrorism. In the guise of presenting a case for non-vegetarian sections of the Marathi community, she is creating a social divide between the people of different communities living in Mumbai, by calling out particular castes and communities consuming vegetarian food as food terrorists. Sujata Anandan is the editor of the National Herald. National Herald is a fraud-accused mouthpiece of the Congress party. To learn more about the National Herald, click here.

During his visit to Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron proposes an international coalition to fight Hamas, just like nations fought ISIS

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During his visit to Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron proposes an international coalition to fight Hamas, just like nations fought ISIS

On Tuesday (25th October) French President Emmanuel Macron proposed expanding a multinational coalition fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to include the war against the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas in Gaza.

While speaking at a joint press conference President Macron during his visit to Jerusalem asserted that terrorism is a “common enemy” of both countries.

“We should build a regional and international coalition to fight against terrorist groups that threaten us all. France is ready for the international coalition against Daesh in which we are taking part in operations in Iraq and Syria to also fight against Hamas,” Macron said stressing that it would be in the interest of not only Israel’s security but also in the interest of the neighbouring countries.

Notably, French President Emmanuel Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not share details about the international coalition to fight Hamas suggesting that the conversations regarding the coalition are in an early phase.

Giving details on how the US-led coalition would confront Hamas, President Macron’s office elaborated on Macron’s remarks, saying that France was ready to “work on ideas of action against Hamas, with our partners and Israel.” The anti-Islamic State coalition could be “an inspiration” in the fight against Hamas because it focuses not only on military operations but also on training, information sharing, and counter-terrorism financing.

In addition to proposing an international coalition to fight Hamas, President Macron stressed a “decisive relaunch” of the political process with the Palestinians. He said Hamas terrorists do not represent the Palestinians and should be fought against.

“The security of Israel cannot be long-lasting without a decisive relaunch of the political process with Palestinians. Hamas does not carry the Palestinian cause and should be fought, but Palestinian aspirations must be heard with reason,” the French President said.

On Tuesday, the French president met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Notably, a war between Hamas and Israel erupted after Hamas slaughtered nearly 1,400 Israelis on October 7th, while thousands of civilians died in Gaza, where the terrorist group has been using civilians as human shields.

‘He can embrace Hamas for selfish purpose, buried Balasaheb’s Hindutva’: Eknath Shinde lashes out at Uddhav Thackeray at annual Dussehra meeting

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‘He can embrace Hamas for selfish purpose, buried Balasaheb’s Hindutva’: Eknath Shinde lashes out at Uddhav Thackeray at annual Dussehra meeting

On Tuesday (24th October), Maharashtra’s chief minister Eknath Shinde addressed Shiv Sena’s traditional annual Dussehra meeting at the Azad Maidan in South Mumbai. In his speech, he criticised Uddhav Thackeray. Addressing a huge rally at Shiv Sena’s Dussehra rally at Azad Maidan, without naming Thackeray, Shinde said he had stabbed Bal Thackeray in the back by dishonesty with his ideological heritage. Eknath Shinde said that Uddhav Thackeray left the Hindutva ideology long ago and can now even embrace Islamic terrorist outfits like Hamas.

‘Shiv Teerth is at a place where Balasaheb Thackeray’s ideology is continued’

Wishing one and all on the occasion of Dussehra, Eknath Shinde said, “This is an Azad meeting of an Azad Shiv Sena on the Azad Maidan. It is this Azad Maidan where people would stage protests in the pre-independence era against British rule. Balasaheb Thackeray used to address the Dussehra meeting on Shiv Teerth (Shivaji Park ground). People are holding their rallies at that place today. We are at Azad Maidan. But we believe that Shiv Teerth is at a place where Balasaheb Thackeray’s ideology is continued.”

CM Eknath Shinde said, “I am the Chief Minister of this state. I could have easily held the meeting at Shivaji Park Ground last year as well as this year. But I do not want the state to witness unnecessary fights and troubles. Last year we held this meeting at Bandra Kurla Complex Ground. This year we are at Azad Maidan.”

Uddhav Thackeray can embrace terrorist outfits like Hamas

Eknath Shinde said, “It would not be surprising if they (Shiv Sena-UBT) ally with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). They would even embrace terrorist organisations like Hamas, Hizbul Mujahideen, and Lashkar-e-Taiba for their selfish purposes and power.”

Eknath Shinde added, “He buried Bal Thackeray’s Hindutva ideology for power and joined hands with the Congress and the Samajwadi Party. Balasaheb had raised the slogan ‘Proudly say we are Hindus’ from Shiv Teerth, but slogans like ‘Proudly say we are Congressmen and socialists’ are being given from that place.”

Eknath Shinde also targeted Uddhav Thackeray for questioning the dates of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. He said, “The parties that used to target the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by questioning the timeline for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya are now feeling embarrassed. They are now exposed. How will they go to Ayodhya now?”

Uddhav Thackeray wanted to become the chief minister of the state in 2004

Shinde claimed that Uddhav Thackeray had ambitions of becoming chief minister since 2004, but it could not happen. He said, “He wished to become the chief minister since 2004 but the ‘jugaad’ did not work. He showed that he had never been interested in this post. It was publicly stated that he accepted the responsibility for Sharad Pawar’s advice after the 2019 assembly elections. But the fact is that two persons were sent to Pawar to recommend his name for this post. He is wearing many masks. He takes advantage of the opportunity.”

Narendra Modi fulfilled the dreams of Balasaheb Thackeray

Eknath Shinde said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will come to power for the third consecutive time next year. We will send 45 MPs from Maharashtra to strengthen him. It was Modi who fulfilled Bal Thackeray’s dreams through the removal of Article 370 and the construction of Ram Mandir. People will bury the 10-headed I.N.D.I. alliance Ravana in the 2024 elections.”

Committed to Maratha Reservation

Eknath Shinde said, “The state government is committed to giving reservation to the Maratha community in a manner that the reservation will stand in the legal test. I appeal to Maratha youths not to suicide.

Bangladesh: Muslim man enters Durga Puja Mandap with Quran copies, as Hindus suspect the worst, police release him citing ‘mental issues’

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Bangladesh: Muslim man enters Durga Puja Mandap with Quran copies, as Hindus suspect the worst, police release him citing ‘mental issues’

On 21st October, a man identified as Shah Alam entered the Durga Puja Mandap of Sri Sri Rakshakali Temple in the Sompura area of Hathazari, Chittagong, with a bag full of Quran copies. He was apprehended by the Puja Celebration Committee and handed over to the police. However, the police released him without investigation, citing mental instability. The incident took place at around 8 PM.

Speaking to the media, General Secretary of the Puja Celebration Committee Gobinda Kantinath said, “When the person entered the Mandap, his suspicious behaviour raised our concern. Around 8 PM, we detained him for questioning and searched his bag. We found three copies of the Quran Sharif and some Jihadist books, among other items. We promptly handed him over to the Hathazari police sub-inspector Jasim, in accordance with the law.”

The Organisational Editor of the Committee, Jyotin Nandi, said Alam entered the Mandap at around 8 PM. He was wearing white clothes and sat among the devotees. Several Committee members sat around him out of suspicion. One of the Committee members noticed books resembling Quran Sharif in his bag beside his chair. He immediately raised an alarm, and Alam was apprehended.

Nandi said, “After detaining him, we asked for the man’s name, but he remained silent and only said “insane.” At the time, anyone caught was considered to be “insane.” We handed him over to the police, but they did not investigate further and simply released him without conducting a thorough inquiry.”

He added, “During the detainment, Alam displayed peculiar behaviour. We asked him for his bag, but he refused. At that moment, we became suspicious that the bag may contain something of concern. Upon inspection, we discovered a copy of the Quran Sharif and several books promoting Jihadist ideologies inside the bag. The police came and took him to the police station. Based on our observations, he may intend to cause a disturbance by placing the Quran Sharif inside the Mandap, similar to an incident in Comilla.”

However, the police allegedly released him without a thorough investigation. The Committee members said the police claimed Alam was mentally unsound. Interestingly, the Committee members were not informed by the police that Alam was released.

In a statement, Hathazari Police Station in-charge Md Moniruzzaman said Alam’s statement suggested he was suffering from some sort of mental issue. The police contacted his family, who brought his medical records that mentioned mental and verbal issues. The family also provided a history of medical treatment Alam allegedly received at the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on 16th October last year.

He further said that Alam came from Horoshal to Chittagong and was wandering around shrines, mosques and temples. Initially, Alam said he was a devotee of Maizbhandar Sharif in Mayizbhandar. The police released him at 11 PM. However, the information about his release went viral on social media, after which he was rearrested at 2 AM from Mainbhandar Sharif Area. A comprehensive inquiry into the matter has been launched to determine why he was present at the Puja Mandap with the bag full of Islamic text.

Comilla anti-Hindu riots

On 13th October 2021, a 35-year-old man named Iqbal Hossain placed a copy of the Quran on the feet of the idol of Lord Hanuman at the Nanuar Dighir Par Durga Mandir in the Cumilla district of Bangladesh. This act triggered a series of violent attacks against the minority Hindu community in the country. The Hindu community denied involvement in keeping the Islamic Holy book at the Puja Pandal and accused Iqbal Hossain of deliberately inciting trouble. Houses and temples belonging to the Hindu community in Bangladesh have been attacked for over five days. Videos of broken idols, demolished pandals, and the Moorti of Maa Durga being thrown into a pond have emerged on social media platforms, along with other videos of attacks on Hindus. Later on, it was discovered that the caretakers of a nearby mosque gave Iqbal Hossain a copy of the Quran. On 21st October 2021, the Tongi Purba Police Station in Ghazipur arrested the accused from Cox Bazar and charged him under Bangladesh’s strict Digital Security Act. The CCTV footage analysis revealed that the accused had incited violence and delivered hate speeches against Hindus in the morning. On 3rd March 2023, Hossain was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Mumbai or Israel, ISIS, Hamas or LeT, all acts of terrorism unjustifiable: What US Secretary Antony Blinken said at the UNSC ministerial meeting

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Mumbai or Israel, ISIS, Hamas or LeT, all acts of terrorism unjustifiable: What US Secretary Antony Blinken said at the UNSC ministerial meeting

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has drawn a parallel between the terrorist attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai and Hamas in Israel, emphasising that all acts of terrorism are “unlawful and unjustifiable.” 

Speaking at the United States Security Council ministerial meeting regarding the situation in the Middle East, following the October 7 attack on Israel by Gaza-based Hamas, Blinken denounced member states that provide support, including arming, funding, and training, to terrorist groups. 

“We must affirm the right of any nation to defend itself and to prevent such horror from repeating itself. No member of this Council, no nation in this entire body could or would tolerate the slaughter of its people,” the US Secretary said. 

In his statement, Blinken highlighted similarities between terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against Israel and those by the Pakistan-based terror organization Lashkar-e-Taiba in Mumbai. 

“As this Council and the UN General Assembly have repeatedly affirmed, all acts of terrorism are unlawful and unjustifiable. They’re unlawful and unjustifiable, whether they target people in Nairobi or Bali Istanbul or Mumbai, in New York or Kibbutz Be’eri,” he said. 

“They are unlawful and unjustifiable whether they’re carried out by ISIS, by Boko Haram, by Al Shabaab, by Lashkar-e-Taiba or by Hamas. They are unlawful and unjustifiable whether victims are targeted for their faith, their ethnicity, their nationality or any other reason,” Blinken said. 

He emphasised the Security Council’s responsibility to condemn member states that provide support in terms of arming, financing, and training to Hamas or any other terrorist group involved in such heinous acts. 

Blinken’s comments were in reference to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks carried out by the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. These attacks, which occurred in 2008, resulted in the tragic loss of 166 lives, including six Americans. 

During the attacks, ten Pakistani terrorists laid siege to Mumbai for over 60 hours, targeting and killing individuals in India’s financial hub. 

Blinken also said “humanitarian pauses” in the Gaza war must be considered in order to protect Palestinian civilians, The Times of Israel reported. 

Blinken’s idea falls short of a ceasefire which US officials have rejected in recent days as a step that would amount to help for Hamas, arguing that Israel still has a right to forcefully respond to the October 7 onslaught in order to ensure that it doesn’t happen again, according to The Times of Israel. 

“Palestinian civilians must be protected. That means Hamas must cease using them as human shields. It’s hard to think of an act of greater cynicism,” he said. 

“It means Israel must take all possible precautions to avoid harm to civilians. It means food, water, medicine and other essential humanitarian assistance must be able to flow into Gaza and to the people who need it. It means civilians must be able to get out of harm’s way. It means humanitarian pauses must be considered for these purposes,” the US State Secretary added. 

The US official also called out the international community for failing to explicitly condemn the October 7 Hamas onslaught. 

In his speech, he said that in his conversations with world leaders since the assault, there has been agreement that countries have a right and obligation to respond to terror attacks against their civilians but indicates that not all of them have acknowledged this publicly. 

Meanwhile, Israel has demanded the resignation of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from his position over his remarks against the Israeli counteroffensive in Gaza after terror attacks by Hamas on October 7. 

The Israeli envoy to the UN, Gilad Erdan called Guterres “unfit” to lead the UN and called for his resignation. 

This came after the UN chief said that the attacks by Hamas “did not happen in a vacuum” further adding that the attacks cannot justify the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people”. 

“It is important to also recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. They have seen their land steadily devoured by settlements and plagued by violence; their economy stifled; their people displaced and their homes demolished. Their hopes for a political solution to their plight have been vanishing,” the UN chief said at the General Assembly., as per The Times of Israel. 

The Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported over 5,000 Palestinians have been killed so far, including over 2,000 children and 1,100 women as well as journalists, medical workers and first responders, with more than 15,000 injured. 

(This news report is published from a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has not been written or edited by OpIndia staff)

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