After Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran’s Tehran, the Irani govt has arrested over two dozen people over suspected links with the murder
Interestingly, "assassination" and the historical group known as the Assassins have permeated popular culture, inspiring a wide array of myth, mysticism, and creative interpretations in movies, television shows, and video games. This legacy reflects both the fear and fascination that the original Assassins evoked.
The shrill rhetoric and dehumanising tactics glaringly visible in the hate campaign against Donald Trump find uncanny similarities and parallels with what the leftist and Islamist ecosystem has been running against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Rajnath Singh: 'Modi has followed Mahatma's footsteps'. The only way that is correct is where someone will assassinate him. Seriously," Kaur had tweeted in April 2013.