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[BREAKING] Zakat Foundation of India files intervention application in @SudarshanNewsTV 's #UPSC_Jihad case before the Supreme Court. Says @SureshChavhanke cherry picking facts and displays "deep seated malaise against Muslims."
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ZFI has stated on record by the IA that it had recieved ₹ 29,95,02,038, out of which ₹ 1,47,76,279/ has been received from the four sources located abroad which have been referred to by the channel. #UPSC_Jihad
@zakatindia

Countering the source of funds, the intervenor states that Madina Trust is a minuscule donor charity registered in Britain.

Regarding Muslim Aid (UK), the IA contends that UK would have itself banned the organization till now if it had such prominent terror links.

ZFI has submitted that it has never received from the Government an advisory or even a word of caution in respect of any of these four or any other donors even though the required information has always been submitted to it meticulous every year.
@zakatindia
@SudarshanNewsTV

.@zakatindia mentions that Sudarshan TV channel editor Suresh Chavhanke, was arrested in 2017, in the month of April at Lucknow airport for hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity between religious groups.
@SureshChavhanke

IA states that the channel "had selectively relying on results thrown up by Googling various names and thereby relied on an article by Sam Westrop about whom it is well known that he has written many Islamophobic articles".

@samwestrop
@SureshChavhanke @SudarshanNewsTV

[FULL STORY] Out of ₹ 29 crores, ₹ 1 crore recieved from foreign links, Sudarshan TV cherry picking facts: Zakat Foundation Of India files intervention application

@SudarshanNewsTV @zakatindia @SureshChavhanke @Vakeel_Sb #SupremeCourt
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