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In 2007, BJP released a CD that EC found to be "anti-Muslim."

BJP was subjected to a de-recognition hearing by EC

How is controversial CD different from Azaadi slogan?

Yet in 2007 not a single liberal said that derecognizing biggest opposition party would be undemocratic.
Not only did EC try to derecognize BJP, the hearing was to be held by Election Commissioner Navin Chawla.

At that time, Chawla was facing allegations that trusts run by him and his wife had received money from Congressis & land at 10% of market price.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chawla-g…
The BJP repeatedly demanded that as a bare minimum show of fairness, Navin Chawla should be kept out of the party's derecognition hearing.

dnaindia.com/india/report-k…
The BJP's plea against the Election Commissioner Navin Chawla being present at derecognition hearing was heard by the Election Commission itself.

And surprise surprise!

Election Commission decided that Election Commission is right.

mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/no-…
Ultimately, BJP escaped derecognition on the basis of a legal technicality :

That power of derecognizing a party is on basis of some clause 16A which was "only an executive order", NOT an act of Parliament.

I dont fully understand it. Ask a lawyer.

thehindu.com/todays-paper/B…
The Congress, along with BSP and the Left strongly argued however that EC did have power to derecognize BJP.

At the time, Cong, BSP, Left were either part of ruling UPA or supporting it.

Today these parties say democracy in danger if somebody arrests AISA member.
Derecognition hearing was held, BJP was asked to condemn the CD & submit compliance report in 15 days.

But Commission made it "clear to all concerned in the matter that the matter is not being closed by the Commission with the present order".

No danger to democracy/free speech.
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Again Wire reminds us that Nehru went to Harrow and Cambridge.

Listen brah... Nehru was a very avg/below avg student. The only reason he went to those places is because his rich dad could pay to send him to England.

On his own, Nehru wouldn't have been able to sell tea.
So Nehru's rich dad paid for him to study in England and then he came back. Did very poorly in his legal practice.

Luckily for Nehru. his father Motilal was President of Indian National Congress. So in 1929 Nehru inherited Congress Presidency just like Rahul inherited in 2017.
The saga continues. Nehru's sister Vijaylaxmi Pandit wasn't even a college graduate, but Nehru appointed her as IAS officer and sent her as India's official envoy to USA,USSR, UK and UN.

Top diplomatic postings. No college degree even.
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I follow American politics closely because that is where our Indian liberals get all their ideas.

At the moment, the American left has committed itself openly and publicly to DESTROYING America.

They will come for India too.
At this moment, American leftists are bringing in a "caravan" of thousands of people from Honduras to barge in through America's southern border.

They plan to overwhelm and take down America's immigration system by asking for "asylum" en masse.
As usual the left is turning victimhood into the most potent weapon of all. They are flooding American media with images of poor people and their tired feet that are swollen from walking.

Sound familiar?
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I went to Angrezi medium school as a child, run by missionaries. I was a victim of ICSE syllabus.

In ICSE, we would learn in detail about the beauty of Scottish landscape captured in Wordsworth's poetry. But nothing about India. (1/n)
In Classes 9 and 10, we had to study in detail Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, written in ancient, unintelligible English. But the worst part was that racist, anti-Semitic views in the play were fed to us without giving any context. (2/n)
Imagine a room full of kids, uncritically listening & repeating after the teacher that Jews are dogs & snakes. No attempt made to put the racist crap in historical context of Shakespeare's time

I guess hating Jews is one thing leftists & Xtian missionaries could agree on.

(3/3)
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मन की हल्दीघाटी में
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मथुरा अवधपुरी पुष्कर घायल हैं
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BJP went after NDTV, they made websites like : TheWire, Quint, Scroll, TNM etc.

BJP went after TheWire for Jay Shah case, they stayed put and turned to AIB. Created an influencer out of a mobile reviewer (Dhruv Rathee).

When will the BJP understand how to build an ecosystem?
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Alpesh Thakur
Kanhaiya Kumar
Umar Khalid
Shehla Rashid
Gurmehar Kaur
Dhruv Rathee
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Print
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QuintNeon
Scroll
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AltNews
BoomLive
IndiaSpend
Vice India
BuzzFeed India
Huffington Post India
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#3 The above list are the ones validated post 2015, made mainstream, and are now opinion makers in the country. This wouldn't have been possible without a strong ecosystem.

Their opinions would be then be endorsed by established media houses like BBC, & they gain credibility.
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Sad to see this video promoting #Islamophobia / anti-Muslim sentiment from #Poland is still doing the rounds.

Sad they have weaponised #Jesus as a tool in their hostility.

"Poland to Muslims: Here, Jesus is our King so get out"
#Islamophobia in #Poland stems from an irrational hostility, based on
constructed myths and stereotypes about Muslims, largely pushed out by the mass media.

It has little to no basis in reality. (Say the experts)
Muslims in Poland constitute less than 0.1% of the total population, yet a recent survey found Poles believe 7% of their country is Muslim

The above video shows thousands marching on the streets to stop the 'Islamization of #Poland'

#Islamophobia = irrational fear & hostility
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Muslim influence on Jews, from Bernard Lewis:

In philosophy/theology: "One may say without hesitation that the influence flowed from Islam to Judaism & not the other way around."

In literature/arts: "The Muslim influence on Jews is enormous, and it is almost entirely one way."
On minorities: Muslim hostility toward Jews was "the usual attitude of the dominant to the subordinate."

Christian hostility toward Jews was "part of the birth pangs of their religion."

Anti-Jewish polemic in Islam was "almost always the work of Jewish [& Christian] converts."
There is only **ONE** recorded instance of anti-Jewish polemic from Islam's classical period, written by Ibn Hazm, which itself was a response to an alleged anti-Muslim pamphlet and could have been a personal vendetta.

Ibn Hazm wasn't very kind to Muslims who disagreed either.
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1) The @StateDept has nominated Ken Isaacs to serve as director general of @UNmigration.

Isaacs has an extensive history of sharing anti-#Muslim sentiment on @Twitter, & has promoted the views of prominent anti-Muslim activists like Robert Spencer.

cnn.com/2018/03/15/pol…
(2) In December, Isaacs RTed the following tweet from Robert Spencer. Spencer is the head of multiple anti-Muslim organizations, and claims that American Muslim organizations and mosques are front groups for terrorists.

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