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Right-wing Hindutva voices on social media are promoting a dangerous conspiracy theory accusing #Muslims in #India of devising a sinister plot, "Coronajihad," to spread the #Coronavirus. This is leading to violence & hostility against Indian Muslims.
#StopCOVIDIslamophobia
It's not just online, Indian media & BJP politicians r guilty of promoting this reckless, dangerous, & racist accusation. A political cartoon in The Hindu equated #Muslims to the virus, leading to further dehumanization of Muslims. #StopCOVIDIslamophobia
Indian media networks have platformed this dangerous conspiracy theory, giving greater airtime to bigotry. #StopCOVIDIslamophobia
Indian media has played a big role in promoting Islamophobia in the wake of the #Coronavirus. Segments have used the "us" vs. "them" narrative accusing #Muslims of being "enemies of the nation," & deliberately spreading the virus.
#StopCOVIDIslamophobia
newslaundry.com/2020/04/01/cor…
On social media, individuals are tweeting & publishing old videos and doctored images and pairing them w/ accusations that #Muslims are deliberately spreading the virus.
#StopCOVIDIslamophobia
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Politicians, & the media have used the #TablighiJamat gathering to support their claims while ignoring the govt's failures in addressing the spread & the virus's disproportionate impact on migrant workers, & daily wage earners. #StopCOVIDIslamophobia
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The #TablighiJamaat issue has been "cynically exploited to stoke naked communalism, on social media & TV channels, had a singular aim: to give a communal color to the fight against coronavirus." #StopCOVIDIslamophobia
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#ArnabGoswami's fear-mongering monologue railed against #Muslims in the country, accusing them of "spreading hate against the lockdown and told their followers to do everything possible to defy the lockdown”. #StopCOVIDIslamophobia
#Goswami’s fulminations foreshadow how the fight against #coronavirus would likely be framed in the coming period. It would no longer be ‘India against the virus’ but ‘India against the Muslims spreading the virus’. -@AsimAli6

#StopCOVIDIslamophobia
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Scapegoating Muslims is a tried & tested tactic of the #Modi govt, especially when it wants to divert attention away from its failures, whether it be #India's stagnating economy to #Modi's haphazard lockdown, causing great turmoil. #StopCOVIDIslamophobia theatlantic.com/international/…
Targeting of Muslims in light of #COVID19 comes at the heels of the anti-Muslim pogroms in #Delhi. Mobs of Hindu men violently beat & murdered Muslims, & looted & torched their homes & businesses- all w/ the approval of the police. #StopCovidIslamophobia
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Anti-Muslim hatred is having deadly & dangerous consequences in #India. A doctor denied care to a pregnant Muslim woman simply because she was Muslim. The woman ended up losing her baby. #StopCovidIslamophobia
thewire.in/communalism/ra…
The campaign to demonize the Indian #Muslim is impacting #India's attempts to stop the spread of the #virus. #Muslim workers playing an essential role from transporting supplies to examining ppl, are being attacked.
#StopCovidIslamophobia
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Chances are you that you’ve come across #PragerU's 5 min animated videos promoting right-wing viewpoints on political &social issues. The lecture-style videos have been narrated by the whos-who of the RW incl. Ben Shapiro, Dinesh D’Souza, & Charlie Kirk. bridge.georgetown.edu/research/facts…
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A yr ago today, I watched in real-time an attack unfold before my eyes. On a Jummah in March last yr, a white supremacist attacked two #mosques in #Christchurch killing 51 Muslim worshippers as they prayed. Pls take a moment to pray for the victims & their families today.
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A group of 4 men just tried to break into my house w/ a sledgehammer. It’s been almost 2 hrs since I called @metpoliceuk & not a single police officer has arrived. Do cops no longer care? Where are our taxes going? Where’s the accountability? No wonder criminals are running wild.
Maybe if y’all retweet this enough, the @metpoliceuk will give a damn. I have heard others in the area who’ve been targeted in recent days. With the police virtually missing, I’m not surprised these criminals have zero fear.
@MPIainDS I’m within your constituency. What are you going to do to make us feel safe? It’s now been over two hours since the incident and still no person of authority has arrived at our home. @metpoliceuk
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