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Sharjeel Usmani

28 Jan, 14 tweets, 3 min read

Indian left/liberal activists ke liye ham products hain. Agar Zinda bache hue hain to inke liye dari bichayeñ aur inke inqalab ke naghme sune aur agar mar jayeiñ to inki kitaaboñ aur chutkuloñ ka mauzu ban jayeiñ..bas itni hi haisiyat hai inki nazar meiñ hamāri.

Inse puchiye kabhi Hindu radicalisation par apne logoñ par taqreer kyuñ nahi karte. Hamko aakar bata rahe ho ki Modi bahut bura hai..jaise hameiñ pata hi na ho. Inki kitaboñ mein lynch karne wale par tabsara nahiñ milega, lynch hone wale par milega.

@asadowaisi

Kabhi apne logoñ mein jakar research nahiñ karenge ki OBC Hindu, Upper Caste Hindu aaj itni badi tādād meiñ Modi ko kyuñ vote kar raha hai. Inki research hamesha ye hi batayegi ki Musalmanoñ ko kyuñ @asadowaisi aur @BadruddinAjmal ko vote nahiñ karna hai.

Musalmanoñ ka Babri Masjid ke liye ladna itne nazdeek Muslim fundamentalism ka research topic hai. Masjid todne ki tayeed karna Hindu Fundamentalism nahiñ hai. Masjid par aaya wo ghatiya verdict failed judiciary ka research topic nahi hai. Vajpeyee secular hai. Falana Dhimkana.

In a nutshell, apne logoñ ki fault lines par bhagwa kafan daal kar saari naseehateiñ, naghmeiñ aur naare Musalmanoñ ke liye hi samet rakhi haiñ. Karwañ e Muhabbat chalaenge Muslim mohalle meiñ. Abey jo nafrat kar raha hai uske beech jao gyaan do. Yahañ mayyat chal rahi hai.

Ek Musalman sath me lekar uska thobda dikha kar business chalate hain ye log. Hindu privilege aur Hindu supremacy par seminar kahiñ hua ho to bataiye. Ye nahi hoga. Musalman ko Masjid nahiñ Hospital banwana chahiye, Hijab is regressive, Azaan should be banned inke topic haiñ.

Hum bhi magar ajab ehsas e jurm meiñ mubtala hai. Validation inhi se chahiye. Jabtak ye hamko activist nahi banate, ham activist nahi ban sakte. Aur ban gaye to wo questionable rahega hamesha jaise constitutent assembly meiñ Patel ne hamāre citizenship par sawaliya nishan lagaya.

Salony ki Nazia Aapa or whatever her character's name is to Anubhav Sinha ki Mulk movie..sab meiñ yahi drama hai. Musalmanoñ ki rozmarra ki zindagi ke ehsasaat ko appropriate kar ke dukaan chalani hai sabko. Hero bhi yahi, Villain bhi yahi, aap tamashbeen bane rahiye.

Abhi duniyā ke kisi kone meiñ Islam ke naam par koi dahshatgardi ka waqya ho jaye bas, dekhiye bawal. Apne Ghar me inke khud ke log kya kar rahe wo nahi dikhta. 'Hinduism in danger' type koi op-ed dikhaiye kisi ne likha ho to. Makkar log haiñ bach ke rahiye.

Inka buniyadi maqsad hai ki Musalman bakiyā logoñ se kamtar hai. Usse samāj meiñ rahne layak banana hai..inki zabān meiñ "liberate" karana hai. Agar aap inki himayat kar rahe hain to aap zahni ghulām haiñ. Asal azadi inke is jaal se nikalne me hai.

Akhir me kaam ki baat. Inko cancel karne ke bajaye, barabari ke usool par un masloñ par jahañ ek raay bane, sath aaiye..protest kijiye. Kirāye ki bheed aur qurbāni ka Bakra banne ki koi zarurat nahi hai. Nahi to Umera Ahmad ki novel padhiye, zahni ayyashi ka behtar zariyā hai.

Ek aur baat. Islamophobic aur ye shadeed nafrat me kuch naya nahi hai. Bas ab record hone laga hai ye sab. Warna Hashimpura, Moradabad, Bhagalpur, Aligarh jaise 100+ example sirf UP se mil jayenge. Ab social media naam ka hathiyar mil gaya hai. Iski mehebāni ki ham baat kar rahe.

Islamophobia*

Akhiri baat. Ham me se koi leader Nahi hai. Mere khud ke bulaane pe sirf 4 log aaye they CAA ke khilaf. Awaam ka protest tha, awaam leader thi aur awaam ne hi chalaya tha. Chehre ke peeche jaiyega to Bihar ke 'Deen Bachao, Desh Bachao' jaisa khel hone ka chance bana rahega.

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