Thread by @asadowaisi

In order to distract from #HaridwarGenocidalMeet, a clipped 1 min video is being circulated from 45 min speech I gave in Kanpur. I’ll set the record straight:

1. I did not incite violence or give threats. I talked about POLICE ATROCITIES Here’s the full video in TWO PARTS [Cont]

2. As you can see in the above video & the one here, I was talking about POLICE ATROCITIES in Kanpur & addressing such cops who think they have immunity to violate people’s liberties because of Modi-Yogi

3. I said do not confuse our silence for acquiescence. 2/n

4. It’s an essential part of my faith to believe that Allah does not allow injustice. He punishes oppressors. We are taught the lesson of Firaun, the lesson of Namrud, the lesson of Yazid. Assuring people of Allah’s justice gives hope. We remember that Allah is with oppressed 3/n

5. I said we’ll remember these police atrocities. Is this objectionable? Why is it offensive to remember how police have treated Muslims in UP? We cannot forget the oppression that was meted out to Anas, Suleiman, Asif, Faisal, Altaf, Akhlaq, Qasim, and hundreds of others? 4/n

6. I told people to not lose hope & assured them that things will change. It’s not a crime to assure people that things will change for the better

7. I asked cops: who will come to save them when Modi-Yogi retire? Indeed, who will? Do they think they’ve lifetime immunity? 5/n

8. I believe in rule of law: every crime will be met with justice & every criminal will face punishment. Those who participated in Hitler’s regime were hunted & brought before Nuremberg Trials. They faced an impartial court & were punished. I am also advocating for due process6/n

9. Not only Hitler’s senior officers but even guards of concentration camps were punished. As recently as October, a 101 year old in Germany is being tried for aiding/abetting genocide. He was a concentration camp guard when he was 21 then & he’s being tried 80 years later 7/n

People who incited violence in Rwanda & Bosnia genocides were also punished. Those who killed our boys in cold blood will also face due process & justice

10. Why should these mercenaries acting as police feel like they will be protected from the law after Modi-Yogi go away? 8/n

The context to my speech is amply clear. I was talking about cops who torture 80-year old men.I was talking about cops who watch silently as mobs thrash a rickshaw driver in front of his daughter. Cops who rained lathi blows on a man as held his child in his arms 9/n

In #HaridwarGenocidalMeet, majoritarian organisations have called for #genocide. The conversation cannot shift from the fact that people are openly calling for violence while the govt of the day is complicit. n/n