When tech in india scales, so does Islamophobia.
Here are key findings from new CARE report:
40% of Muslim participants surveyed said that over the last year they had been called offensive names as a result of being a Muslim.
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Here are key findings from new CARE report:
40% of Muslim participants surveyed said that over the last year they had been called offensive names as a result of being a Muslim.
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60% of the respondents reported coming across content on digital platforms stating Muslim immigrants will take over India.More in Politics :
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60% of the participants surveyed said they have come across content on digital platforms that incites violence against Muslims,
Platforms include Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit, and GitHub
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Platforms include Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Reddit, and GitHub
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64% of the respondents reported coming across content on digital platforms that blamed Muslims for the pandemic
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The framing of questions around intentions of the Tablighi Jamaat gathering in Delhi held prior to the announcement of lockdown fuelled misinformation around Muslims’ plots to infect Hindus by spitting on food,
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and infiltrating respectable middle class spaces through their everyday jobs. The #CoronaJihad narrative projected the Muslim as a terrorist attacking Hindu communities with the COVID-19 bomb.
m.thewire.in/article/commun…
m.thewire.in/article/commun…
the hashtag #LoveJihad is part of a broader global Islamophobic digital infrastructure that flows from far-right, white supremacist, anti-immigrant spaces in Europe to the Islamophobic discursive space in Myanmar, and the anti-Muslim hate in India.
The circulation of the #LoveJihad trope has resulted in violence directed at Muslims, including contributing to the genocide in Myanmar. Moreover, the #LoveJihad conspiracy has been legitimised through the policy structures pushed by Hindutva.
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