Thread by @sanjukta

Is it fake news that Hindu student #HimankBansal was beaten by Muslim classmates and forced to chant allahu akbar? If not, are leading liberals talking about it? Such incidences of Islamist violence are growing in Hyd. Is this political empowerment for Muslims by Mr. Owaisi?

Do we need to talk about these violence or is it normal to have Hindutva violence countered by Islamist violence as and when Muslims can, depending upon their political and demographic strength? Will liberal Muslims, and career liberals speak before its too late?

@GorwayGlobal Do share your thoughts. I assume it is not fake news. Several other incidents also came from Hyd in recent years. Inter-faith couples been harassed by Muslim groups. Are these fringes? Are leading liberals speaking up about these? I don't follow them, so asking.

So far covered by India Today, News 18, Siasat Daily, Jansatta, ABP, New Indian Express. So obviously, it is not a fake news. #HimankBansal #Hyderabad #ProphetMuhammad
news18.com/news/education…

I don't have time to go through all timelines but I checked out Zubair and Arfa Khanum, no mention of #HimankBansal so far. These people have no idea how dangerous this hypocrisy is, do they? Maybe they do. Who knows. In my book of sins, hypocrisy is the biggest sin.

Who are Dipasha and Abhishek? Some BJP agents? I mean it seems obvious that these are done by Owaisi BJP together to create the fear of Muslim radicalism, but source?

https://twitter.com/vinodkapri/status/1591470733070585862?t=9YmCoLbpkjRiiv7bklhPnw&s=19

Saw some reactions. Let me add, yes, Zubair, Arfa, Rana, people at The Wire, NDTV everybody should debate and discuss this case. Don't take sides or scream like Hindutva gang, but discuss. If these are fringes, call out. Call out Owaisi's politics. Silence is just conspicuous.

To RW, no, Hindutva is not a defensive reaction to Islamists. In Indian context there was no threat perceptions from Muslims but created recenty by political Islamists in collusion with political Hindutva. There's BJP-RSS, BD, VHP, there's PFI, SFI, Owaisi, MIM and so on.