Good News: Extremist Mohammed Iqbal Hossain has been sentenced to 16 months imprisonment.

In October 2021, he orchestrated the anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh by placing a copy of the Quran at a Durga Puja Mandap.
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The verdict was delivered by Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AM Zulfiker Hayet in the presence of the accused.

Source: thedailystar.net/news/banglades…
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Bad News: Iqbal was arrested from Cox Bazar on October 21, 2021, and booked under the stringent Digital Security Act.

Since he had already served 16 months, the judge has asked jail authorities to set him free if he is not booked in any other case.
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#Background: On October 13, 2021, a 35-year-old Iqbal Hossain placed a copy of the Quran on the feet of the idol of Lord Hanuman at the Nanuar Dighir Par Durga Mandir in the Cumilla district of Bangladesh.

dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/202…
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It came to light later that the copy of the Quran was given to Iqbal Hossain by the caretakers of a nearby mazar.

dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/202…
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His actions triggered a series of violent attacks against the minority Hindus in the country.

The Hindu community had insisted vehemently that nobody among them had kept the Islamic ‘Holy book’ at the Puja Pandal and the incident was a deliberate plan to foment trouble.
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For over five days, houses and temples of the Hindu community in Bangladesh remained under attack. Videos of broken idols, demolished pandals and attacks on Hindus went viral.

My detailed piece - opindia.com/2021/10/bangla…
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Mar 4
On March 3, a mob of 500 extremists attacked the minority Ahmadiyya community after offering Jumma Namaz at local mosques.

Location: Ahmednagar village, Panchagarh district, Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
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First, they gathered at the Chowrangi roundabout and then attacked the police with bricks and stones.

They also set a traffic police box on fire & ransacked vehicles belonging to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

Source: bdnews24.com/bangladesh/6mz…
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Then, the extremists laid siege on the homes of Ahmadiyyas.

Vandalised & looted the properties of the minority community and then set their houses on fire. The attack, which began at around 2pm on March 3, continued till late in the evening (around 8:30 pm).
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Mar 2
Tripura elections are over. @BJP4Tripura won 32 seats and its alliance IPFT won 1 seat in an Assembly of 60.

But the biggest loser in this election is the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Here is how: (1/n)
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Compare it with the result of the 2018 Tripura Vidhan Sabha polls.

CPIM vote share in 2018: 42.22%
CPIM vote share in 2023 (above pie chart): 24.62%

Net decline: 17.26% (Highest for any party in this election) @cpimspeak

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As a result, the number of seats won by CPIM fell from 16 in 2018 to 11 in #TripuraElection2023
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Feb 20
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to address the ‘Judge Business School’ of the University of Cambridge, later in February this year.

The choice of Shruti Kapila as the host makes for an interesting case.
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Not until long ago, she was seen suggesting that the Congress leader should only do 'scripted interviews' for high-impact messaging.
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Shruti Kapila had been at the forefront of defending the Congress party from political criticism. (3/n)
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Feb 14
The man in this picture is Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Adil Ahmad Dar.

4 years ago, he executed the Pulwama attack & killed 40 Indian jawans.

He also did another thing - dehumanise Hindus as 'idolators', 'cow piss drinkers' (slurs that are now normalised by Indian liberals)

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While India was still mourning the attack, a video of Adil went viral on social media.

It gave out a clear message that the Pulwama attack was not just limited to the Indian State but was also an act of vengeance against the Hindu majority.



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In the video, he dehumanised the Hindus as ‘Hindustan ka Napak mushrikon‘ (impure idol worshippers of India) and ‘Gae ka Peshab Peene Walon’ (cow piss drinkers).

Islamists, who live in their make-believe world of religious supremacy, tend to look down upon the Hindus.

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Jan 21
Many of you are aware of a new documentary series, produced by the BBC on PM @narendramodi

In the first episode, @BBCTwo tried to give a clean chit to the extremists who set the Sabarmati Express on fire in Godhra & burnt 59 Hindu pilgrims alive.

Here is the truth (1/n):
At about 9:12 minutes into the episode, it claimed,

"The final death toll was 59 and the cause of the fire was disputed. But at the time, Muslims were blamed."

So who burnt the train? The judgment of the special fast track court on March 1, 2011, has the answer. (2/n)
11 extremists were handed the death penalty for orchestrating the carnage.

Names -

Abdul Razzak Kurkur, Ismail Suleja, Jabbir Binyamin Behra, Ramzani Binyamin Behra, Mehboob Hassan, Siraj Bala, Irfan Kalandar, Irfan Patadia, Hassan Lalu, Mehboob Chanda, & Salim Zarda. (3/n)
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The man in the picture is a German Youtuber named Christian Betzmann.

Recently, he drew public ire for abusing Indian street vendors & patronising his audience about social etiquette in the West.

It now turns out that he has also been a controversial figure in Pakistan. (1/n)
"The audacity to drive through a street and scream to buy their freaking fruit.”

"How is this not banned? Every day 20 dudes scream in front of my Airbnb to sell their shit. I should buy all his pineapples and shove it up his a*s. Bi*ch.”

- Christian Betzmann (2/n)
His ‘privileged’ and insensitive rant on the social media platform drew the ire of his Indian audience.

Christian Betzmann then went a step ahead and claimed that Indians will probably also justify rape as it has been happening for a long time.

opindia.com/2023/01/german…
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