While returning from #Tripura, the pain of being Muslim in India refused to fade. Images of burnt houses and a destroyed mosque, the cries of mothers, and the fear in children’s eyes sent a chill down the spine. It is hard to understand how Hindutva hatred has reached even this remote state, where Muslims form less than 8 percent of the population.
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On January 10, 2026, Musabbir Ali, a local timber merchant, was transporting a consignment of wood meant for a nearby mosque. Midway, he was intercepted. The timber was seized, and Musabbir was summoned by a group of Hindutva vigilantes. What followed was not a conversation, but a demand—₹50,000, forced upon him as a “donation” for a local Hindu event.

Musabbir asked for time. That hesitation became his crime.

He was beaten mercilessly. As blows rained down, he pleaded—reminding them that he had earlier donated timber worth ₹30,000 for the construction of a local temple. His words carried no weight. Violence had already decided his fate.

When his family rushed in to save him, Musabbir was barely conscious. His battered body was taken to Kailashahar Hospital, where he remained admitted for four to five days—his injuries speaking more truth than any testimony ever could.

But the violence did not end there.

As Musabbir lay in a hospital bed, a rumour was set loose—deliberately, methodically—that Muslims were preparing to attack a Hindu temple. Fear was manufactured. Hate was mobilised. Within hours, large groups of Hindutva supporters assembled, armed with suspicion and rage, and marched towards Semaltali village. +

Walking across the narrow lanes at Bhainshwahi in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh and talking to those whose houses were bulldozed recently, one gets the pain of being a Muslim in world’s largest democracy. This is story of betrayal, injustice and selective communal bulldozing. A thread + Bhainswahi is around 30 kms from Mandla. Nearest major railway station is Jabalpur from where Mandla is around 100kms. We reached Jabalpur on July 7 and straight away travelled to Bhainswahi to talk to these people whose houses were recently bulldozed+

#TheGreatAurangzeb
Here are some lesser known facts on the life of Aurangzeb, the greatest emperor of India,
1) After the battle of Raigarh, when the Maratha forces were defeated, Shivaji’s son Rajaram fled away leaving his wives & daughters & Sambhaji ( Shivaji’s other son)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #TheGreatAurangzeb believed on employment based on ability rather than religion. During his reign, the number of Hindu officials in the Mughal administration rose by half, many of them Marathas and Rajputs. This was largely due to a large intake of Marathas, who played a key role… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

#Quran #Wonder
Pulsar is a Neutron star or white dwarf that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. Pulsar have very strong magnetic fields which funnel jets of particles out along the two magnetic poles. These accelerated particles  produce very powerful beams of light. + Now, let’s see what Qur’an says
وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ
By the sky and the Knocker
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ
And what can make you know what the Knocker is
ٱلنَّجْمُ ٱلثَّاقِبُ
It is the piercing star –
[Surah Tariq, ayah: 1-3]
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Its shameful to see how campuses of AMU & Jamia Millia don’t even provide a space where issues concerning Muslims can be discussed & the communal role of the state can be brought to fore. My talk at Jamia Millia Islamia about the Delhi Pogrom 2020 was finally disrupted. A thread+ At 3:30 pm, I was visited at my office by a senior official of Delhi Police Special branch. He kept inquiring about the programme, the organiser & my talk. I told him very firmly that I will definitely talk about the communal role of Delhi police in handling the Pogrom+

The Nellie massacre is still considered the worst pogrom after World War 2. It is also a classical example as to how the ruling congress made Muslims a sacrificial goat and then joined hands with the perpetrators , giving them state pardon. A thread- The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam on 18 February 1983. The massacre claimed the lives of around 10,000 Muslims from 14 villages—Alisingha, Khulapathar, Basundhari, Bugduba Beel, Bugduba Habi, Borjola, Butuni, etc. & Nellie of Nagaon district+

#ShubhamSangra, declared an adult by the Supreme Court in Asifa rape & murder case is finally chargesheeted by the J&K Crime Branch. What all happened in this horrendous case that shook the entire nation, a thread+ On January 12, 2018, Muhammad Yusuf filed a complaint before Hiranagar Police station that his 8 yrs old daughter Asifa has gone missing since January 10,2018. She went to watch the grazing horses but didn’t return. +

On April, 2022, Khargone in Madhya Pradesh witnessed one of the deadliest riot after 1989. The violence that started with rumours of police barricades to Ram Navmi procession, escalated to a full scale riots against the Muslims. A Thread+ twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Large number of Muslim houses & establishments were looted, vandalised & burnt during the violence. What was more troubling was the demolition drive that was carried in a communally selective way+

This day, October 24 marks the anniversary of the Bhagalpur massacre of 1989. Around 1000 people, mostly Muslims were butchered in the pogrom. A thread-
#BhagalpurMassacre1989 #BhagalpurRiots #bhagalpurmassacre The cause of the riot was radicalisation of Hindus masses for Ram Janmabhumi movement by the VHP while the trigger point was a provocative procession that forcefully passed through Fatehpur village, a muslim majority locality+