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Nov 2, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Our new report on Islamophobia in India under PM Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government is out now.
Near daily episodes of harassment, public lynchings, and hate speech has resulted in a climate of fear for India’s 200 million Muslims.
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Islamophobia goes hand in hand with militant Hindu nationalism. By their own words, Hindu nationalists' goals of making India a Hindu-only nation require the elimination, erasure, and/or forced expulsion of non-Hindus and non-Hindu markings in the country.
Feb 26, 2020 • 13 tweets • 18 min read
Reports are emerging of widespread anti-#Muslim violence in Delhi, India. Mosques have been set aflame, Muslim neighborhoods attacked, and Muslim cemeteries desecrated by Hindu-nationalist mobs.
Following is a thread of news and analysis as it breaks.
1) The @StateDept has nominated Ken Isaacs to serve as director general of @UNmigration.
Isaacs has an extensive history of sharing anti-#Muslim sentiment on @Twitter, & has promoted the views of prominent anti-Muslim activists like Robert Spencer.
cnn.com/2018/03/15/pol…(2) In December, Isaacs RTed the following tweet from Robert Spencer. Spencer is the head of multiple anti-Muslim organizations, and claims that American Muslim organizations and mosques are front groups for terrorists.
Today's #WednesdayWisdom: READ our thread on #Jihad based on our new factsheet. Read all Bridge's factsheets here: bridge.georgetown.edu/factsheets-wha…
Jihad is an Arabic word meaning "struggle" or "thrive" often used to describe personal, spiritual efforts to follow God