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Feb 15, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
In today's daily dose of liberal outrage, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is being targeted after he announced that certain places in Assam such as Kala Pahar will be renamed, out of due respect for the cultural and religious sensibilities of the Assamese society. Thread: 1/n Kalapahad was a Muslim General belonging to the Bengal Sultanate who attacked the Ma Kamakhya temple & desecrated many others. History offers very little reason to be tolerant of a tyrant like Kalapahad. It doesn't stop there. 2/n
Dec 28, 2021 8 tweets 5 min read
#AntiConversionBill- A thread:
As the #KarnatakaAssembly passed an anticipated #AntiConversionLaw, the mainstream media has seen a slew of misconceptions, misinterpretations (often deliberate), and in some cases, outright lies.
Read on, to understand more about the law: (1/n) #Article25 has been cited as the primary criticism of the law, saying that this will curb the religious freedom of minorities. In its face, the argument says that the Right to Propagate one's religion includes the Right to Convert (The Act speaks ONLY of forced conversions) 2/n