Communalism
Hindu-Muslim enmity must end, solution depends on response to PM's Pasmanda gesture—Swapan Dasgupta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo_6h9iUxhk Jul 8, 2022
Swapan Dasgupta, who is also a well-known columnist, admitted there is no doubt that a substantial faultline exists between hindus and muslims adding that this enmity cannot be permitted to continue. He emphasized there is now a need for muslims to reciprocate the Prime Minister’s gesture, pointing out that similar earlier gestures by Mohan Bhagwat, the Sarsanghchalak of the RSS, have not been reciprocated.
Swapan Dasgupta is so far the first and only senior BJP leader and intellectual to willingly address this issue of reaching out to muslims and the connected question why should they respond given the way they have been treated, spoken of and often ‘othered’ or even treated as enemies. I encourage you to see this interview.
In the interview, Swapan Dasgupta is first asked if this is a response to the widespread criticism India has faced, diplomatically and in the social media, in Arab countries after Nupur Sharma’s recent blasphemous comments about the Prophet? Is it a way of reassuring critics in the Middle East but also in Europe and America that India treats its muslim citizens well and without discrimination?
https://thewire.in/communalism/radicalisation-of-indian-muslims
if the number of zealots among Muslim Indians attracted to the phantasmagoria of global Islamic Jihad was minuscule, it was because of their country’s secular constitution and the largely salubrious lived experience of being in a plural society –despite sporadic aberrations.
An Indian Muslim’s psyche today, regardless of their adherence or otherwise to the faith of Islam, is a minefield of rage, frustration, helplessness and fear. There is evidence now to surmise that many have begun to shed their fear and confront the reality head on. The elite among the community may be thinking of the first opportunity to migrate to safer shores where their children can build a decent future, while some perhaps secretly wish their forefathers had not believed in the promise of the republic’s founders that they would be treated as equal citizens.
08/07/2022
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PEOPLE’S UNION FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, RAJASTHAN & UDAIPUR DISTRICT
प्रेस नोट /Press Note
28 जून 2022
उदयपुर में कन्हैयालाल दर्जी की बहरहमी से की गई हत्या की निंदा व दोषियों को तुरंत गिरफ्तार करने की मांग
परिवार को एक करोड़ मुआवजा सरकार दे और माहौल शांति पूर्ण बनाए रखने की अपील
उदयपुर में कन्हैया लाल दर्जी की दिन दहाड़े, मलदास स्ट्रीट में बहरहमी से हुए कत्ल की पी यू सी एल पुरज़ोर शब्दों में निंदा करता हैं I यह कत्ल किसी भी सूरत में जायज़ नाही ठहराया जा सकता है ना बर्दाश्त किया जा सकता है I
इस कत्ल के लिए राजस्थान की उदयपुर पुलिस पर भी सवालिया निशान खड़े होते हैं क्योंकि कन्हैया लाल दर्जी द्वारा थाने में लिखित में जान के खतरे का आवेदन देने के बावजूद, उन्होंने उसे सुरक्षा नही दी, धमकी देने वालों के खिलाफ उचित कार्यवाही नही की और ना उन्हे पाबंद किया गया I
हमारी मांग है की राजस्थान पुलिस तत्परता से दोषियों को गिरफ्तार कर कानूनी कार्यवाही चालू करेI
उदयपुर शहर में लोगों का आक्रोश सड़कों पर दिख रहा है उसे उदयपुर प्रशासन व पुलिस सांप्रदायिक नही बनने दे I माहौल नहीं बिगड़े जिसकी रोक थाम के सभी उपयुक्त कदम उठाए जाएँ I
हमारा मानना की उदयपुर व राजस्थान की जनता हमेशा अमन पसंद और परिपक्व है जो इस घटना से सांप्रदायिक माहौल को बनने नहीं देगी और धैर्य से काम लेगी I हमे पूरी उम्मेद है की इस मौके का फायदा उठाने वाले समूहों के झांसे में यहाँ की जनता नहीं आएगी और शांति बनाए रखेगी I
हम इस मौके पर मुख्यमंत्री से भी अपील करना चाहेंगे की वे कन्हैया लाल दर्जी को 1 करोड़ का मुआवजा दें जिससे उसके परिवार और बच्चों का पालन पौषण उचित रूप से हो सके I मुख्यमंत्री यह भी सुनिशचित करें की पुलिस और प्रशासन की तरफ से कोई चूक ना हो और प्रदेश का माहौल ना बिगड़े इस और आवश्यक और पर्याप्त कदम उठाए जाएँ I
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PUCL strongly condemns the brutal murder of Kanhaiya Lal Tailor in Udaipur in broad daylight, in Maldas Street. This murder cannot be justified or tolerated under any circumstances.
The Udaipur Police of Rajasthan is also in the dock for this murder because despite Kanhaiya Lal Tailor's written application of threat to his life in the police station. They did not give him protection,. They did not take appropriate action against those who made the threats. Nor did they warn or ban them.
We demand that the Rajasthan Police should immediately arrest the culprits and start legal proceedings.
The anger of the people in Udaipur city is visible on the streets. And , don't let the Udaipur administration and the police become communal.The atmosphere should not be allowed to deteriorate and all appropriate steps should be taken to curb the tension.
We believe that the people of Udaipur and Rajasthan are always peaceful and mature, who will not allow this incident to create a communal atmosphere and will work patiently. and keep the peace
We would also like to appeal to the Chief Minister on this occasion to give compensation of 1 crore to Kanhaiya Lal Tailor to take care of his family and children . And necessary and adequate steps should be taken so that the environment of the state should not be disturbed.
A connected post relating to the Rajashtan episode is this is the part in Sanjay Dixit, (jaipur dialogues) which admits that the FIR against Zubair may not stick.. but more people should keep sending posts, mails to Delhi posts, so that he can get repeatedly harassed.. https://youtu.be/Jt33c6hkXFk?t=954 . opindia twist 20 incidents of alt news which are anti-hindu!
65-year-old mentally-ill man was allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of ‘being a Muslim’ in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district, https://www.india.com/madhya-pradesh/mentally-ill-elderly-man-beaten-to-death-on-suspicion-of-being-muslim-in-mps-neemuch-video-goes-viral-5405163/ https://twitter.com/i/status/1527865325902893056
Later, the video of his thrashing went viral on social media. In the video, Dinesh Kushwaha, the husband of Manasa’s BJP corporator is allegedly seen beating Jain demanding his Aadhar card and asking whether he is a Muslim.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/04/hate-and-communal-violence-changing-anatomy/
All around the loud hysteria is raging the streets. This is what prompted the eminent historian Ram Guha to state that we are living in the worst era of Independent India. This is what prompted leaders of 13 opposition parties, including Congress, NCP, TMC, DMK and many others to issue a statement saying, “We are extremely anguished at the manner in which issues related to food, dress. Food, festivals and language are being deliberately used by ruling establishment, to polarize our society. We are extremely concerned with the growing incidents of hate in the country by the people who appear to have official patronage and against whom no meaningful and strong action is taken,”
Even pre Independence when Muslim communalism was also the parallel and opposite of Hindu communalism, the processions in front of mosques were one of the techniques used to instigate violence. Now the celebrations of Hindu festivals and processions have been enhanced to incorporate DJs, loud music and anti-Muslim slogans. These processions have the destination of mosques, where they dance to the loud music and hurl abuses inciting the elements in the minority community. What follows is the process of stone throwing, from which ever quarter they come.
By Ram Puniyani
20/04/2022
Subcategories
Hate Crime
Hate Speech / Incitement to violence
Hate Speech Maharashtra
PUCL Maharashtra has decided to showcase information on Hate Speech in Maharashtra as presented in the different websites, social media of Civil Society organisations and concerned individuals. Each one has their own style of documentation and each one is a shining node. We hope to have a decentralised platform which will valorise whatever work individuals an organisations are doing, such that while they do their regular work of posting, creating websites, blogs, data directories, such that it can be searched, and researched, and help activist (information activist, if you will) curate this content into learning modules, state of the art reports.. letting a thousand nodes glow.
250811-Jalgaon-lynching of Pathan after being seen with Hindu woman at cafe
A 21-year-old Muslim man was on Monday beaten to death allegedly by members of a Hindutva group in the town of Jamner in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district. The perpetrators allegedly assaulted Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan after he was seen with a Hindu woman from the same village at a cafe
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Two Muslim-owned restaurants in Wani, Yavatmal, were forcibly shut down by members of the Bajrang Dal
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At the “Samrast Yatra” event in Kurla, Mumbai, organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, a Jain monk disseminated hate speech rife with anti-Muslim propaganda.
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Rane’s speeches continued throughout the month of February, spreading more hateful conspiracy theories, and even suggesting that if Muslims “looked at Hindus in an incorrect manner,” they would face consequences. He stated that, “Our government is very bad. What is going on around I am aware of everything. You don’t have to struggle. Wherever something wrong is happening, wherever someone tries to slaughter a cow, wherever someone tries to smuggle, wherever green snakes try to wriggle, just make one call, and leave the rest of the arrangements to me., https://cjp.org.in/the-role-of-leaders-in-spreading-divisive-rhetoric/