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Arab, Muslim states set Palestinian state as condition for peace

Saudi Arabia and seven other Arab and Muslim countries on Sunday issued a joint statement rejecting any attempt…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #arabs #breakingnews #Gaza #Israel #israelandsaudiarabia #MiddleEast #muslims #Palestine #Palestinians #SaudiArabia #saudiarabiaandisrael
https://www.newsbeep.com/721340/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/280871/ Arab, Muslim states set Palestinian state as condition for peace #arabs #Gaza #Israel #IsraelAndSaudiArabia #MiddleEast #muslims #Palestine #palestinians #SaudiArabia #SaudiArabiaAndIsrael

https://www.europesays.com/africa/411829/ BBC Africa Eye Challenges ‘Christian Genocide’ Claims, Unravels Complex Drivers of Nigeria’s Violence #BBC #Benue #ChristiansGenocide #Insecurity #Jos #muslims #Nigeria #Plateau

‘No Muslims, tilak must’: VHP draws new rules for Navratri events in Maharashtra
#Muslims #VHP #Maharashtra #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://reddit.com/r/india/comments/1w7ogyq/no_muslims_tilak_must_vhp_draws_new_rules_for/

"For many #Jews, the morning of #Oct7 remains seared into memory. In #JoannSfar’s case, it was also the day of his birthday party, which included “as many #Muslims as Jews,” he told me. Amidst tragedy, #Sfar felt a profound gratitude for life, which seemed especially precious. It was a day of fear and uncertainty, followed by many more over the following months. For Sfar, drawing was the only way out.

To Life is Sfar’s #illustrated journal of his experience after Oct. 7, a reflection of his fierce peace advocacy coupled with a profound connection to #Israel. It follows several previous #books by Sfar, who is a #French #Jewish #graphicnovelist best known for The Rabbi’s Cat. His works touch on his #Sephardic heritage, highlighting a history of friendship and brotherhood between #Arabs and Jews.

To Life is the #English #translation of Nous Vivrons, which was #published in June 2024 as the first of a three-part series."

https://forward.com/culture/books/840947/graphic-novelist-october-7-to-life-joann-sfar/

Israel must give Ethiopian Israelis a bigger role in politics and at the UN

For generations, in the highlands of East Africa between the Blue Nile basin and the Red Sea world,…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #christians #EthiopianJews #ethiopianjewsinisrael #famousjewishpeople #generalassembly #Israel #israelipolitics #Judaism #muslims #Opinion #Sigd #UnitedNations #UNSC #USPolitics #zionism
https://www.newsbeep.com/712314/

Think about the Nazi and what they did to a “culture of people”. That is stage 4 Culture Cancer. The situation is truly critical.

That case of Culture Cancer left 6 million people dead just because they were “Jews” .

Speaking of Jews, Israel has systematically murdered, starved, and abused many tens of thousands of people in Gaza. Has destroyed hospitals, targeted doctors and journalists, refused to let food in leading to mass starvation, and overall leveled almost the entire Gaza.

Such a terrible irony….

Snippet from Culture Cancer - tromsite.com/2026/07/culture-c…

#gaza #palestine #israel #jews #muslims #nazi #germany

What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 140

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 Retro Videos Of Scary Movie (2000) – Some of you might be aware that a brand new Scary Movie (2026) is coming out very soon. Although it’s nice to see Anna Faris and the Wayans brothers in the trailer of the new movie, I am not very motivated to see it. That said, I am more nostalgic about the original Scary Movie of 2000 and that film is significant as there are many retrospective videos about it in YouTube. As such, I posted below the selected videos of Scary Movie (2000) for your enjoyment.

https://youtu.be/0Dhf7_I_uig?si=Ce6xO35Xn88wywnh

https://youtu.be/YjMdS77mMGc?si=8okaY1X0A4dFHmRe

https://youtu.be/jTJ_VSU-aO4?si=wJGG3IbG7hhaveB_

https://youtu.be/GG50jTrs6g8?si=Q1H1mnou6lfuG2J3

https://youtu.be/YiZfO6X6rq8?si=nHldJOB4KukBYdFb

https://youtu.be/ZzPbMHBYPEU?si=wsvExaZn3AZgIfKX

https://youtu.be/uNQUGOp1D3Y?si=ZUrNE-66QrNeyd2X

#2 How Tekken 3 Was Made Possible On PlayStation – When I first played Tekken 3 in the arcades in 1997, I was already an avid fan of Tekken 2 which I played a lot on the PlayStation console. Back then, I wondered how Namco would be able to port Tekken 3 on PlayStation are the arcade version had much more powerful hardware. A year later, Tekken 3 was released on PlayStation and I played it a lot. The more I played it, the more impressed I was with how the game looked and felt on PlayStation. Not only that, Tekken 3 on PlayStation had features that the original arcade version did not offer. To find out how Namco made the “impossible port” of Tekken 3 using the PlayStation’s aging hardware, watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/GXZ6oBUW3c4?si=Plylt6aMUlEKTu2h

#3 1990s NBA Plays That Are Still Great To Watch – Remember how exciting NBA basketball action was back in the 1990s? It was during the 1990s when the NBA became a global phenomenon, when the NBA had such super stars like Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and others who made great basketball plays. Back in those days, the Internet was slowly emerging and there obviously was no social media to amplify the great NBA moments. Posted below is a video that looks back at sixty great NBA plays that would have rocked the world had social media existed much earlier.

https://youtu.be/OEGpmzHaykI?si=7-9zipAQ64vuNCKf

#4 Lunch At Ginza – Have you ever been to Ginza when you visited Japan? For the newcomers reading this, Ginza is the premier upscale district in Tokyo famous for shopping, fine dining and entertainment. Believe it or not, there are places in Ginza where visitors can have lunch at affordable rates and be satisfied. Watch and learn from the Nippon TV video below.

https://youtu.be/18xMYQK96OY?si=O8QKMILHIBVTV6xi

#5 You, Me And The Movies React To Resident Evil: Degeneration – When the computer-generated movie Resident Evil: Degeneration was released in 2008, it created a lot of buzz for the dedicated fans of the Resident Evil video games, particularly those who followed the iconic characters Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield (the Resident Evil 2 characters). The limited theatrical releases did not stop the movie from achieving good box office numbers and it went on to sell a lot on DVD and Blu-ray later. But has the movie aged well and does anyone here enjoy it more than the live-action Resident Evil movies of Milla Jovovich? Watch the reaction video below and observe how it impacts You, Me and the Movies.

https://youtu.be/hikyGLzHxoc?si=oEYeNyJ9dpkI6l4H

#6 Shoplifting Rampage By Hijabi Muslim Goes Very Wrong – Did you notice any woman wearing a hijab who engaged in theft lately? Overseas, someone committed shoplifting and things went very wrong. If you manage a store or if you care much about preventing the crime of theft from happening, you better watch the video below and pay close attention to the details. Do not let the Islamists manipulate you and never let them terrorize you.

https://youtu.be/Nc4v06ZVDss?si=IGu6sQpSimfCNviV

#7 Origin of The Jackal – You ever heard of The Jackal in comic books? The Jackal is one of Spider-Man’s super villains and he is involved in one of the most tragic events of the icon’s life and also in the sagas about clones. Veteran creator J.M. DeMatteis called the Jackal as “a terrific villain.” To get to know more about the Jackal, watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/p8XRliMd2qQ?si=2a9M09UKmT5v4zuV

#8 Rhetorical Thrill Reacts To Toy Soldiers – Remember back in the 1990s when there was a slew of action or adventure films with terrorists as the antagonists? This was the so-called “Die Hard effect” in reference to the 1988 classic action film that starred Bruce Willis. In 1991, the movie Toy Soldiers was released and it was about an all-male boarding school that got occupied by terrorists, and only a group of rebellious students can achieve a breakthrough. Recently, Rhetorical Thrill posted her reaction video about Toy Soldiers and it is entertaining to watch.

https://youtu.be/RXCVtmkWEj0?si=vLDYLb-IFYGXP3Bw

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What To Watch On YouTube Right Now – Part 137

Welcome back my readers, YouTube viewers and all others who followed this series of articles focused on YouTube videos worth watching.

Have you been searching for something fun or interesting to watch on YouTube? Do you feel bored right now and you crave for something to see on the world’s most popular online video destination?

I recommend you check out the following videos I found.

#1 You, Me and The Movies React To Lone Wolf McQuade – It has been a few months since the movie legend Chuck Norris passed away at age 86. He left behind a legacy of action movies and even played Bruce Lee’s tough opponent in The Way of the Dragon. Norris also had action movies filmed on location here in my native Philippines. In the 1980s, Norris appeared in a lot movies that involved guns and hard action, and one of his more notable films of the time was 1983’s Lone Wolf McQuade in which he faced off with fellow action star David Carradine. Recently, You, Me and the Movies posted their reaction video of Lone Wolf McQuade and it is entertaining to watch. I urge you to watch it now.

https://youtu.be/WELmZdiV6aQ?si=2b-pSOoRjJmQF4PC

#2 Minty Comedic Arts’ Invasion U.S.A. Video – Still focused on the late Chuck Norris, his 1985 action movie Invasion U.S.A. was not merely made to entertain moviegoers with lots of explosions, dangerous stunts and hard action. Norris read an article in Reader’s Digest about the presence of hundreds of terrorists running loose in the United States which impacted him as he care about his country and his fellow Americans. This eventually led to the making of Invasion U.S.A. which succeeded commercially as it spread awareness to the American people as to how they can defend themselves in the event foreign terrorists invade their country. Today, Islamic terrorism as well as the entrance of Islamo-Leftist foreigners into America made this 1985 more socially relevant. The story behind the production of Invasion U.S.A. is pretty fascinating, and you can learn more about by watch Minty Comedic Arts’ video below.

https://youtu.be/mXAFy08Mm4s?si=Qy7193Gb9X0goYDZ

#3 Signature Bowls of Happiness in Japan – Do you eat meals served in bowls often? Meals in bowls are common in Japan where rice and noodles are eaten by people daily. Among the many food joints in Japan that offer meals in bowls to customers are a few standouts visited by Nippon TV. What they discovered are very enticing, attractive and delicious to look at. Watch and learn from their video below.

https://youtu.be/WQwYy84KgCQ?si=g0HZRpdwCLBs2uPd

#4 Ranting For Vengeance Slams CBR And Others Who Hate 1980s Anime – I grew up watching lots of anime shows and feature films early in life and the 1980s is a memorable decade. It was during the 1980s when I saw anime productions from the 1970s and the newest ones of the decade. To name some, I saw the 1980s Astro Boy series, Galaxy Express 999, Captain Future, Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Voltes V, Daimos, Mazinger Z and others. While such old anime productions proved to be entertaining, there are still some people out there who bashed them because those productions (and their stories) did not align with their modern day woke agenda. The popular geek entertainment portal CBR published lots of articles saying that the old anime productions did not age well and a lot of readers and netizens followed suit. As such, Ranting for Vengeance slammed them and stood up for 1980s anime backed with detailed explanations. If you are a true fan of anime, watch the video below.

https://youtu.be/1VCWf8o7utc?si=xXxcQ7-if9FaZV8H

#5 Western Women Who Embraced Islam End Up Wrong – Did you notice that there is a growing number of women in the West who embraced Islam believing the fantasies that it is a religion of peace and is feminist? Indeed, there are these modern-day feminists who considered themselves Islamic without even fully knowing what Islam truly is, why Sharia Law is wicked and what was recorded in the Quran. SaharTV posted several videos about these newcomers to Islam (including one new Muslim woman who was Catholic) who ended up being very wrong and embarrassed. Watch the SaharTV videos below.

https://youtu.be/ghhZuYcsNFY?si=uddJdrr8Ve_FeOvS

https://youtu.be/6fZUxJWv8E0?si=saX3TUFQhPJ3iMwk

https://youtu.be/WGwbkx0zrL4?si=R2KCv0-fDSmZRgGP

https://youtu.be/gXFYh-fh_1g?si=cpNXKOygu8Z1jz_N

https://youtu.be/uTvbQDzn8RA?si=KiG5K-jWU5mvs_4x

#6 The Significance Of Spider-Man 2099 Explained – In late 1992, Marvel Comics launched Spider-Man 2099 #1 which also marked the start of their 2099 franchise of comic books. Under the direction of writer Peter David with artworks done mainly by Rick Leonardi, the futuristic Spider-Man really stood out differently from the classic Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and his own place under Marvel Comics’ banner was established well. Spider-Man 2099 is clearly the most popular of all the Marvel 2099 titles. That said, I found this YouTube video that examines the significance of Spider-Man of 2099. I encourage you to watch it.

https://youtu.be/0ap6m7EHTXw?si=cxHY9bDg-9QYlmlK

#7 Ashleigh Burton’s Reaction To Witness – The 1980s will always be a memorable decade of Harrison Ford’s cinematic performances. During that decade, he appeared in two Star Wars movies and he was the center of attraction in the original Indiana Jones trilogy. Along the way, he appeared in the 1985 crime thriller film Witness in which he played a police detective protecting an Amish woman and her son. The movie earned several Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and even Best Actor for Harrison Ford. Lately, Ashleigh Burton posted her reaction video of Witness and I encourage you to watch it.  

https://youtu.be/COlaB65Q3MA?si=0i2Kx-yFhLYdX1_E

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Reading: The Once And Future Riot (2025) - #JoeSacco

(Review Nov 2025) https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/nov/19/the-once-and-future-riot-by-joe-sacco-review-a-masterclass-in-visual-reportage

#art #BooksOf Mastodon #Graphicnovels #Illustration #Muzaffarnagar #UttarPradesh #Hindus #Jats #Muslims

#JaysonJosephMichaels, 20, arrested and charged for planning to attack #Muslims in #Australia

#ABCAustralia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/man-charged-with-preparing-for-terrorist-act-perth/106397996

#farright #extrêmedroite #Islamophobia

On "real Christians."

This is a lightly edited version of a post I first made several years ago on Facebook. Sadly, it never seems to stop being relevant.

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Every time I hear #Christians saying "they're not real Christians" or "this isn't real #Christianity," about other Christians doing something that brings discredit on the ##religion, my skin crawls.

Because if they're not Christians ... well, neither was Constantine. Neither were the generations of #monarchs who followed, invoking the divine right of kings. Neither were the #popes and #bishops and #priests—and note that I'm not just talking about #Catholics here—who almost universally supported and legitimized the idea that #God had put our leaders in place, and to oppose them was #blasphemy.

Neither were the #Crusaders, the #Inquisitors, the #witch-burners. Neither were the soldiers who fought generations of #religious #wars within #Christendom, including the Thirty Years' War that wrought devastation equal to both World Wars. Neither for that matter were the politicians who gave us what we *call* the First World War, in which most of the major combatants on both sides proudly claimed the Christian label, and in several cases were still official theocracies.

Neither were the Christians who rounded up their #Jewish neighbors in the Second for delivery to the camps—and if you claim that was the work of a #neopagan cult that maybe a few thousand people total ever took seriously, I'll laugh in your face before cutting you out of my life. (But I'll remember who and what you are, believe me.) Neither were the people who used Christianity to justify #conquest and #slavery and #genocide and #segregation, for centuries, and in many cases still do.

In short, if you say these people aren't Christians, you're saying most Christians throughout the *entire history of the religion* weren't Christians. You can die on that hill if you really want to. But you'll die alone, and most likely at the hands of your fellow believers.

Christians are, as a rule, no worse than other people. But you're no better, either. Do you *want* to be better? Great, that's what everyone else wants too.

So prove it. Stop making excuses. Own these people, and *then* confront them. Admit that they're yours, and then expunge them. Scourge the heretics with fire and sword, and send them wailing into the outer darkness tearing their hair and gnashing their teeth. Cast them into the lake of fire.

If you do this, if you have first the moral and then the physical courage to face this monstrosity in your midst unflinchingly and with full knowledge of what it is, then you'll have plenty of help. #Jews and #Muslims and #Hindus and #Wiccans and #atheists and all the rest won't just cheer you on. We'll be right there by your side.

And while there are in the US still more Christians than all of us put together, there aren't more of *this kind* of Christian than all decent human beings put together. We can't fight them alone. Neither can you. Together we can—as long as you're honest about what that means.

If you don't? We'll be right back to #Torquemada, with a high-tech gloss. You might live a little longer than the rest of us, but not by much, and you'll go to the rack and the stake and the oven with the words of your own holy writ shouted in your ears.

Those are the only two options. Your choice.

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Addendum:

I have a great many friends who grew up Christian, and left the religion at some point. Despite having made the choice to walk away from their childhood faith, they often feel the reflexive need to defend the people they were, and in most cases their families still are.

Those who are still Christians, of whom I trust I also have a fair number left, may feel the same impulse—although interestingly, it seems to me they're less reflexive on the whole than the former believers.

We're all made of our #history. The people we were are still the people we are, in some corner of our brains. And there are complexities about being on the inside of any group that outsiders can never quite grasp. It's similar to the way I am about the #military, which is practically a religion in its own right.

Okay. Stipulated, as lawyers say on TV and maybe in real life too. I get it. Now please get this:

Unless you *grew up* as a member of a religious minority, you will most likely never understand, on a gut level, the terror the majority religion inflicts by its very existence.

This isn't unique to Christianity, to be clear. Every majority religion, in every time and place, has unconsciously (and often consciously as well, to be sure) been casually brutal to infidels and heretics. Nature of the beast. But here in the US, that beast invariably carries a cross, so there's the focus of my attention.

You don't have to understand it. Just accept that it exists, and it leaves scars. I can live with those scars, and so can nearly everyone else who bears them. That *stigma*, if you will.

But if you cut us, we still bleed. We'll heal from those wounds too, and add new scars to the old. Long after the bleeding stops, we'll remember who gave them to us.

Here I stand; I can do no other. How about you?

"Didn't you hear? We're white now." - #LadyInTheLake, Episode 7, #AppleTV

Yes, for now...

I remember when #Jews were not fully welcome to stay at the big hotels on the north end of #MiamiBeach, which is the root of what became #SouthBeach as we know it today.

A lot of Jewish people have forgotten that, both here in the #US, and in #Israel.

As we can teach them, last one in is always first one out.

#Palestinians, #Israelis, #Arabs, #Muslims:

Trying to kill each other is literal #suicide.

Waqf Bill has proposed far-reaching changes in the present Act, including ensuring the representation of Muslim women and non-Muslims in such bodies
#WaqfBill #Build #Muslims #ShivSena #MastIndia #MastodonIndians #India @mastodonindians
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/waqf-bill-build-consensus-take-muslims-into-confidence-say-shiv-sena-leaders/article68515387.ece

Commissioned by Nawab Asaf al-Daula of #Awadh as a part of a famine relief project in 1784 CE, the Bara Imambara at #Lucknow #India is an important place of celebration by #Shia #Muslims during #Muharram

This c1800 CE #CompanyPainting of the Complex is now at The Metropolitan #Museum of #Art, New York #TheMet

Martyrdom of #imamhussain at #karbala

#MastoArt #Histodons #artoftheday #IndianHeritage #Painting #ArtHistory #Artist #Heritage #History #Paintings #IndianHistory #Religion #Islam

Don’t use Muslims as ‘punching bags’ this general election amid Gaza attacks, parties urged | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/general-election-gaza-muslim-council-britain-b2550191.html

#Muslims
#GE2024
#Gaza
#Islamaphobia
#MuslimCouncilOfBritain
#HopeNotHate
#Tories
#Starmer
#Johnson
#Media
#PalestinianFlag

'Nothing Will Change for Muslims Unless there is a Reckoning with Britain's Normalised Islamophobia' – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/03/01/nothing-will-change-for-muslims-unless-there-is-a-reckoning-with-britains-normalised-islamophobia/

#Muslims
#Muslim
#Islamophobia
#NormalisedIslamaphobia
#Palestinians
#BritishMuslims
#Extremists
#Genocide
#Gaza
#HomeOffice
#InflammatoryLanguage
#ProPalestinian
#IRU
#Yousaf
#Sultana
#ApsanaBegum
#Begum
#Khan
#IslamaphobiaResponseUnit

Book Excerpt: How September 11 Led To the Awakening of a Muslim Boy in Aligarh

‘Why are all Muslims terrorists?’ a few Hindu classmates asked me after 9/11.

#BookExcerpt #ZeyadMasroorKhan #aligarh #IndianMuslims #CommunalViolence #AntiMuslimRiots #muslims #September11 #islamophobia #islamism #terrorism #hindutva #majoritarianism #UnitedStates #OsamaBinLaden #AlQaeda #india #books #bookstodon #history #histodon

https://www.thequint.com/lifestyle/books/book-excerpt-city-on-fire-september-11-awakening-of-muslim-boy-in-aligarh

Arms, ethnic domination, choking dissent: Why India is embracing the Israel model

From refusing to recognise Israel to making Tel Aviv a key ally, India’s trajectory reflects a questioning of its very foundations, writes Sajjad Hassan.

#israel #palestine #hindutva #zionism #BJP #IndianGovt #GazaGenocide #islamophobia #misinformation #militarism #majoritarianism #dissent #FreeSpeech #PressFreedom #bulldozers #minorities #muslims #india

https://scroll.in/article/1060826/battle-tested-arms-ethnic-domination-crackdown-on-dissent-why-india-is-embracing-the-israel-model

Sir Keir's Gaza crisis deepens after Hussain quits Labour front bench | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/sir-keir-gaza-crisis-deepens-after-hussain-quits-labour-front-bench

#Starmer
#Hussain
#Gaza
#Labour
#Israel
#Corbyn
#CeaseFire
#Muslims
#Sultana
#Begum
#Burgon
#KingsSpeech
#Mitchell

Unregistered madrassas in Muzaffarnagar to pay Rs 10,000 fine per day

According to the district minority department, more than 100 madrassas do not have registration.

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #madrassas #education #muslims #BJPStates #hindutva #BJP #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1058070/unregistered-madrassas-in-muzaffarnagar-to-pay-rs-10000-fine-per-day

On 9 November 2023, the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (#ZMO) will officially launch the "Islam #WestAfrica Collection" (https://islam.zmo.de/s/westafrica/) in Berlin. This project, which I’m directing, is a collaborative, #openaccess digital #database that currently contains over 5,000 archival documents, newspaper articles, Islamic publications of various kinds, audio and video recordings, photographs, and references on #Islam and #Muslims in #BurkinaFaso, #Benin, #Niger, #Nigeria, #Togo and #Cotedivoire.

Far from being the end of a project, this is just the beginning, as the database will continue to grow and will lay the groundwork for future collaborations with other scholars and institutes as more countries may be added.

Mauro Nobili (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Issouf Binaté (Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d'Ivoire) and Kai Kresse (ZMO) will comment on the project.

https://www.zmo.de/en/events/launch-islam-west-africa-collection

#omeka #DH

Muzaffarnagar slapping case: SC questions quality of school education in U.P., points to ‘watered-down’ FIR against teacher

The school teacher is seen on video showering communal remarks on her seven-year-old Muslim student and goading his classmates to thrash him.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/muzaffarnagar-slapping-case-sc-questions-quality-of-school-education-in-up-points-to-watered-down-fir-against-teacher/article67343954.ece

#SupremeCourt #UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #TriptiTyagi #ChildAbuse #HateCrime #HindutvaTeachers #education #TusharGandhi #hindutva #islamophobia #muslims #india

Calling the Clans

How the Hindu castes were mobilised for the Muzaffarnagar violence ten years ago.

https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/muzaffarnagar-violence-rss-bjp-bku-jat-khap-sanjeev-balyan-tikait

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #MuzaffarnagarRiots #BJP #RSS #BKU #caste #jats #baniyas #gurjars #valmikis #dalits #muslims #SanjeevBalyan #SangeetSom #NarendraModi #RakeshTikait #RiotSystem #AntiMuslimRiots #history #histodon #hindutva #india

Ten Years Later, Shadow of the 2013 Riots Still Haunts Muzaffarnagar

While victims still wait for justice, a BJP minister visited Kawal village again this year to participate in the religious rituals on the death anniversary of two Hindu Jat youth whose killings – along with the killing of a Muslim young man – had triggered the riots.

https://thewire.in/communalism/ten-years-later-shadow-of-the-2013-riots-still-haunts-muzaffarnagar

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #MuzaffarnagarRiots #SanjeevBalyan #BJP #CommunalViolence #muslims #jats #hindutva #HinduMobs #displacement #india

After Abuse Of Muslim Student In UP School, An Unrepentant Teacher & An Anxious, Fearful Father, Steadfast In Desire For Justice

A day after a video of a Hindu teacher instructing students to hit their Muslim classmate went viral, Article14 visited the village of the student and the teacher in the Uttar Pradesh district of Muzaffarnagar, where the dominant Hindu community insisted there was nothing wrong. Politicians made a beeline for the Muslim student’s house. A journalist tutored the boy’s father about what to say. As the unequal power dynamic between the victim and perpetrator became apparent, members of the Tyagi caste attempted to dilute the heinous nature of the attack on a child. Yet, the father told us he wanted legal action against the teacher.

https://article-14.com/post/after-abuse-of-muslim-student-in-up-school-an-unrepentant-teacher-an-anxious-fearful-father-steadfast-in-desire-for-justice-64ec101b060bb

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #ChildAbuse #HateCrime #TriptaTyagi #muslims #islamophobia #tyagis #hindutva #caste #india

Teacher did not have malicious intentions, say police on assault of Muslim boy in classroom

The case has been filed under non-cognisable charges which means the teacher who asked other students to slap the boy cannot be probed without a court’s order.

https://scroll.in/latest/1054958/teacher-did-not-have-malicious-intentions-say-police-on-assault-of-muslim-boy-in-classroom

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #khubbapur #ChildAbuse #HateCrime #NehaPublicSchool #TriptaTyagi #BJP #UPPolice #hindutva #education #ChildRights #muslims #islamophobia #india

UP: Pressure on Boy’s Family to “Compromise” in Slapping Incident As Politicians Swarm the Village

Farmer Naresh Tikait met the victim’s family and told the media that he'll get the FIR registered against the teacher expunged.

https://thewire.in/communalism/up-pressure-on-boys-family-to-compromise-in-slapping-incident-as-politicians-swarm-the-village

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #khubbapur #ChildAbuse #HateCrime #NehaPublicSchool #TriptaTyagi #BJP #ShrikantTyagi #NareshTikait #hindutva #education #ChildRights #muslims #islamophobia #india

Vulnerable At Home: How To Make Sense Of Indian Variant Of Islamophobia

To make sense of the Indian variant of Islamophobia, it is vital to examine its relationship with the notion of communalism— particularly their points of convergence. Shaikh Mujibur Rahman writes.

https://www.outlookindia.com/national/how-to-make-sense-of-indian-variant-of-islamophobia-magazine-311708

#islamophobia #muslims #islam #religion #hindutva #majoritarianism #IndianMuslims #BJP #india

The Shattering of the Muslim Hope in India

"I see and remember the face of Faizan’s mother. I see and remember the horror and the plea for mercy in the eyes of Qutbuddin Ansari from 2002; the tears in the eyes of the lady in Karnataka, who was forced to take off her burqa to enter the school where she had been teaching for years; the faces of the Muslims who have spent their entire youth in prison because of wrongful incarceration; and the pain in the eyes of fellow Muslims, every time I see them raise their hands in supplication." Salik Ahmad writes. (Article from March 2022)

#IndianMuslims #islamophobia #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #persecution #marginalisation #hindutva #majoritarianism #muslims #minorities #citizenship #identity #democracy #india

https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/crushing-hope-muslim-indian

Fear, Depression in Indian Muslims Is Palpable Even Among Those Who Are ‘Privileged’

The bigotry, both open and with dogwhistles, is leading us towards a downward spiral that will derail the Indian nation, writes Rakshanda Jalil.

#IndianMuslims #islamophobia #HumanRights #ReligiousFreedom #persecution #marginalisation #hindutva #majoritarianism #muslims #minorities #citizenship #identity #democracy #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/fear-depression-in-indian-muslims-is-palpable-even-among-those-who-are-privileged

Haryana Violence: How Provocative Videos and a Background of Hate Preceded the Nuh Riots

While communal tensions in the areas have been on the rise for the past two years, protests in Nuh against cow vigilantism – including by Muslim families of victims – escalated after the killing of Junaid and Nasir. Alishan Jafri writes.

#haryana #nuh #gurugram #sohna #delhi #HaryanaViolence #VHP #BajrangDal #BJP #vandalism #muslims #CommunalViolence #hindutva #AnilVij #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/haryana-violence-mewat-hate-and-provocative-videos

In Photos: From Vehicles to a Police Station, Nuh Looks Deserted, Burnt After Violence

The violence resulted in the loss of five lives, including two home guards, and the burning of over 150 vehicles. Burnt vehicles were visible on every street in the city.

#haryana #nuh #HaryanaViolence #VHP #BajrangDal #BJP #vandalism #muslims #CommunalViolence #AnilVij #hindutva #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/in-photos-from-vehicles-to-a-police-station-nuh-looks-deserted-burnt-after-violence

Nuh Temple Priest Refutes Haryana Home Minister's Claim That People Were 'Held Hostage'

After communal clashes broke out in Nuh on Monday, Anil Vij claimed that around 3,000 to 4,000 people were 'held hostage' by Muslim rioters at the Nalhar Mahadev temple. The Wire brings a ground report from the violence-hit areas.

#haryana #HaryanaViolence #nuh #AnilVij #BJP #VHP #BajrangDal #muslims #HinduMobs #CommunalViolence #MonuManesar #MohitYadav #hindutva #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/nuh-temple-priest-refutes-haryana-home-ministers-claim-that-people-are-held-hostage

Hate speech: Within one week of SC rap, 3 events in Maharashtra, one with CM’s son

At two of these programmes, at least one speaker referred to weapons. No FIR has been filed so far.

#maharashtra #HateSpeech #ShivSena #BJP #ShrikantShinde #BajrangDal #VHP #HJS #CommunalViolence #trishul #tridents #islamophobia #muslims #india

https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/05/09/hate-speech-within-one-week-of-sc-rap-3-events-in-maharashtra-one-with-cms-son

'Truth Has Won': Muzaffarnagar Rape Survivor After UP Court Convicts Accused

"I was saying the truth, now everyone will know that," the survivor told The Quint.

#UttarPradesh #muzaffarnagar #MuzaffarnagarRiots #pogrom #rape #GangRape #muslims #HinduMobs #hindutva #ViolenceAgainstWomen #justice #india

https://www.thequint.com/gender/muzaffarnagar-communal-riots-rape-survivor-up-court-convicts-three-men

It is disheartening to see this string of Islamophobic attacks during a time when Muslims are gathered in spiritual community.

This violence needs to stop.

It is up to us to unite against hate.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/mosque-suspected-hate-motived-incident-april-9-markham-1.6807097

| #Islamophobic #Islamophobia #Muslims #MarkhamOntario #Markham #Thornhill #Ontario #Ramadan #ImamMahdiIslamicCentre

India town mourns burning of historic library at Muslim school

Residents of Bihar Sharif town are still coming to terms with attack on a century-old ‘madrassa’ during the Hindu festival of Ram Navami.

#bihar #BiharSharif #nalanda #MadrassaAzizia #CommunalViolence #HinduMobs #RamNavami #muslims #madrassa #hindutva #BJP #VHP #RSS #books #libraries #india

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/10/india-town-mourns-burning-of-historic-library-at-muslim-school

Spike in anti-Muslim rallies since BJP retook India’s Maharashtra

The recent Ram Navami festival was the latest concerted attempt to ignite religious tensions in India’s richest state.

#maharashtra #RamNavami #BJP #muslims #HateSpeech #CommunalViolence #ReligiousProcessions #HinduMobs #VHP #BajrangDal #hindutva #ShivSena #india

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/7/spike-in-anti-muslim-rallies-since-bjp-retook-indias-maharashtra

Ram Navami violence and the ghosts of 1946 communal violence in Bihar

Post-Independence, Bihar emerged with a resilient secular fabric. Now, more than ever, it is necessary to protect it.

#bihar #RamNavami #BiharSharif #secularism #CommunalViolence #hindutva #muslims #BJP #VHP #HinduMobs #JDU #history #communalism #india

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/bihar-ram-navami-communal-violence-8538247/

Ram Navami violence: 77 arrested; mob vandalises madrasa in Bihar Sharif

One person dies in fresh violence on Saturday evening; Internet services suspended in Nalanda district; Madarsa library housing over 4,500 books of Islamic literature burnt in communal violence, alleges imam.

#bihar #BiharSharif #nalanda #CommunalViolence #RamNavami #HinduMobs #muslims #madrasa #HateCrime #hindutva #mosques #vandalism #india

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/ram-navami-violence-77-arrested-mob-vandalises-madrasa-in-bihar-sharif/article66692716.ece

Bihar Sharif: Targeted violence against Muslims on Ram Navami

Hindu extremists who were participating in Ram Navami rally targeted Muslim houses, vehicles and mosque. The violence left more than 10 people injured.

#bihar #BiharSharif #RamNavami #HinduMobs #mosques #CommunalViolence #hindutva #muslims #minorities #fascism #india

Videos: https://hindutvawatch.org/bihar-sharif-targeted-violence-against-muslims-on-ram-navami/

Gurjar queens, Vokkaliga warriors: How BJP is inventing history for a new Hindutva caste politics

Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.

#BJP #caste #CastePolitics #history #pseudohistory #FreedomStruggle #karnataka #TipuSultan #vokkaligas #gurjars #muslims #elections #hindutva #india

https://scroll.in/article/1045746/gurjar-queens-vokkaliga-warriors-how-bjp-is-inventing-history-for-a-new-hindutva-caste-politics

Tech Is Helping Ruling Parties Create 'Perfect Electoral Rolls' as the EC Looks on

Recent investigations by news outlets show large-scale voter suppression is afoot at Bengaluru in Karnataka, where assembly elections will be held soon. If the EC is not held accountable now, soon it will be too late.

#karnataka #bengaluru #shivajinagar #chickpet #mahadevapura #elections #VoterSuppression #EC #muslims #disenfranchisement #BJP #aadhaar #digitisation #BBMP #data #CivilRights #AadhaarLinking #telangana #AndhraPradesh #TRS #YSRCP #india

https://thewire.in/tech/electoral-rolls-election-commission-manipulation

Nellie Massacre: 40 Years Later, a Cautionary Tale for Today's India

It's been 40 years since over 2,000 Muslims were slaughtered in Assam's Nellie town. The ghosts of Nellie continue to haunt India even today every time we overlook an incident of hate speech or let perpetrators of violence to go scot free.

#NelliePogrom #NellieMassacre #assam #nellie #tiwa #koch #muslims #AASU #xenophobia #miyas #history #hindutva #RSS #JanSangh #BengalOriginMuslims #MakikoKimura #india

https://thewire.in/communalism/nellie-massacre-40-years-later-a-cautionary-tale-for-todays-india

There's no point engaging with #Bhakts anyway. If Mota bhai gave them shit wrapped in paan they'd still eat it arguing there's no scientific study which conclusively proves eating shit is bad for health.

But the politically ignorant and indifferent #Indian population, that's the one who needs to be confronted.

Since 2014, Indian #Muslims have witnessed the following:

1. Mob #lynchings on suspicions of eating beef or transporting cattle