How Islamists used social media to plan violence in Haryana's Nuh
1 year, 7 months ago

How Islamists used social media to plan violence in Haryana's Nuh

Op India  

On 31st July, an Islamist mob attacked over 4,000 Hindus in Nuh, Haryana. OpIndia investigation into Islamists’ social media posts instigating violence We came across a Facebook user Rahees Khan Rangaliya who not only published a video of Manesar on 30th July saying he was not afraid of coming to Mewat but also tracked the procession. capt July 31, 2023 Another Facebook user Arbaaz Khan Dahngai shared Manesar’s video and said, “Brothers, he is not afraid at all. Stones were pelted from rooftop Mohd Sabir Khan talked about Cylinder blast attack in his Facebook live video, which was shared by 324 people He also gave instructions that how to do mob violence Profile link: https://t.co/axd4ZwcUBe pic.twitter.com/sfclQxuj5o — Anshul Saxena August 1, 2023 Saxena shared another post by Juned Jsr Khan, who urged truck drivers from Mewat to reach on 31st July. Profile link: https://t.co/OeemLBjbOp pic.twitter.com/pUWNvyVCw7 — Anshul Saxena August 1, 2023 In a post shared by a Facebook user Juned Singer Manisha, he reminded his followers of taking revenge from Manesar.

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Four people killed in India in violence over survey of 16th-century mosque
4 months ago

Four people killed in India in violence over survey of 16th-century mosque

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four people were killed in …

Nuh violence: Rioters attacked police vehicle with stones, opened fire with intention to kill, later burnt the vehicle, says FIR
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh violence: Rioters attacked police vehicle with stones, opened fire with intention to kill, later burnt the vehicle, says FIR

Op India  

On 31st July, an Islamist mob in Nuh of Mewat, Haryana, attacked thousands of Hindu devotees attending the Jalabhishek Yatra on Shravan Somvar. The most important aspect of this FIR was that it detailed how the rioters attacked female police personnel during Nuh violence. The rioters started pelting stones and opened fire at them and the windscreen of their vehicle …

Islamists at Jamia Millia Islamia spread propaganda over Nuh violence
1 year, 7 months ago

Islamists at Jamia Millia Islamia spread propaganda over Nuh violence

Op India  

A week after violence rocked the Muslim-majority region of Mewat’s Nuh in Haryana after Islamists attacked a Jalabhishek Shobha Yatra, a concerted attempt is underway to muddle the reality of the incident and conflate facts with fiction. According to the protesting Islamists in Jamia Millia Islamia, the armed assailants who attacked Hindu devotees in Nuh were victims while those who …

Nuh violence: Ashok baba speaks up about Nalhar temple video, fired in self defence, he says
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh violence: Ashok baba speaks up about Nalhar temple video, fired in self defence, he says

Op India  

On 31st July, unbridled violence was unleashed against Hindu devotees, participating in a Jalabhishek Shobha Yatra organised by VHP in Nuh of Mewat, Haryana. The video of Ashok Baba, a VHP worker and lawyer, firing a weapon from the premises of the temple was used to claim that it was the Hindus who initiated the violence. Besides the logical fallacy, …

How Haryana violence has affected 'Brand Gurugram'
1 year, 7 months ago

How Haryana violence has affected 'Brand Gurugram'

Firstpost  

Seven people have been killed and over 70 injured in the communal clashes of Haryana, which began in Nuh and then spread to Gurugram and other districts. People will be scared to migrate here or invest and that will affect the state,” Gurugram MP and Union minister Rao Inderjeet Singh told The Tribune, expressing alarm about communal violence in what …

Nuh violence: FIR against 3 'influencers', 2,300 social media videos under cop lens
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh violence: FIR against 3 'influencers', 2,300 social media videos under cop lens

India Today  

The Nuh police have registered three FIRs against three people over their inflammatory social media posts that triggered the violence in the district earlier this week. Of the 10 FIRs filed by the Nuh police, three were booked against one Shahid, Aadil Khan Mannaka, and a social media account named 'Shayar Guru Ghantal'. An investigation by India Today's Open Source …

OPINION | NUH: HOW VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FANNED VIOLENCE
1 year, 7 months ago

OPINION | NUH: HOW VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA FANNED VIOLENCE

India TV News  

Though the embers of communal violence in Nuh are dying down, questions are being raised by some politicians about why people belonging to a certain community are being arrested. Muslims constitute 80 per cent of the population in Nuh, and yet a Muslim family saved a Hindu family during the riots. Fake rumours circulated on social media by anti-social elements …

Haryana violence: 'If you can't protect everyone,' AAP targets Khattar. 10 points
1 year, 7 months ago

Haryana violence: 'If you can't protect everyone,' AAP targets Khattar. 10 points

Hindustan Times  

As Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar appealed for peace following two days of violence, he said the police can't protect everyone -- a statement that came under scrutiny, with Delhi's AAP government questioning whether in BJP-ruled states the public has to take care of their own security. Motorcycle-borne assailants hurled Molotov cocktails at two mosques in Tauru in Haryana's …

Haryana violence: Massive spike in misinformation in last 2 weeks, say sources
1 year, 7 months ago

Haryana violence: Massive spike in misinformation in last 2 weeks, say sources

India Today  

The government is preparing a document on the spike in misinformation on social media for the past two weeks, which ultimately led to the communal violence in Haryana, sources told India Today. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology witnessed a massive spike in content related to the incident, which was hateful and vitriolic in nature, on social media, sources …

Haryana violence: Rajasthan free to act against Monu Manesar, says CM Khattar
1 year, 7 months ago

Haryana violence: Rajasthan free to act against Monu Manesar, says CM Khattar

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said that Rajasthan Police were free to act against Bajrang Dal’s Monu Manesar, when asked about why the state had not acted against the cow vigilante whose videos declaring that he would be part of the annual religious procession in Nuh are believed to be the spark that resulted in a conflagration …

‘Social media played vital role’: Haryana government to scan online posts linked with Nuh violence. Top updates
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Social media played vital role’: Haryana government to scan online posts linked with Nuh violence. Top updates

Hindustan Times  

The Haryana government has formed a three-member committee to scan all social media platforms checking for posts from July 21 to 31, and further, that could have incited people leading up to the communal violence in the state's Nuh district, state's home minster Anil Vij on Wednesday told the reporters. Broken glass and debris strewn on a street as policemen …

Nuh violence: Eyewitness says Islamists again targetted a Gurukul they destroyed during 1992 riots
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh violence: Eyewitness says Islamists again targetted a Gurukul they destroyed during 1992 riots

Op India  

Islamists unleashed mayhem during VHP’s Jalabhishek Yatra on the auspicious Monday of the Sharavan month in Haryana’s Nuh district which later spread to various parts of Guragram. When asked what action did the police take to control the Islamist mob, he said, “The police were busy saving their own lives.” The caller, whose voice trembled in fear while speaking to …

Nuh Violence Social Media Post Monu Manesar Hindu Muslim Communal Tension Riot Twitter YouTube ABP Live English News
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh Violence Social Media Post Monu Manesar Hindu Muslim Communal Tension Riot Twitter YouTube ABP Live English News

ABP News  

Social media could be a lot of things. Now, a day before, self-proclaimed 'gau-rakshak' Monu Manesar posted a video on social media, claiming that he would join the ‘Yatra’ and called for the participation of his followers in huge numbers. To prevent communal tensions in Nuh District & nearby areas, Gurugram District Administration urges everyone to refrain from posting content …

Nuh to Gurugram: The spread of violence
1 year, 7 months ago

Nuh to Gurugram: The spread of violence

Hindustan Times  

Violent mobs roamed the streets of some parts of Gurugram on Tuesday afternoon, vandalising and torching shops and restaurants in Badshahpur, Pataudi Chowk and Sector 67, hours after a man was killed in Sector 57 and a mosque was burned down. The attack left at least two home guards dead and dozens injured, including policemen, and led to the Haryana …

India’s northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims
1 year, 7 months ago

India’s northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims

Associated Press  

NUH, India — Indian authorities imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces Tuesday to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes spread to Gurugram, a city just outside the capital, New Delhi. The violence began Monday afternoon when Hindus and Muslims clashed with each other in Haryana’s Nuh district during a religious procession …

Islamists use old video of Monu Manesar to justify their violence in Nuh, claim he was present at the VHP religious procession: Here is the truth
1 year, 7 months ago

Islamists use old video of Monu Manesar to justify their violence in Nuh, claim he was present at the VHP religious procession: Here is the truth

Op India  

On 31st July, almost 4000 Hindus participated in a religious procession by Vishwa Hindu Parishad. While Hindus were trapped in a hostage-like situation, Islamists used an old video of Gau Rakshak and Bajrang Dal activist Monu Manesar to claim he was present at the Jalabhishek Yatra on Shravan Somvar and the violence took place because of him. Facebook user Sahid …

Fact Check: No 'Love Jihad'! Grisly video of Gurugram murder shared with FALSE communal spin
1 year, 8 months ago

Fact Check: No 'Love Jihad'! Grisly video of Gurugram murder shared with FALSE communal spin

India Today  

A disturbing video of a woman’s corpse lying on a blood-stained road has been widely shared on social media as an instance of “Love Jihad”, a far-right Hindu conspiracy theory that claims Muslim men target Hindu women and convert them to Islam through marriage. According to a report by The Indian Express, the video showed a 19-year-old woman was stabbed …

From romanticising to humanising: Here’s how the mainstream Indian media has tried to generate sympathy for jihadis
1 year, 9 months ago

From romanticising to humanising: Here’s how the mainstream Indian media has tried to generate sympathy for jihadis

Op India  

Remember those Bollywood movies wherein a Hindu is corrupt, a Pandit is a rapist, an Indian soldier turns terrorist, a Baniya is an exploitative cheat, but Abdul is a peace-loving person driven by responsibilities? With such articles, the media hopes that Umar’s girlfriend’s cause would become the cause of the average citizen, with the facts being suppressed and summarily ignored …

Here is how Islamists, liberals, and the media falsely blamed Hindus for the violence in Akola
1 year, 10 months ago

Here is how Islamists, liberals, and the media falsely blamed Hindus for the violence in Akola

Op India  

Arbaaz Khan was arrested on Saturday, May 21, for inciting a riot in the Akola district of Maharashtra in which one person was killed and 10 others were injured. Arbaaz Khan’s arrest has come as a massive punch in the face of the left media, Islamists, and liberals who were busy spreading fake news and blaming Hindus for the Islamist …

Bhiwani killings: How pride intertwines with fear, ‘gau raksha’ and Monu Manesar in Haryana
2 years ago

Bhiwani killings: How pride intertwines with fear, ‘gau raksha’ and Monu Manesar in Haryana

Hindustan Times  

At 3.15am on a cold November morning, the smartphones of crime reporters across Gurugram lit up with the arrival of a WhatsApp video. In August 2013, Yadav says he and a group of men “apprehended” a group of cow smugglers outside the Government Polytechnic Education Society College in Manesar. He explained to Monu Manesar that almost every village in Gurugram, …

‘Hindus Have Proven Their Might…’: Karnataka VHP Leader’s Controversial Remarks on 2002 Gujarat Riots
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Hindus Have Proven Their Might…’: Karnataka VHP Leader’s Controversial Remarks on 2002 Gujarat Riots

News 18  

A Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader on Saturday said the 2002 Gujarat riots showed the “courage and ability of Hindus”, and that Hindu youths gave an “appropriate” response to “Muslim jihadists” for the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Nettaru. Amid a nationwide uproar over a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Hindutva outfit’s leader Sharan Pumpwell made …

Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India
2 years, 9 months ago

Hindu man killed as religious tensions boil in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI, India — Tensions were high Wednesday in the western Indian city of Udaipur, a day after police arrested two Muslim men accused of slitting a Hindu tailor’s throat and posting a video of it on social media, in a brutal attack representing a dramatic escalation of communal violence in a country riven by deep religious polarization. The animosity …

Media 'secularises' the beheading of Kanhaiya Lal by Islamists in Udaipur
2 years, 9 months ago

Media 'secularises' the beheading of Kanhaiya Lal by Islamists in Udaipur

Op India  

On June 28, a Hindu tailor was beheaded in broad daylight by two Muslim men in Udaipur’s Dhan Mandi area of Bhoot Mahal for putting social media status in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. While it is out in the open that two Muslim men entered the tailoring shop with swords and brutally beheaded the Hindu tailor, identified …

Kishan, Harsha and more: In 'secular' India, Hindus are killed for social media posts
3 years, 1 month ago

Kishan, Harsha and more: In 'secular' India, Hindus are killed for social media posts

Op India  

The tenet of free expression is the most often advocated postulate of liberalism in the world. Kishan Bharwad was murdered for social media posts Kishan Bharwad in Gujrat was assassinated in a similar fashion for similar reasons by a group of Muslims. ‘Terror has no religion’, but showing convicted terrorists is ‘offensive’ to Muslims The ambidexterity of this endorsement of …

Islamists resort to unwarranted scaremongering over peaceful Bajrang Dal rally in Haryana's Mewat
3 years, 3 months ago

Islamists resort to unwarranted scaremongering over peaceful Bajrang Dal rally in Haryana's Mewat

Op India  

Earlier this month, Bajrang Dal, an activist group championing the cause of Hindus organised a peaceful rally in Haryana’s Mewat region, to mark their protest against the continuous atrocities faced by Hindus from miscreants allegedly belonging to the Muslim majority of Mewat, a region known as “Mini Pakistan” because of the prevalence of abductions, rapes, forced conversions and murders of …

Shock after leaders of several far-right Hindu groups allegedly call for genocide of minorities in India
3 years, 3 months ago

Shock after leaders of several far-right Hindu groups allegedly call for genocide of minorities in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A widely circulated video on …

Pakistanis share unrelated video in anti-India campaign on social media
3 years, 6 months ago

Pakistanis share unrelated video in anti-India campaign on social media

Op India  

Muslim social media users from several countries are sharing tweets calling for the boycott of Indian products, alleging atrocities on Muslims in the country. pic.twitter.com/nCHhK4cJjw — محمد باحارث Mohammad Bahareth September 27, 2021 The online campaign was triggered by the recent incidents in Assam when an eviction drive against illegal encroachment by Bangladesh origin Muslims had turned violent. But in …

‘Love jihad’ protests in India after video shows Hindu woman gunned down outside college
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Love jihad’ protests in India after video shows Hindu woman gunned down outside college

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Protests have erupted in India over a graphic …

Two days after Kamlesh Tiwari was brutally murdered by Jihadis, ‘seculars’ abuse Hindus again
5 years, 5 months ago

Two days after Kamlesh Tiwari was brutally murdered by Jihadis, ‘seculars’ abuse Hindus again

Op India  

The brutal murder of Hindu activist Kamlesh Tiwari for his remarks against the Muslim prophet has opened the pandora’s box on social media. Read: Lest we forget: When countless Muslims marched, went on a rampage and rioted demanding the head of Kamlesh Tiwari Shahid Siddiqui, another Muslim ‘intellectual’, while responding to a tweet that claimed Muslims on social media spread …

Muslim man ‘killed by mob who tied him to tree, beat him and forced him to recite Hindu chants’ in India
5 years, 9 months ago

Muslim man ‘killed by mob who tied him to tree, beat him and forced him to recite Hindu chants’ in India

The Independent  

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Kasganj Violence: Man reported killed in clashes surfaces to trash social media rumours
7 years, 2 months ago

Kasganj Violence: Man reported killed in clashes surfaces to trash social media rumours

Firstpost  

A young man rumoured to have been killed in the communal clashes in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Republic Day, surfaced on Tuesday and trashed reports of his death Lucknow: A young man rumoured to have been killed in the communal clashes in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Republic Day, surfaced on Tuesday and trashed reports of his …

Hindu posts video of himself killing Muslim online in call for anti-Islam campaign funding
7 years, 3 months ago

Hindu posts video of himself killing Muslim online in call for anti-Islam campaign funding

The Independent  

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Rajasthan hacking: Students, activists protest brutal murder in name of ‘love jihad’
7 years, 3 months ago

Rajasthan hacking: Students, activists protest brutal murder in name of ‘love jihad’

India TV News  

Taking cue from the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, of students, activists and members of the Muslim community took out a silent protest ‘Muslim lives matter’ in New Delhi on Saturday, against the hacking of a Muslim man in Rajasthan under the pretext of ‘love jihad’. The protest was staged against the brutal killing in Rajsamand, where Mohammed Afrazul Khan, a …

People slam media’s attitude as Jihadi mobs go on a rampage in Bengal’s Basirhat
7 years, 8 months ago

People slam media’s attitude as Jihadi mobs go on a rampage in Bengal’s Basirhat

Op India  

West Bengal is again witnessing horrific communal violence being perpetrated by Jihadi mobs as a form of “protest against a Facebook Post”, which allegedly made offensive and disparaging comments on a shrine. This caught the attention of various netizens who reacted aplenty: ‘Brave’ Bengal based Newspaper Pic 1: When a JNUite was heckled at court Pic 2: When Bengal is …

ISIS video puts Uttar Pradesh police social media labs on high alert
8 years, 10 months ago

ISIS video puts Uttar Pradesh police social media labs on high alert

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh police have put their social media labs on high alert after the ISIS video that threatens to avenge Babri demolition and killing of Muslims in Gujarat, Kashmir and Muzaffarnagar. UP DGP Javeed Ahmed told reporters that “We have put our social media labs on alert as well and will leave nothing to chance. Apart from putting …

Islam tells people to kill non-believers but Gita calls for peace: Taslima Nasrin
9 years, 7 months ago

Islam tells people to kill non-believers but Gita calls for peace: Taslima Nasrin

India TV News  

New Delhi: Drawing parallels between the cold blooded killings of bloggers in Bangladesh and the murder of M.M. Kalburgi, a writer and rationalist from Karnataka, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin said the incident showed the growing intolerance of religious fanatics in both India and Bangladesh. Expressing hope that the Indian government would rein in Kalburgi killers, Nasrin said that she was …

‘Social media used to incite violence’
10 years, 8 months ago

‘Social media used to incite violence’

The Hindu  

Tweets by BJP national executive member C T Ravi on the Sahranpur riots has come in for severe criticism for their inflammatory tone. In one of the posts, Mr. Ravi, who is also party general secretary for Karnataka, uploaded a video link that said: “How Congress leaders made 1000s of Muslims attack the Gurdwara & cause Saharanpur riots — watch …

Protests spread across northern India after security forces shoot Muslim demonstrators
11 years, 8 months ago

Protests spread across northern India after security forces shoot Muslim demonstrators

The Independent  

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