As Hindus get slaughtered in Bangladesh, Al Jazeera’s insidious narrative is about to die under the watch of the world’s largest democracy
4 months, 1 week ago

As Hindus get slaughtered in Bangladesh, Al Jazeera’s insidious narrative is about to die under the watch of the world’s largest democracy

Op India  

Within hours of Sheikh Hasina’s deposition by a student-led mass uprising, Al Jazeera was busy reporting that Indian citizens were spreading racist, Islamophobic fake news on social media. Al Jazeera coverage of the Bangladesh ant-Hindu violence Despite their headlines, it isn’t clear that Al Jazeera actually found any racists among India’s 1.4bn citizens. Al Jazeera’s breathtakingly narrow scope for interpretation of major civic events abroad reflects the paucity of Qatar’s civil society at home. Given Qatar’s disruptive bid to divide and mediate, it is very alarming that Al Jazeera now wishes to act as a global arbiter in Bangladesh.

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Not media exaggeration: India on surge in attacks against Bangladeshi Hindus
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Not media exaggeration: India on surge in attacks against Bangladeshi Hindus

India Today  

The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday attacked Bangladesh over targeted attacks on Hindus, saying the increasing incidents of violence against minorities cannot merely be dismissed as "media exaggerations". "India has consistently and strongly raised with the Bangladesh government the threats and targeted attacks on Hindus and other minorities. Earlier this week, Bangladesh called India's charges "unfounded" while saying they …

India following 'double standards' on protection of minorities: Bangladesh
3 weeks, 5 days ago

India following 'double standards' on protection of minorities: Bangladesh

India Today  

Bangladesh on Friday claimed India followed "double standards" on protection of minority communities and accused the neighbouring country's media of conducting an "industrial scale misinformation campaign" against Dhaka. Amid a row over the arrest of Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das on sedition charges, Bangladesh interim government's Law Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul in a Facebook post said India's unwarranted concern for …

A fusion of real and fake narratives do the rounds on attack on minorities in Bangladesh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A fusion of real and fake narratives do the rounds on attack on minorities in Bangladesh

New Indian Express  

Days after a student-led uprising ousted Sheikh Hasina from power, the minority people living in the Bangladesh were found to be making a beeline at the borders to cross over to India in the wake of alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh. Recently, while expressing concern over the security of minorities in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar …

NYT calls violence against Hindus in Bangladesh ‘revenge attacks’: How Western media gets the India story wrong
4 months, 2 weeks ago

NYT calls violence against Hindus in Bangladesh ‘revenge attacks’: How Western media gets the India story wrong

Firstpost  

The New York Times is under fire for headlining its story on violence against Hindus in Bangladesh after ex-PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country as ‘revenge attacks’. NYT under fire NYT initially titled its report on violence against the minority community as ‘Hindus in Bangladesh Face Revenge Attacks After Prime Minister’s Exit’. The cartoon accompanied an article titled ‘India’s Budget …

Targeting of Indian Muslims alleged in row over naming eateries by religion
5 months ago

Targeting of Indian Muslims alleged in row over naming eateries by religion

Al Jazeera  

Muzaffarnagar, India – For nearly two weeks now, Islah*, a Muslim, has been forced to close his restaurant situated along a highway in Khatauli town of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district in northern India. ‘Will not display names’ “My restaurant is named after my father, and neither my name nor my father’s name indicates whether we are Christian, Muslim or Hindu,” …

‘Minority exclusion’: Are Indian Muslims facing voter suppression?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Minority exclusion’: Are Indian Muslims facing voter suppression?

Al Jazeera  

Claims of voter suppression are rising – from names missing from electoral rolls to physical violence and constituencies redrawn to reduce Muslim clout. “They rained batons on the people lined up to cast their vote, snatched their ID cards and voter slips, and arrested many of our polling agents.” Al Jazeera reached out to five senior police officers in Sambhal, …

'Chota mota blast' fame Sreenivasan Jain joins Qatari mouthpiece Al Jazeera to spread more Hinduphobia
9 months, 1 week ago

'Chota mota blast' fame Sreenivasan Jain joins Qatari mouthpiece Al Jazeera to spread more Hinduphobia

Op India  

On Thursday, controversial news anchor Sreenivasan Jain shared information about his association with Al Jazeera English. Sreenivasan Jain, who dubbed the plot to kill PM Modi as a ‘chota mota bomb blast’, had called it quits after a 3-decade stint at the leftist propaganda news outlet NDTV on 28th January 2023. And more fundamentally could India’s Hindu revivalism ensure an …

PIB debunks lies of Al Jazeera about Citizenship Amendment Act being 'anti Musllim'
9 months, 1 week ago

PIB debunks lies of Al Jazeera about Citizenship Amendment Act being 'anti Musllim'

Op India  

A day after Al Jazeera falsely claimed that the Citizenship Amendment Act notified by the Modi government was somehow anti-Muslim, the Press Information Bureau debunked the lies of the Qatari State-owned propaganda outlet. On Monday, Al Jazeera had posted one of its dubious articles on CAA titled ‘India implements ‘anti-Muslim’ 2019 citizenship law weeks before election’ on its X handle. …

India court bars airing of Al Jazeera documentary
1 year, 6 months ago

India court bars airing of Al Jazeera documentary

Al Jazeera  

A court in India has restrained Al Jazeera from broadcasting an investigative film on hate crimes against Muslims by Hindu supremacist groups in the country. The Allahabad High Court in the northern Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday barred the Doha-based media network from airing the film India … Who Lit the Fuse?, saying the broadcast could lead to “evil consequences”. …

Allahabad HC restricts the release of Al Jazeera’s propaganda documentary ‘India…Who Lit The Fuse’: Read what the judgement says
1 year, 6 months ago

Allahabad HC restricts the release of Al Jazeera’s propaganda documentary ‘India…Who Lit The Fuse’: Read what the judgement says

Op India  

The Allahabad High Court has ordered an interim stay on the telecast/broadcast/release of the Al Jazeera documentary titled “India….Who Lit The Fuse?”. “It is then stated that in case the film is allowed to be broadcast/telecast, it is likely to endanger the fraternity that exists in the country between India’s religious communities.” “Averments are also made in the writ petition …

In 2022, India came for Kashmir’s land, votes and journalists
1 year, 11 months ago

In 2022, India came for Kashmir’s land, votes and journalists

Al Jazeera  

Residents and experts fear the right-wing BJP’s policies are disenfranchising and disempowering the Muslim-majority population. The year 2022 has been tumultuous for Indian-administered Kashmir as the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government continued to introduce policies that experts and locals fear are aimed at disenfranchising and disempowering the region’s Muslim-majority population. “This is a direct attack on our livelihood,” one of …

Why Al-Jazeera is silent on Qatar’s dubious human rights records, but gets vocal on India and its democracy
2 years ago

Why Al-Jazeera is silent on Qatar’s dubious human rights records, but gets vocal on India and its democracy

Firstpost  

As a media outlet that has hired journalists mostly from the West, Al-Jazeera is the heady cocktail of the white supremacist syndrome and the Middle Eastern complex vis-à-vis India Al-Jazeera has always been vocal about human rights violations in India. Here are some of the headlines: “Qatar rejects Amnesty report on ‘unexplained’ labourer deaths”, “Qatar official slams ‘hypocrisy’ of World …

OPINION: Amidst Prophet Remark Row, India is in the Eye of Information Warfare by Terrorist Outfits
2 years, 6 months ago

OPINION: Amidst Prophet Remark Row, India is in the Eye of Information Warfare by Terrorist Outfits

News 18  

Last two weeks have been quite eventful for India. The Prophet row became a serious challenge for India’s diplomatic dispensation even as the country became a target of Twitter storms that called for “boycotting Indians” and “Indian products”. Many have reported that the attack that originated from Arab countries was actually driven by Pakistan’s deep state and International Organisation for …

Has the outrage on Nupur Sharma boomeranged on Islamists
2 years, 6 months ago

Has the outrage on Nupur Sharma boomeranged on Islamists

Op India  

Soon after the news of the Qatar govt calling the Indian ambassador to explain the blasphemy issue and BJP suspending Nupur Sharma came out, we saw a lot of people rejoicing over the news in India. The most populous minority of India, which seems to have lost the bargaining power through its vote bank since 2014 because of reverse polarization, …

Delayed response: On govt.’s stern action against hate speech
2 years, 6 months ago

Delayed response: On govt.’s stern action against hate speech

The Hindu  

The Government’s decision to take a stern view of hate speech targeting religious beliefs, to distance itself from comments made by two spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and to assert India’s traditional values of tolerance and respect for all religions is both welcome and reassuring for those within the country increasingly concerned about the increase in such speech. The …

India: Diplomatic storm over BJP staff insult of Prophet Muhammad
2 years, 6 months ago

India: Diplomatic storm over BJP staff insult of Prophet Muhammad

Al Jazeera  

BJP suspends Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal. “The State of Qatar calls on the Indian government to immediately condemn these remarks and publicly apologise to all Muslims around the world,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Mohammed Al Ansari said. Spokesperson for Ministry of Foreign Affairs @majedalansari : Qatar Demands Public Apology from Indian Government for Remarks of Official in Ruling …

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