Of the six cases the Uttar Pradesh Police is investigating against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, five are for his Twitter posts — where he either reported hate crime against Muslims, fact-checked television reports and other false information online, or called out television channels for hosting communal debates. The tweets Mr. Sharma referred to in his complaint had been compiled …
Controversy, followed by vandalism and violence, over sacrilegious remarks against religion or religious figures is not new in India. Prof. Shafey Kidwai’s account of Sir Syed writes: “Sir Syed denounced the book for its innumerable historical inconsistencies but stressed that the Quran did not prescribe any corporal punishment for such a deplorable act and that the Muslims must not seek …
