Activist Kavita Krishnan’s video tirade against India Today channel’s news editor Rahul Kanwal for his coronavirus show titled ‘Madrasa Hotspots’ is spot on. The one thing Indian media is not doing is journalism. In fact, very few people are doing journalism today. Channels from Zee News, Aaj Tak to Network18 like to add the word ‘jihad’ to everything. Corona jihad or zameen jihad, love jihad, arthik jihad, and whatnot. But if anyone is waging a holy war today, it is Indian media’s jihad against Indian Muslims and Islam.
The year 2014 was a watershed moment in India. Not just because Narendra Modi became the prime minister with an absolute majority but because the Indian media, as it functioned until then, metamorphosed from a pigeon — a messenger of truth and facts — to a hyena, one that serves its own interest fuelled by an insatiable greed that drives it to devour its prey alive, sometimes ripping it apart, while it sniggers. Today’s news media, especially the prime time debates, is brutal, almost barbaric, with little to no regard for ethics and morality.
Journalism is now endangered and what’s masquerading in its name is business — with open display of bigotry and hate against Muslims and other minorities. It not only builds its viewership base by hook or crook to more advertising money but it also doubles up as a PR firm, serving the interest of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to show it as the saviour of India.
And what’s the flavour of the season in the Indian media’s bid to do the bidding for the BJP? An extra large scoop of Islamophobia with some sprinkling on top — Tablighi Jamaat conspiracy theories (from spitting to shitting), a dash of anti-nationalism reserved for Muslims who are called more Pakistani than Indian, a huge dollop of ISIS connection (especially in the land of Malayalis), and a generous serving of demonisation through constant use of rhetorics like jihad, halala, triple talaq, beef eaters, and anything that a devious mind can conjure (‘Muslims in India are deliberately spreading the coronavirus’).
Of course not every media house is like this. Some try to be trailblazers of truth and investigation. But media is a capital intensive industry. It needs money, especially to compete with the dazzling HD-quality channels or publications with subscribers in millions. Besides, the government can cut it off anytime or withhold advertisements to make it go bankrupt. It’s really a choice between Scylla and Charybdis.
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Govt encroachment
Let’s compare this to the past when things were not so bleak. Except during the Emergency, Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR) used to air news without any opinion. In fact, Section 12 (2) (b) of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990 makes the duty of public broadcaster very clear: to safeguard “the citizen’s right to be informed freely, truthfully and objectively on all matters of public interest… and presenting a fair and balanced flow of information including contrasting views without advocating any opinion or ideology of its own.”
Although dubbed as the central government’s mouthpiece, Doordarshan’s DD National (formerly DD1) was not a perception changer like today’s news channels that primarily depend on sensationalised ‘breaking news’ with a lot of confirmation bias.
But Doordarshan has not been without the blemish either. It edited out portions of Narendra Modi’s pre-election interview in 2014 and then telecast it in full when Modi took umbrage at it. But the broadcaster refused to telecast then Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar’s pre-recorded 2017 Independence Day speech even after the CPM leader called its act “undemocratic, authoritarian” and “also (an) expression of intolerance”.
Now, Doordarshan appears to be buckling completely under pressure, with the Narendra Modi government considering dissolving Prasar Bharti and converting both DD National and AIR into public sector units to keep the majority stake with itself.
When print publication dominated the media sphere, things were still authentic because reportage was given more weightage than opinion. But that also died with the emergence of social media. Today, anyone with a camera phone is a journalist and everyone has a ‘journalistic’ opinion to air. A video is more easily consumable than an 800-word article. Full-page political ads and increase in the number of classified pages are a sign of how print media’s independence has taken a hit in the past six years during which a large number of people have moved to social media that Modi and his BJP have used like a magic wand.
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The Muslim angle
While it’s here on social media that bigotry against Muslims is more pronounced, it takes inspiration, and content, from the news channels that engage in hate 24X7. So, the question remains, why does India media detests Muslims so much? Why don’t news anchors like Sudhir Chaudhary, Arnab Goswami, Deepak Chaurasia, Amish Devgan, Anjana Om Kashyap, Rohit Sardana and their types ever get tired of demonising Muslims day in and day out? Is it that majority Hindus have always hated Muslims and after 9/11, the advent of Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, ISIS, and 2014, it just became the new normal to do so publicly? Or has the persistent propaganda to reinforce fanatic beliefs about Muslims as being violent and irrational led majority Hindus to inculcate them in their daily lives, even if they have personally never experienced any of those propagated beliefs?
The Tablighi Jamaat fiasco is a good example. Like a herd of cattle that cannot think on its own, the 1500-odd men who were stuck at Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz continued to stay there while their spiritual shepherd — Maulana Saad — didn’t think it necessary to empty the premises despite the fear of the coronavirus. But were they the only religious groups who did this? No.
The Tablighi Jamaat congregated between 13 and 15 March, but temples like Siddhivinayak and Mahakaleshwar were not closed until 16 March. Shirdi Saibaba Mandir and Shani Shingnapur Temple were closed only on 17 March, Vaishno Devi on 18 March, and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple was operating until 20 March — a day after Prime Minister Modi had addressed the nation and called for ‘social distancing’. Some news channels pointed these anomalies out but for the most part, the narrative to demonise and blame the entire Muslim community — and not only the Tablighi organisers — played on a loop. What did it lead to? Muslims began to be targeted, assaulted, beaten up, abused on streets by nameless goons and the police without any action against anyone. The same media that helped propagate it conveniently ignored all the attacks on Muslims.
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Is this new?
Fake news has been used rather assiduously in India to create a sense of unity within the majority. A feeling of unity to hate a common enemy and defeat that enemy by voting a Hindu nationalist political party that will safeguard their rights.
The ‘us vs them’ elixir has always worked. And so a premier liberal institute like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) can be projected as the land of condoms and ‘anti-nationals’. Or media can blithely express entitlement over Ayodhya by crooning: “janmabhoomi humari, Ram humare, Masjidwale kahaan se padhare” (The land is ours, Ram is Ours, Why have the people of the mosque arrived here). Or that the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) were being funded by foreign entities. Why isn’t anyone talking about the gaumutra and gobar parties thrown by superstitious Hindus to fight the coronavirus? Why aren’t these unscientific and unhygienic practices being called out? Why isn’t anyone outraged by pilgrims stuck in gurdwaras and temples? Because no one is bothered by “non-Muslim” folks doing anything wrong.
From the looks of it, Indian media is winning the war being waged against Muslims and Islam. Have you read the news? A “Muslim” man — Dilshad Ali — has been lynched. Dilshad, badly beaten up by goons over accusations that he had plans to deliberately spread the coronavirus, is alive. But since he survived the brutal attack and didn’t join Mohammed Ahlaq and Junaid Khan and Pehlu Khan among others, there’s nothing to feel outraged about what’s going on.
The author is a political observer and writer. Views are personal.
Dear sir, I am against all sorts of buffoonery in the name of journalism.But blaming few journalists as anti Muslim is unfortunate because not all Muslims are irresponsible but the markaj episode created problems for the society as a whole.The liberal school of Indian intellectuals happily want to see sanatan dharma followers get converted by Christian missionaries in India only.The so called communists side with Islamists n want the Bharat divided into pieces.The civilisation n culture of Bharat when challenged; the liberal intellectuals feel joyous.Hindus are not against either Christianity or Islam but whosoever wants to destroy the soul of Bharat is not welcome.
@Rakesh Sharma: Those who don’t protect and respect their civilization & culture are doomed to death & rape!! Please do see Indian History for proof!!
Also, almost all Muslims/nations are now openly supporting China to ban Islam, put Ughur Muslims in concentration camps as also change Muslim DNA by making Han Chinese sleep with Ughur women!!
Chinese are just protecting their civilization against the evil of Islam and India/Hindus must take note!!
Please show Facebook videos showing Muslims breaking lock down rules everywhere in India it is a jihad I mentality of a religion and community which you guys are scared to comment. You are yellow sickiuar presstitudes of the first order anti national paper
Hahahahahaha.
All you wrote was correct except giving answer why doctors were beaten in indore by devdoot community. Except why nurses were abused by tabliqi jamat in quardentine center. Except why the tabliki jamati not appeared for self quardentine and tests a d police had to do extra efforts to nab them?
You may be correct up to 99 perecent but if these questions remain unanswered means their is something fishy and then the benefit of doubt may be taken by anyone in this case media.
I oppose any of the hatred but only asking why they are doing something so that they be under suspicion and questions?
If you can not answer you have no right to speak your views one sided.
He may not be politically correct but what he said makes sense to everyone. People want to talk about it or not it is their choice. I don’t think anyone will disagree with the fact that TJ is a religious organization and it was responsible for at least 50% of the COVID19 cases in the country. It is also a fact that many of them have not reported to the hospital yet and spreading the virus somewhere. The community would have been come out and criticized these people but what happened, everyone started defending them and started playing a victim card.
The culprits are culprits irregardless of their religion and caste and should not be spared. didn’t you all enjoyed it when the media was criticizing the whole Hindu community for various lynchings.? If you count yourself as a responsible citizen say sorry to the people (all communities) who is suffering because of Jammat instead of defending them.
What is wrong in saying truth? Yes, it is bigotry and stupidity of muslim masses, that is responsible for present Corona scene in India.
Just look at all the hot spots in India, Bhilwada, Dharavi, Agra, Indore, etc. Everywhere you can find these stupids have big hand in spread of this pandemic in India. Their stubbornness and false believes have rendered them unfit for modern societies world over.
Victim card at its best
Indian Muslims have earned the title called “Most stupid community” of the world. Indian Muslims do nothing that non-Muslims of India can love. Indian Muslims leaders are unable to come out from filthy Muslim pond and they behave like frogs. Anti CAA protests have already proved that most Muslims can’t differentiate between the imaginations and reality. In the name of Allah and Islam they can be made to believe any thing, literally any thing. With this state of mind, they will end up as destroyer of peace and creator of violence. Non-Muslims will not tolerate their nonsenses beyond a limit.
@ Avatar – Indians/Hindus should be waiting for Kashmir/Kerala & west Bengal like situations where Indians are killed & raped while Islam & Muslims enjoy doing their EVIL deeds!!
This Islamic & Muslim evil & madness time is up since at least 1947!!
Article seems one sided trying compare either side to create equilibrium..rather should spell.out what is right and what is wrong…good efforts but failed to send out intended message…
If tablighi jamaati are so innocent, why they are hiding up. Why don’t they come up for test? People in Muslim locality are moving out without any reason during lock down. People like you are the biggest culprit of the muslim community. People like you never want muslim community act responsibly.
Wow, an hour earlier, there were 90+ reader comments, most of them critical of the writer. The number has suddenly dropped to 18, many of which are now supportive of the writer! Shows how insecure and insincere this jihadi sister is.
Perfect playing of victim card. This author blatantly lies in her article when she says Muslims and other minorities have been targeted by media. There is not a single case in a very diverse country where any other minority whether it be Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Jewish etc. are being blamed. Then question arises why only Muslims? The answer is simple. Because of their own behavior.
This author conveniently ignores videos of incidents across India where Muslims have been throwing stones at healthcare workers, police etc., spitting and even misbehaving with female staff!
The reason is simple. Muslims don’t believe in a secular constitution and governance like our’s.
Sudhar ja bhai. Younger brother pyjama, father’s kurta wearing muslims are growing in numbers without any formal education and just madrassa education with jihadi syllabus. No wonder this community is a bane in this world and nowhere they are respected. Introspect rather than play the self victim role all the time since independence. Grow up.
A vast majority of Indian Muslims go about their business like any other Indian, trying to make a living, raising children and minding their own business. But the political Islam is a different, vicious beast. It is a power hungry cult, always trying to expand through conversions, intolerant through enshrined exclusivity and identifying with the culture of Arabs and outside Invaders who converted their ancestoes. We have created a country named Pakistan for those who wanted to practice this political islam. Any
indian Muslim who wants to live by this vicious political Islam deserves to be taught that there is no place for them in India. This jihadi sister is worried that the society is waking up now and is beginning to hold a mirror to the political Islam that she seems to be in love with.
@R J – Please don’t forget that a vast majority of Indian Muslims might go about their business like any other Indian… YET!! a vast majority of Indian Muslims also voted for Islamic Pakistan!! One can thus ONLY conclude what Muslim leaders like Erdogan & Imran khan have already confirmed that there is no moderate, extremist or political Islam.. It’s ONLY Islam!! This is a highly cancerous & dangerous political ideology just like Nazism & communism!!
Yes, Islamophobia is a Media creation including you. Problem is compounded when you stip short of calling a spade a spade. No douby other events too happened post lickdown, the temples you quoted closed short of lockdown but when they closed they closed. Some B’day parties by MLAs, Ration distribution events by pol parties against social media happened. But did anyone else apart from Maulana Saad incite his followers to continue to congregate at Mosques and mind you his speech videos reach lakhs. The Tablighi event ended on 15th, why and what were the foreigners doing in various mosques all over India.
Govt did not utter a word against Tablighi Jamaar, however the source from whom it was spreading max should be quoted. People like you who have failed to condemn them have done a greater harm. No body blames entire Muslim community but only Jamaatis. When one blames or condemns RSS, Guru Ram Rahim etc one doesn’y condemn Hindus so how come Muslims. It is the TV debates bigotry and your biased articles and opinion has communalised the happening.
2014 and 2019 has exposed the hidden muslman in india.
There was always an undercurrent of Islamophobia in the Indian society dating back to the Muslim invasions in the mediaeval period. The two communities have never trusted each other. The hostility is palpable especially in the North. Sever factors played a role in deepening this hatred. The supposed demolition of temples by Muslim rules. The attack on the Hindu women. The neglect of Sanskrit. The ghettoisation of Muslims. The Muslim reluctance to visit the temples or take part in Hindu festivals. The dietary habits. It was only during the freedom struggle that there was an attempt at bringing together the communities. But whatever gains were made during this period were totally nullified by the trauma of partition. Having split the country along religious lines, the Hindus expected Indian Muslims to lie low. But Nehru’s ascent to power put a spanner in the works. Being an agnostic, he modelled India on European secular republics going out of the way to accommodate the minorities to the utter horror of the Hindu right wing. Minorities in India did nothing to ease the tension. The conversions, the Babri Masjid issue, the minority rights, Haj subsidy, communal clashes etc. aggravated the matters. The Godra massacre was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. Writers often ignore the impact of Godra on Hindu minds. Even the most moderate Hindu was shocked beyond belief. The exoneration of Muslims by the secular leaders like Lalu didn’t help matters. The Gujarat genocide that followed was considered as just retribution by the majority of the Hindu community and catapulted Modi to national stardom. The rest is history. His appointment as the Chief Executive of the country is considered as the restoration of the Hindu reign after half a million. The Hindu is determined to reassert his supremacy. The minorities must understand the situation and assiduously eschew anything that will undermine the delicate communal balance. Otherwise we are heading for a bloody civil war and minorities stand to lose the most as they are hopelessly outnumbered. I do feel it is a transitional period and we can live in harmony if we redraw the boundaries. But if both sides harden their stance, the country will pay a heavy price. The media merely reflects the mindset of the people. Arnab’s brand of journalism may not follow the well established principles. But his TRP shows that there are millions of takers for it. So why blame him? He is a businessman after all. The community leaders have to put their heads together and find a way out in the larger interest of the country. The six decades of secularism in India was an aberration. Now on the narrative will be based on Hindutva, just as Christian ethos pervades the Western secular democracies. I am sure a time will come when we will liberate ourselves from the clutches of organized religion and embrace a universal spirituality. Until then we have no choice but to make adjustments and compromises.
Joseph James – While you have been relatively unbiased in your comments, you have been still very, very unfair to Hindus!! Are you just a minority or Not Indian enough?? I must also say that my closest blood relatives are christian and I am proudly Hindu based on my human values, not ANY ideology!!
Pakistan was created for Muslims and by Muslims!! This so called pure land of Islam, went on to create Jihadi terrorists taking Indian/Hindu blood!! What for did those Muslims which created Pakistan stayed in India??!! What for Did Gandhi/Nehru even permit that despite Dr. Ambedkar’s warnings on total exchange of population??!! Nevertheless, Hindus still gave Muslims bread & shelter despite the trauma of Islam & Pakistan which actually took away more than their fair share of Epic Hindu/Sikh lands!!
Indian Muslims as also many Christians somehow remained tied to some imaginary or real? foreign lands & ideologies!! Meanwhile, Hindus had put pictures of Dr. Abdul Kalam and Sai dev, both Muslims in Hindu temples and worshiping them!! The day, Indian churches & mosques start worshiping great Hindu men like
Dr. Ambedkar or Sardar patel, Indian secularism will be a reality!! Till then, this is ONLY SICK-ularism and must DIE!!
I must also high lighten your lack of knowledge on Hinduism or the sanatan Dharama which is NOT an organized religion!! I guess your clocks run on GMT as so many other black British Indians!! Hindu basics are rooted in science, humanity & nature, NOT some vague, unseen ideology or god!! It also doesn’t divide humanity on believers & nonbelievers as the cults from the deserts do!! By the way, these cults have only been grabbing foreign land, resources & power but were disguised as “religion”!!
Sure Hindu culture had it’s weaknesses, social or otherwise or WHY would we have been enslaved by Christian west & Islamists??!!
But we are learning albeit slowly!! I do think that the civilization which gave zero and decimals to the world & science has the potential to come back positively since all other models like the christian model of colonization & planet destruction through climate has failed, so has Islam with evil & terrorism and Chinese communism is no better as shown by the dance of death by the Chinese viruses!!
I won`t agree as author is biased – for example as on yesterday 12/04/2019 in TN 1075 affected out of which 969 are Muslims and Government is asked to inform from one particular source instead of Muslims. Who is responsible ? is it news channels or Muslims . spoiling the name of muslims as well as TN and Now general,neutral people also realized in TN also Muslims indiscipline people in the world and observed .they have attacked doctors/police etc Please be tolerant and accept the fact
@seenivasan – Will you let let us know how you enjoyed the rape & killings of your Hindu mothers & sisters in Kashmir, Kerala, West Bengal as also the land of the pure, Islamic Pakistan/Bangladesh??!!
You will not fit into Indian media. You have a bright future in the company of international, liberal and secular brigade of Rana Ayyub, Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy, Aatish Taseer etc., in NYT, WP… the list is endless. Let the India take care of itself. Go on with your life mission of distortion, lies and faithful to your community only -journalism. At least you can secure your life and win accolades.
??why are you writing this no one in India wants to read your story theprint. all Indian know you are a fake news trader
No the title is wrong. No one is waging war against Muslims. It is the Muslims who have been at war with the kaffirs and dhimmis all along. Now people are getting to know what truly is goin on. Instead of being politically correct people are speaking the truth which is making these islamists run for cover and use their victim card. Those days are over. It’s not 1947. People are well aware of Islam and how it is spread using force and taqqiya. Earlier non Muslims had no knowledge of Islam so they had no idea what they were dealing with but now people are reading the history of Islam and what’s happening around the world. Those who have no idea about Islam I would recommend you to read the portion of Islam 101 in jihadwatch.org. everything has been well explained there.
@Avatar Joy: Well said & spot On!! In a country where Muslims become majority, they start bringing death and destruction to the host nation and start ethnic cleansing. Is not this the same what Muhammad did to the early Meccans? When he became powerful his darker Quranic side began to emerge.. Once he conquered Mecca, he showed his true color to everyone – either convert or die by the sword!!
Though the concerned governments spend in billions to protect their citizens from Islamic jihadist, the policy-makers & citizens fail to see that moderate Muslims are radicals too doing Jihad in civil society!! They are making the same mistake what the early Meccans did. They realize the impact of radical Islam but fail to pay attention to moderate Islam. Little do they understand that this so-called moderate Islam is much more dangerous than the radical Islam because it grows and silently kills the host!! It’s impossible for a Muslim to live and commune with non-Islamic societies without an obligation to convert them to Islam by force or by deception. Islamic jihad has many faces. Jihad is not just slaughtering people for Islam; it is also a systematic suppression of truth and propagation of lies like this author just did. How can the moderate Muslims boldly assert (despite hard evidence to the contrary) that Islam is a peaceful religion?
Hindus are learning albeit slowly!! I do think that the civilization which gave zero and decimal to the world & science has the potential to come back positively since all other models like the christian model of colonization & planet destruction through climate has failed, so has Islam with evil & terrorism and Chinese communism is no better as shown by the dance of death by the Chinese viruses!!
I shouldn’t even have read the article when it was written by zainab sikander! What a biased article. Tablighi jamath had over 1500 people who accommodated in close quarters so that it became 1/3rd of all infections in india. The other temples and churches didn’t held 1500 people. Those places were open with just the deeds going on and didn’t allow anyone. Since corona virus is imported, tablighi jamath had most foreigners there, as opposed to temples or churches, that’s why it became a hot spot. You should be ashamed of yourself Mr. Zainab. And you said most hindus have something against muslims. Which is completely ironical to the point you were trying to make. It seems like you suffer from inferiority complex. Go look out for a mental health professional.Btw I’m a hindu and I’m completely secular
Zainab, it may be true that some media target Muslims rather unfairly, you have failed to highlight that Muslims have brought this situation onto themselves for the most part. I have gone through some fair reporting where Muslims have acted foolish at a crisis time like this, as if the law of the land doesn’t apply to them. In Ahmedabad and some other parts of Gujarat they are not adhering to lockdown regulations in their ghettos. There have been attacks on police and health workers for doing their duty. The Tablighi people have gone all over India and not coming out and identifying themselves but they have to be investigated and pulled out of their hiding. Why? Why the religious leaders and community leaders and influential people like you don’t exert pressure on ordinary people to abide by law for the good of the nation? I am one of those who always kept the hawks at bay as far as Islamophobic arguments and opinions are concerned but this time I am really disillusioned. And your whatabout-hindu-temples argument doesn’t hold any worthy water, there are no instances where such large scale spread of contagion has happened because of such congregations as has happened with Tablighis.
I wish the leaders of Muslims came out and showed their mettle in these trying times to convince their less informed brethern of the need to abide by Government guidelines on this pandemic.
Bss kro yrr tum logo ko is time prr bhi apna propaganda spread krna hai… Aaj Jo hate spread ho raha hai uska bahut badi responsibility tum jaise media houses ko bhi jata hai…be Matlab ka Hindu Muslim krte ho aur mualimo ko dara Dara k apna media houses Chala rahe ho..at least abhi to ye sab na kro yrr… Corona khatam ho Jane k baad krte rehna ho bhi heat failana hai.
Rahul Kanwal… a smooth faced Hyena, indeed! I think Sikhs should be ashamed of this _, born in their midst.
It seems he has turned further to the far-right after his sojourn in America. I wonder who he met there, and in what matters he trained. How to better spread Islamophobia in India? White nationalists are experts at that. Something to ponder about.
Anyway, these _ are those who believe in the concept of karma, right? I suppose the thinking is that since the muslims supposedly ruled India by the sword, many centuries back, it is their “bad karma,” which has come back to haunt them now, with the hindutvars taking bloody revenge. Yeah?
But, shouldn’t this karma thing be cyclic? Will those who commit atrocities now, including those who enable it (such as the hyena mentioned here), against defenceless minorities be eligible for reverse karma now?
Time will tell.
@Mr.Mister – Ha!! Ha!! Karma sadly isn’t an Islamic concept!! Or else, majority of Muslims would have been sane!! Islam is a totalitarian ideology much like Nazism & communism!! Get OUT of your ignorance!!
Have U ever writtern an article regarding persecution of Hindus in Pakistan, Bangladesh,Afghanistan and other Islamic Nation’s? Probably Not?Just being a Muslim U pick on the Media?
@SUNIL RAMJI CHOHAN – We needn’t even talk of Hindu butchering In Islamic Pakistan/Bangladesh.. We have seen this in our home.. Kashmir, west Bengal, Kerala how Islam eliminates Hindus, Buddhist’s & other minorities..
Muslim leaders who swear by the constitution, talk of secularism and minority rights were hands in gloves with their brethren killing Hindu minorities, severely harming the constitution, democracy & secularism!! I hope their evil hypocrisy will be further exposed and we know at last what these EVIL desert cults stand for!!
Totally in disagreement with Mr Sikander.
While Agreeing fully with Mr Patil, My humble submissions are that why such a situation of Jihad – Corona Jihad, Zameen Jihad, Love Jihad, Economy Jihad etc has to be created by Islams that media will have to act like Hyenas against Muslims ? Why let this opportunity be crated at all to attach Jihad to every acts of Muslims. Definitely the smoke points the arrow to the heinous flame of fire smoldering within their mindset.
What kind of morality / ethics be attached to the acts of Tablighi Jamatis’ spitting and ill behaving with treating Doctors, medical staff and above all to nurses , urinating on ward walls, making obscene gestures and showing their nudity before nurses who all are treating them free of cost and from taxpayers’ money. Media has aptly been presenting the image and for that they are being termed brutal. Had it been in any other country like China, Israel or even Muslim countries – they would have been treated properly which Muslims would have shuddered to imagine even.
Media is even being blamed to serve ruling BJP – a fact needed to be contested vehemently as the Last 60 years of over appeasement of this community by the earlier regimes has made them feel that they will be allowed to get away with whatever misdeeds and misdemeanors they can conspire with fueled by utterances of instigation of Owissi brothers, Waris pathans, Akhters, Tahir Hussains etc etc the list would be endless. Whose interests were being served in those yesteryear ?
Nostalgia of earlier news channels like DD and AIR is suddenly becoming nostalgic to mr Sikander. Well the spread of other channels has not started with BJP but was a thing of earlier regimes of appeasers of Muslims.
His lamentations of Print media enjoying more weightage earlier but dying later with the emergence of Social media also loses relevance when Social media having its spontaneous effect of creating a vivid video with a camera phone and presenting facts forthwith is definitely made print media a thing of the past to which magic wand all parties have access and bigotry against Muslims became more pronounced with the spectacular effect of Social media reporting certain acts /incidents of 9/11, Bin Laden, Al qaeda, ISIS etc. forthwith.
The stubborn and obnoxious groups of Tablighi Jamatis are unique and never to be found in any assemblage of any religious groups and any attempt of comparing them with other religious groups is simply frivolous.
The disobedient Tablighi jamatis, stubborn Shaheen Bagis and such groups supported by JNU tukde gangs, so called Buddhujibis, sickulars are gradual and also sudden manifestation of Muslim vote bank ire against coincidental but long awaited pro hindu verdicts of SC in quick succession of – Triple talaq, abrogation of Article 370, Ram Janmabhumi verdict which had to happen one day as they were a fait accompli.
What utter rubbish from this author? None should point out obvious facts according to this author. Everyone should applaud Islam and praise the crimes committed by Muslims? No, after tiring of attacking BJP, he is attacking the media! Introspect first and ask yourself why the whole non-muslim world is sick of Islamists and their apologists by yourself!
PM Modi should also address the nation tomorrow to fight the coronavirus as the holy month of Ramazan starting soon at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic already at its peak. The month of Ramazan chosen to be the best month by One Almighty God with full of Blessings and Mercies. In Ramazan, Gates of paradise are opened, Gates of Hell are closed and the devils are chained up. What better time than any to draw closer to God than in the most blessed month of Ramazan when Almighty God makes it easy for us to do good actions so that we may draw closer to Him especially at a time of greatest need to get rid of virus with God’s will. As fasting in Ramazan is obligatory to all Muslims every year, it is not only a ritual to refrain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk but It is an act of worship to get closer to God spiritually with dedication and to feel the hunger of the hungry and the poor who cannot afford to eat their daily bread and to help them to fulfill their needs with alms and charity.
Since the fasting is also practiced and preached by people of other religions besides Islam, therefore the people of all religions must join together to fast in Ramazan to make it an unprecedented and unique way to show the unity and solidarity to our One Almighty by people of all religions by fasting and praying for common cause to get the virus eradicated from this earth with God’s will.
All the Muslims and non-Muslims get this rare opportunity to come together as never before to turn a new leaf to get success in this world and Hereafter. In order to get fully prepared, the first thing we all need to do is to fulfill ALL of our obligatory duties and abstain from that which Allah and his last messenger have forbidden us from, which everyone can find from internet as the last messenger is mentioned in holy scriptures of all major religions. In this most blessed month of Ramazan all good deeds are multiplied. The arrival of Ramazan at a time of calamity of Covid-19 gives a very good chance to the entire world to take full advantage of the Blessings and Mercies of Ramazan to call One Almighty God because the same One God belongs to all. It is imperative for everyone to call upon One Almighty God without joining any partners, demigods, idols or anything beside Him because it is against the holy scriptures of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Judaism. Now, just imagine when the billions of believers in the world prostrate and grovel to One God by praying with fasting, certainly have an immense effect to be answered by One Almighty as we supplicate with one voice with tears in our eyes to repent for the sins due to ignorance and negligence and to prevent and cure all from Covid-19 and eradicate it soonest. With that, we all hope One Almighty God will do the rest to eradicate the deadly virus with His will. He is All Hearing, All Seeing, the Bestower and there is no might nor any power except with One Almighty God.
All religions are made to exploit humans by creating God, Allah and Ishwar etc. Come out from the darkness of your religion.
@Logician??!! When will logic touch you & your community??!!
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Educated peoples nowadays spreading hate.That’s dangerous. No rationality,honesty. Instead of questioning ruling party these media taegeting weak sections and communities and weak political parties. They have become real terrorists, facts manipulator to run there businees. No dissusion to safeguard economy. True Dallal of ruling party.
It’s better to first teach muslim community how to behave in that pandemic….. Then teach lessons for media ….. If community behave in a good way than nobody blame them…. But sikander only interested in hide those insensitive behaviour of muslims……. It’s a global muslim problem not india…. If community throwing stone to police how can it’s media problem….. I think muslim thinker across the world only defend thier faults and interested in blame others….. Where the problems lie
Forget about demonising Muslims which is a pastime these days. The Hindi media is spreading superstitions now by airing astrology and pujari shows in the name of Covid. I saw some images of people performing pujas before deities to get rid of Covid. Instead of educating the public to dvelop scientific temper the media is indulging in fostering superstitions in the midst of a fast spreading pandemic. Never before we had an untrustworthy media of this magnitude.
There are channels that show programs by Imams too and there are some dedicated channels also for this… Unlike Imams, Pujaris just tells people to pray.. But Imams..
@Mohammed – We have seen Islam & Muslims develop scientific temper!! So much so that the mosques used by Islam to do Muslim brainwashing against Kaffirs uses Kaffir technology!! You are using computers made possible through the invention of zero offered by Hindus!!
What has Islam given to humanity besides Terrorism & the EVIL dance of death;))??!!
Forget about demonising Muslims which is a pastime these days. The Hindi media is spreading superstitions now by airing astrology and pujari shows in the name of Covid. I saw some images of people performing pujas before deities to get rid of Covid. Instead of educating the public to dvelop scientific temper the media is indulging in fostering superstitions in the midst of a fast spreading pandemic. Never before we had an untrustworthy media of this magnitude.
If The Author feels this is wrong , then he should also write a similar article about the brahmins of Tamil Nadu who are facing this each day from the mainstream Dravidian Media Youtubers with so much freedom . The way they go on ranting is unaccepatable . I wonder why all the victim card players dont even talk about it when it comes to Brahmins?..( I’m saying TN because it is here that most of the prejudiced idiots take advantage and abuse Brahmins so much ). Is this what they call unadulterated neutral stance?..
Even after 20 years every muslim should keep Gujrat alive but everyone else should be Christ and not ask any questions and should forgive even before Muslim deed is done. Tabligi is international organisation its events in many countries were cancelled between March 18 to 21 but not India.
Godi media is spreading hatred about Muslims bcos this is an agenda of the RSS implemented by BJP. U don’t need rocket science to understand this. Zee news is the best to spread hatred nd then when caught just say sorry but what about the hatred that is already gone in the minds of ppl ? Don’t divide our country pls.
Rubbish article written by a jihadi.
Your writer (she can’t be called anything better) doesn’t know the difference between keeping temples open and holding a conference of 10000 people. This is templeophobia at play
‘The Tablighi Jamaat fiasco is a good example. Like a herd of cattle that cannot think on its own’ This is true for most Muslims in the world. they believe their holy books and the Maulanas far more than their common sense would advocate.
‘Muslims and other minorities’ Please do not drag the other minorities. they do not terrorise Indians, Muslims do.
Wow. All channels named 8n this article except guess which one. Yes correct their messiah NDTV. And FYI tablighi would have been forgotten except their afterwards behaviour which Mr.writer convinintly forgot to mention spitting on streets and food,sexually inappropriate behaviour towards medical staff, beating police and health workers, offering namaz in hospital to gather. And Mr.writer when you writing article against biased reporting please care not to write biased article yourself. I think aapko aapka jawaab mil gaya why some media write or report from one angle coz aapke angle likhane ke liya bahot log hai including today’s so called liberals and oh yes aapka messiah NDTV.
When the ideology of any group or sect or nation or religion is – to establish their fundamentals on the World – the group is against human race. People of the World must ensure such groups are corrected or eliminated. In reality – the World is also swinging both sides to suit their vested interests – thus such Groups find their hold on this Earth.
Today’s enemy can become tomorrow’s friend – but if the Global Community frames international regulations and rules – with a common perspective these regulations should be framed and never altered – Wrong doers should be punished – often there is nothing like THE Wrong Doer – there is always your Wrong Doer. As nothing Wrong is done by them to me or my nation – this attitude has split the World in to so many Political and Religious groups – either we change this OR
India -prepares it’s OWN Shield against such groups. So it is time to call a Spade a Spade.
Indians vote on caste, religion because they lack information on MP, MLA performance…even they are andh bhakt….
All news channel just showing what they have been given task…nothing else…in 21st century we are going worst and worst day by day…education does not mattering on people
As long as Muslims continue to live in the past, are unwilling to enbrace modern education, accept equality of ALL religions and gender, and declare and demonstrate greater loyalty to their nation than religion they will remain captives of religious mullahs and obscurantist practices.
It is unfortunate that all muslim writers only portray muslims as innocent victims. Never does a muslim dare highlight anything wring done by the community anywhere in the world. Every act or word of muslims is justified and defended.
This columnist like all of his faith has blinkers on his eyes.
I think Print always puts biased articles , part of lutyens gang. Why is a particular community playing the victim card all the time and hide behind the minority blanket. Y do print only publish such kind of article. U all are sold one way or the other. A community should own up to what’s their member in society are doing and try addressing the problem. Don’t always escape responsibility by playing victim card. We all have a role to play. Calling spade a spade is not a crime but an opportunity to look within and self correct.
Truth is sour
Communal politics and propagdanda in some form has been before 1914 also but it never acquired popular support. Communal groups were doing it under the pretension of liberal secular values. So communalism of both Hindus and Muslims was not so open and naked. Today under the patronage of political power communalism has become one sided. Us and they today is very open because the ruling party looks into it as the very basis of its political power, Congress did favour Muslims encashing the fears of a minority. BJP promotes Hindu communalism with the support of media by demonising backward poor Muslims in order to establish supremacy of the Hindus over and above the Indian nation and by subverting the Constitution and judiciary, . Under Congress regimes minority communalism did not threaten freedom and democracy, But today majority communalism has divided the entire public space in which democracy is reduced to number and votes. Educated middle class is utterly myopic and tends to find the explanation of all problems of a plural diverse society in terms of communal Us and They vocabulary. Civil society space has fast shrinked under the shadow of majority communalism which was never the case earlier. More than government and media the shrinkig of civil society space is giving ominous signs. Hate virus like corona will devour all in due course.
@UMA SHANKAR: Ha!! Ha!! Are you a communist SICK-ULAR??!! What did Islam & Muslims do creating Terroristan but didn’t move there??!!
I dont know how educated the author of this article is but definitely he lacks common sense because there is a clear cut difference between activist and communist.Kavita krishnan is not an activist she is a communist like the author of this article,so i can definitely understand the pain of these liberandus.I am always flabergasted by the way muslims and communists talk and write about rights.
Timely intervention. Useful insights. daringly written article.
The whole eco- system is getting vicious . This TV channels doing Goonda gardi in day in and day out. it is quite evident some one out there, setting the agenda and these mean journalists blindly following the suit.
I always wonder, people like Rahul Kanwal ever used their brain ? what makes them be like what they are ? They are acting against humanity, against country, it;s people, it’s ethos and most importantly it’s constitution.
For current ruling, party,These TV channels are actually out sourcing agencies to spread hatred, from THE MOST POWERFUL DUO to Channel’s owners to petty journalists like Kanwal and Arnabs every body using everybody.
Lastly It is always easy to side with authoritarian regime than to question it. Aap ek jamat ko Khalnayak ki tarah pesh karte rahenge, iss main koun si Deshbhakti hai? Aur Mardangi bhi? Sattadhari badala le rahe hai ye baat saaf hain, par Mr Kanwal and Arnabs aap unka saath kyo de rahe hai? Aap kis baat ka badla le rahe hai?
It’s for sure India’s mainstream journalism is almost becomes like a slave. to ruling party of the day,
History will note down Indian media’s role in debacle of this country.
Shekhar Deshmukh: You are IGNORANT & STUPID!
Are you a congressi born in the Indira Gandhi led emergency talking of constitution??!!
As a community of 250 ml, there WILL be some miscreants(if so) then media should not go after them by naming whole community calling with absurd names. If the same happens with other communities then it’s other way round. Jai Hind
Media never named the whole community.. It is the community that is bringing this on themselves with mindless acts and arguments to defend the mistakes done by some one in the community. It is the community that has to correct itself instead of blaming others.