scorecardresearch
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Support Our Journalism
HomeWorldPakistan foreign minister's attempt to corner Modi on 'Islamophobia' backfires as GK...

Pakistan foreign minister’s attempt to corner Modi on ‘Islamophobia’ backfires as GK lesson

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi made a faux pas, seemingly confusing Dravidian ideology with Hindutva ideology as he attempted to target PM Modi on Twitter.

Follow Us :
Text Size:

New Delhi: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday was the subject of much criticism after his tweet attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi ricocheted, resulting in him revising his post.

In the original tweet, Qureshi had made a faux pas and written, “Modi’s Dravidian supremacist ideology with relentless Islamophobia.”

 

However, after intense backlash and with several people calling him out for terming Modi as a ‘Dravidian supremacist’, Qureshi amended his tweet.

Dravidian is a term usually used to describe people from South India, particularly from Tamil Nadu as well as some parts of Southeast Asia and also Sri Lanka. PM Modi, however, is a native of Gujarat, a northwestern state.

His tweet now says “Modi’s Hindutva supremacist ideology”.

‘No clue of Indian racial origins’

Qureshi’s tweet was in connection with United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ statement on the need to counter Islamophobia across the world earlier this month and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) criticism of “growing Islamophobia” in India on 19 April.

Since his tweet has been deleted, so have the troll comments. However, former National Security Council secretariat member Tara Kartha, in a post said, “Tamilian language is far older than Hindi. And yes, they would probably be insulted. !!!! SMQ seems to have lost the thread of his tirade.”

“It seems that the FM of Pakistan & whoever tweets for him has no clue about Indian history or racial origins. Attributing ‘Dravidian supremacist ideology’ to predominantly Aryan north Indians is even worse than claiming Turkic origins for Pakistan,” said Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani.


Also readPakistani model Zara Abid, presumed dead in PIA crash, trolled for her ‘haram’ lifestyle


 

Subscribe to our channels on YouTube, Telegram & WhatsApp

Support Our Journalism

India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. ThePrint – with exceptional reporters, columnists and editors – is doing just that.

Sustaining this needs support from wonderful readers like you.

Whether you live in India or overseas, you can take a paid subscription by clicking here.

Support Our Journalism

5 COMMENTS

  1. Once upon a time Pakistani language speaking people of India, i.e. Hindians spoke proper Indian language and non Islamic language. But Islamic parties such as BJP and Congress have continuously imposed Pakistani language Hindi.

    Islamic origin Pakistani language Hindi needs to be banned in India and India must revert back to original India languages with non Islamic language English as a neutral common language.

  2. Thinking other religions are inferior itself shows that Islam itself is inferior as they follow and limit their minds to boundaries of their religious book.

  3. He doesn’t even know who his own ancestors are, he calls himself Qureshi, a member of Quresh tribe in Arab.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Most Popular