The killing of a young man and a caricature of the execution of Muslims in India .. Anger and condemnation of platforms and calls to address Hindu racism

Indian media quoted the story of the victim's family, Anish Khan Ali, and said that late at night 4 members of the family's house violently knocked, including a person dressed in Indian police uniforms and the others were in civilian clothes, and when they entered the house, the policeman pointed his weapon in the face of members of the family. the family.

The other three went up to the third floor, where the young man Anish's room is, and after they got down, one of them said to the officer, "We have finished the job," and then they all left, after killing the young man who had been a prominent activist in the Indian student movement during the past years.

Meanwhile, a local police official confirmed that the police did not send anyone to arrest Anish.

While demonstrations took place in some Indian universities and cities to demand justice for Anish, activists circulated clips that sparked widespread anger that showed Hindus setting fire to vehicles, homes and shops belonging to Muslims in the city of Shivamoja in the state of Karnataka in southern India, in addition to clips showing a gathering of a number of Hindus throwing stones at Muslim homes. In a neighborhood of the city.

The Indian newspaper "Hindustan Times" reported that the incident occurred due to the killing of a Hindu activist a few days ago by people claiming to be Muslims, but the police - according to the newspaper - refused to confirm these allegations until the investigations are completed.

Interactions

These events provoked many interactions, most notably an episode of "Nashrat Al-Tambeh - Nashrat Al-Tambeh - your publication" (23/2/2022) episode.

In his tweet, Fahd Al-Bati asked: "What if Muslims threw a Hindu young man from the balcony? How many Islamic organizations will condemn, and Islamic cooperation and scholars - and perhaps leaders - will walk at his funeral denouncing Islamic terrorism!!!"

Mohsin Sheikh Saad wrote: "Down with the Indian government... Islamic governments must take a stand on this open war against our Muslim brothers in India."

On the other hand, Indian social networking sites were buzzing after the ruling Indian People's Party page in Gujarat published a cartoon showing the execution of a group of Muslims, through its verified accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

The Secretary-General of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, Ali Al-Qara Daghi, commented on the cartoon that sparked the controversy, saying: "What is this barbarism? The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in India displays a cartoon on its official page on Instagram threatening to hang Muslims and carry out genocide against them." ...this madness, what will it lead to?"

He called on India's wise people to remedy what "Hindu ISIS brutality" is doing, stressing that its effects "do not expect its extent... God grant you victory for the weak."

For his part, the writer Muhammad Al-Saghir said - in his tweet - "A campaign that began in Kuwait calls for the expulsion of the Indian ambassador... Why don't the people of every country adopt it as a matter of 'Excuse me to your Lord', and put officials in front of their responsibilities? Especially with the rise of Hindu racism against Muslims. And the growing phenomenon of attacks on veiled women and the demand of Muslim women to remove it.

The researcher, Muhanna Al-Habil, has a position on the matter.

He tweeted: "Muslims in India need support campaigns, especially media pressures organized in a direction that exposes the shame of the fascist regime of Modi's party, and at the same time supports the concept of a national civil partnership that unites Muslims with the rest and Hindu moderates in a country where sects are competing and there is no solution but coexistence." .

Bader Al-Badhoum wondered why governments, Islamic bodies, and human rights and human rights organizations did not move to support the oppressed and oppressed in India. He said, "The ruling regime in India practices injustice and racism against our Muslim brothers in front of the whole world, and we do not find any movement, especially from our governments."

While the academic Saud Al-Hajri wrote: "We must do something about this persecution by the Hindus of our brothers in India, and silence about this humiliation for them makes them continue to oppress and humiliate them... This insult is not for themselves, but because they are Muslims."