انتشرت على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي في الهند موجة سخرية وغضب بعدما أغلق القضاء قضية ضد سياسيَين حرضا ضد المسلمين، باعتبار أن التحريض ليس خطاب كراهية إذا رافقته ابتسامة، في حين أطلقت حركة "الصحوة الهندوسية" حملة لمقاطعة المنتجات الحلال.
وتعود القضية إلى الانتخابات الهندية في نيودلهي خلال عام 2020، عندما حرض السياسيان الهنديان أنوراغ ثاكور وبارفيش فيرما، من حزب بهاراتيا جاناتا الهندوسي الحاكم، باستخدام القوة ضد المسلمين، وصوّراهم على أنهم "غزاة يقتحمون المنازل ويغتصبون النساء ويقتلون الناس"، وفقا لمصادر إعلامية هندية.
The leader of the Indian Socialist Party, Brenda Karat, accompanied by Indian politician KM Tiwari, filed a case against Thakur and Verma, on charges of promoting hatred and hostility against Muslims and protesters.
The decision of the Delhi High Court came last Friday, where the judge of the court said, "Was it an election speech or a speech at an ordinary time? If any speech is given during election time, it is different. If the speech is given at a normal time, it means that you are instigating Something".
"If you say something with a smile, it is not a crime, and if you say something offensive with anger, you are a sinner, we have to check the context," the judge added.
Activists on social media criticized and ridiculed the decision, considering it biased towards the Hindu party.
Indian politician Panthan Khan attached to his Twitter account a caricature depicting a criminal in the courtroom, with a bloodied knife in his hand, saying, "I killed him smiling," referring to the Delhi court's decision.
HATE SPEECH!
If said with smile no criminality: DELHI HIGH COURT
Constitution is made into a joke by BJPEEEEEEE in a Democratic country like India.
#HateSpeech#HateWithSmile pic.twitter.com/sHv26WRKaC
— pathan Khan (@pathan_neamath) March 27, 2022
Many activists and journalists wrote sarcastic tweets, in which they considered that receiving hate speech has become acceptable in India, provided that the owner only smiles.
Indian court says, hate speech not a crime if said with a smile.
Hello world, you are complicit if you are watching the horrors unleashed against us in silence @UNHumanRights @KamalaHarris @antonioguterres pic.twitter.com/oeAJsteBj9
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 26, 2022
No Religion in Mankind has ever preached to give Hate speeches.
If you give a Hate speech, you don't belong to any religion, even if you give it with a smile
In India,
Humanity has taken a beating in the name of Religion, for last 8 years!
SPREAD LOVE, NOT HATRED !
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— Dr Moatasim Solkar (@MoatasimSolkar) March 27, 2022
Hate speech in election time is no instigation, threat given with smile is no crime: new judicial wisdom of new India.
Will the Supreme Court too now endorse this?
pic.twitter.com/4RMRxeFnmy
— Dipankar (@Dipankar_cpiml) March 26, 2022
A judge in India said a politician can't be guilty of hate speech… if he says it with a smile.
https://t.co/zlOizZZPj2
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 26, 2022
This is the condition of the Judiciary in India..
Recently, it delivered a verdict stating that if hate speech is delivered with a smile, it is not a criminal offence.
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— Subhajit Das (@subhojitmac77) March 27, 2022
boycott halal products
On another issue, the Hindu right has renewed calls for a boycott of halal products and goods in India;
As well as not dealing with Muslim stores, in a campaign on social media platforms, which featured the hashtag (#HinduJanaJagruti), meaning "Hindu Awakening".
The Hindu Awakening is a right-wing movement with a history of calling for the unification of India under the Hindu banner.
Yesterday, the movement's spokesperson Mohan Gowda posted a video on Twitter saying, "We urge all Hindus to boycott halal meat and products, and use jatka meat produced in the Hindu slaughtering method. Let us participate in the economic boycott of such activities against our country."
Jodha justified his campaign by saying that "whenever a Muslim man kills any animal, faces it towards Mecca, and performs an Islamic prayer or obligation in killing it, therefore the meat of these animals cannot be offered to the Hindu gods."
A number of activists interacted with this campaign positively, as one of them considered that "Halal products are a dictatorship exercised by an intolerant minority over a silent majority."
On the other hand, activists strongly opposed the campaign, including activist Sam Khan, who said, "Hindu meat exporters supply meat to the Middle East, Hindus from Karnataka run restaurants all over the UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia."
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti demands a ban on halal meat, Halal is a step towards making India an Islamic state.@PTI_News @ANI @indiatvnews @ndtv pic.twitter.com/ZEtXCgZgzY
— 🚩Mohan gowda🇮🇳 (@Mohan_HJS) March 28, 2022
Activist group Hindu Janajagruti Samiti demands a ban on halal meat, says it is a step towards making India an Islamic state
very good initiative!
everyone should join.
https://t.co/nXmKmhkkww
— Sinha_साहेब (@Sanatani_Thanos) March 29, 2022
Halal is an intolerant minority's dictatorship on a 'SILENT MAJORITY' #BoycottHalal #BanHalal @HinduJagrutiOrg pic.twitter.com/kITJQ1OsR3
— ۩ ۩ Ѷ Ѷ ۩ ۩ ۩ ️ 🇮🇳 (@iamwitwicky) March 22, 2022
Hindu meat exporters supply meat to Middle East.
Hindus from Karnataka are running restaurants all over UAE, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
If you see any Udupi Hotel Witt names like Shetty, Poojari, Nayak, Shenoy, Rai and Hegde they all happen to be from Southern Karnataka https://t.co/LsSq1UsQ7K
— Sam (@SamKhan999) March 29, 2022
It is surprising;
how this entire community has reduced its whole existence to a level where they get peace after 0pressing muslims by every possible mean.
Still the wokes and liberals can't call them out without doing a false equivalence with Muslims..!
Hypocrites..!
https://t.co/opADDaMa14
- Aisha Haq (@Haqq_Aysha) March 28, 2022