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A review of #Islamophobia in 2020:
The #COVID19 pandemic exacerbated Islamophobia around the globe. From #India to the U.K., #Muslims were accused of spreading the virus & evading lockdown orders.
A review of #Islamophobia in 2020:
The #COVID19 pandemic exacerbated Islamophobia around the globe. From #India to the U.K., #Muslims were accused of spreading the virus & evading lockdown orders.
For #Muslims, the environment meant not only being disproportionately impacted by a deadly virus but also facing targeted discrimination from those in power: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/28/india-delhi-first-came-the-pogroms-now-theres-coronavirus/
Islamophobia in #India in 2020:
Politicians & right-wing media continued to promote anti-Muslim rhetoric & tropes, while Indian Muslims & rights activists protested against discriminatory legislation ( #CAA), which rendered Indian Muslims 2nd-class citizens.
Politicians & right-wing media continued to promote anti-Muslim rhetoric & tropes, while Indian Muslims & rights activists protested against discriminatory legislation ( #CAA), which rendered Indian Muslims 2nd-class citizens.
2020 began w/ police brutality. In an attack that horrified a nation, mobs of #Hindu nationalists attacked students at @JNU as the police stood by.
Videos showed students bleeding from the attack & police ransacking rooms and beating students https://time.com/5760597/what-happened-during-jnu-attack-india/
Videos showed students bleeding from the attack & police ransacking rooms and beating students https://time.com/5760597/what-happened-during-jnu-attack-india/
In #UttarPradesh where protests against discriminatory legislation continued, police were accused of firing into crowds, beating #Muslim bystanders, raiding & looting Muslim homes while shouting Islamophobic slurs, & detaining & torturing Muslim children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/03/we-are-not-safe-indias-muslims-tell-of-wave-of-police-brutality
Women were at the forefront of anti- #CAA resistance. In #ShaheenBagh, the protests began with a small, peaceful sit-in and candlelit vigil by local women. “We are fighting for our rights, our children’s rights. Our existence, their future.” https://time.com/5765702/india-protests-women/
In February, mobs of Hindu nationalists (incited by a #BJP politician) went on a rampage in Muslim-majority neighbourhoods in Delhi.
With tacit approval (& even participation) from law enforcement, mobs attacked Muslims, their homes, & their businesses. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/what-happened-delhi-was-pogrom/607198/
With tacit approval (& even participation) from law enforcement, mobs attacked Muslims, their homes, & their businesses. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/what-happened-delhi-was-pogrom/607198/
The violent assault was driven by anti-Muslim animus. During the 3 days of violence in Delhi, at least 14 #mosques & a Sufi dargah were burnt by #Hindutva vigilantes. https://scroll.in/article/955713/in-photos-fifteen-muslim-shrines-in-delhi-that-were-burnt-by-hindutva-vigilantes-in-three-days
The #Delhi pogrom resulted in the deaths of over 50 individuals with hundreds left injured, the majority of whom were #Muslim: https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2020/delhi-riots-portraits/index.html
A viral image showed the brutal assault of Mohammad Zubair: "“The blows kept raining on my head, hands and back...They were shouting "kill the bastard #Muslim" & #jaiSriRam. There were many others men who stood by who did not come to save me.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/india-delhi-after-hindu-mob-riot-religious-hatred-nationalists
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/01/india-delhi-after-hindu-mob-riot-religious-hatred-nationalists
In March, PM #Modi gave just a 4-hr warning to 1.3 billion citizens as India plunged into a lockdown in the face of #COVID.
Images showed migrants labourers walking hundreds of miles to reach their villages. Many died on their journey's to reach home. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/asia/coronavirus-india-migrants.html
Images showed migrants labourers walking hundreds of miles to reach their villages. Many died on their journey's to reach home. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/world/asia/coronavirus-india-migrants.html
Conspiracy theories flourished alongside the spread of #COVID in the world’s largest democracy. Right-wing media and SM users promoted false information, often tying the deadly virus to #Muslims, accusing them of spreading the contagion: https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/04/01/coronavirus-and-nizamuddin-tv-news-returns-to-bigotry-with-a-bang
In separate incidents, 2 pregnant Muslim women were denied healthcare due to their religion. Numerous hospitals segregated patients based on their religion, & a video of a doctor referring to #Muslims with #Covid19 as "terrorists" was shared widely. https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2020/7/1/covid-19-hasnt-stopped-the-drumbeat-of-islamophobia-in-india
