gulf arabs take a stand against indian bigotry towards muslims

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In the past couple of weeks, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Kuwait government, a royal princess of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as well as a number of Arab activists have called out Islamophobic hate speech by Indians seen to be accusing the country's Muslims of spreading the novel coronavirus.





A barrage of tweets and statements from individuals and institutions in the Gulf expressing their outrage over the hateful social media posts forced the Indian government to respond, including a Twitter post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he stressed that "COVID-19 does not see race [or] religion".
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It started with right-wing Hindus accusing Muslims of a "conspiracy" to spread the coronavirus after dozens of cases were linked to a congregation of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim missionary movement, at their headquarters in New Delhi in the middle of March.


Hashtags such as #CoronaJihad trended for days on Twitter and panellists in TV debates called them "human bombs", while many called for a ban on Jamaat. Its New Delhi office has been sealed.
the most pathetic thing i"ve ever seen is indian expats living in gulf states spewing anti muslim lies.
Following the Jamaat issue, a wave of Islamophobic posts was unleashed on social media by right-wing Hindus, some of them employed in Gulf countries.


Dubai-based Indian, Saurabh Upadhyay, asked Muslims to "accept they were the source of the pandemic" and called for the death of Jamaat members, describing them as "terrorists". He deleted his tweets after social media users in the Gulf and India called him out
 
The indians are anti Muslim because of their beliefs but these Arab states you talking about are just as Islamophobic if not worse. They are so oppressive towards Muslims.
 
The indians are anti Muslim because of their beliefs but these Arab states you talking about are just as Islamophobic if not worse. They are so oppressive towards Muslims.
Explain, these guys are just figureheads for the imperial powers.
 
Muslims in India really need to organize themselves better to protect themselves and their interests. Pakistans role here is crucial.
 

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