Why condemn what’s politically useful? The BJP has shown weakness. So it’s time to press for concessions.
“Islamic scholars and communist panellists on TV debate refuse to condemn beheading calls by Muslim fundamentalists over alleged ‘blasphemy,’” OpIndia, June 9, 2022:
On June 8, during a debate on Times Now, Islamic ‘scholars’ and communist panellists refused to condemn calls for beheading by a Muslim fundamentalist. In Times Now show ‘India Upfront’ hosted by anchor and editor-in-chief of the channel Rahul Shivashankar, the discussion was on the threats issued by terrorist organization Al-Qaeda against former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s remarks.
Activist Sushil Pandit, Chairman of Aarin Capital Mohandas Pai, Author Dr Anand Ranganathan, former State Vice President Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha and political analyst Syed Masoodul Hasan, AIMIM social media administrator and political analyst Zubair Memon and Communist leader and politician Vivek Srivastava were among the panellists.
During the debate, Dr Ranganathan requested Rahul to question the panellists if they condemned the calls for beheading over alleged blasphemy. He said, “There is no meaning of shouting at each other. Let’s make it clear right now with a single question. We have six panellists. Just ask the simple question to all six of us. ‘Do you condemn the slogan Gustakh-e-Rasool Ki Ek Hi Saza, Sar Tan Se Juda’? Yes or No?” Mohandas Pai and Sushil Pandit did not take a second to condemn the slogan. However, Hasan, Memon and Srivastava had different thoughts.
While Hassan and Memon bluntly said, “Not at all”, Vivek said, “Depends on who spoke it and in what context.” Srivastava did not openly condemn the slogan.
Amused by the reaction, Rahul asked Vivek, “Will you support blasphemy law if someone insults any one religion should be beheaded? When Kalbhurgi, Dabolkar, Lankesh, and Pansare allegedly insulted Hindu sentiments. Should they also be beheaded?” Vivek justified the statements given by the so-called rationalists and liberal personalities, saying that there was a difference.
He said, “There is a difference. Dabolkar was not a mischievous man. Gauri Lankesh was not a disturbing element. They believed in the constitution of the nation. I am a communist. I do not believe in Hinduism or Islam. But however, if mischievous remarks are made without any quest for rationality. You can go and sit with a Maulana and discuss. But that was not your intention. Your intention was to insult Islam and create a communal problem. Show Muslims in a bad light. Show Quran in a bad light. And disturb the communal harmony of the nation.”…
Jim says
Well, it does seem that people should not be beheaded for insulting another religion. Possibly these scholars are not the sort of people whose view should be respected and put into action.
Devasur says
Basically it proves that leftists are Islamists in undercover. If any people still believe in leftist lowlifes lies either you are brain dead or you purposely cover your eyes, ears and mouth.
Infidel says
Actually, the divide b/w Leftists and islamists are starting to come out, like in the case of Mohammed Hijab vs Ilhan Omar. Since this coalition now believes that they have a major stranglehold on most governments that matter in the world, they’re now getting out their knives for one another. It’ll be fun to see islamists turn on Leftists, and I, for one, will be popping the popcorn ?
gravenimage says
India: Islamic scholars and communist panelists refuse to condemn beheading over alleged ‘blasphemy’
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Just appalling–but who can be surprised?
More of the Red/Green alliance of savagery.
David Foot says
Both ideologies: Marxism and Islam have world domination in their constitutions. Both aim to build their own great Empire with religious dedication.
To do this they infest other states and propose to create chaos by invasion and forming states within that infested state using envy and fear, they take over education and indoctrinate.
Prosperous states are nice to go to in order parasite but as such they are no good to their ideology so they find ways to undermine the infested state with the mentioned envy and fear, imposing subversive rules making the victim state dis-functional.
The only solution to both of these empires is to build Mercantile Empires in competition to give the states which they have destroyed in the Third World a proper European Government.
Building a wall doesn’t even start to address the problem. Marxism thanks to Truman and Attlee destroyed the Mercantile Empires leaving the Marxist Empires in expansion and forcing on to us “human rights laws” which bar us from protecting our countries against the invasions to make our Western world and specially the Anglosphere vulnerable to Marxism and Islam.
Kundan says
Leftism is basically Islam in Burka.