Why #NotInMyName protests against vigilante violence, mob lynchings in India resonate elsewhere too
From the Blog beenasarwar My piece published in The Wire today. Also posted below. [image: Not in my name-Orijit Sen] Image by graphic artist Orijit Sen. Catalysed by the mob murder of a teenager in India on June 24, followed by a Facebook post on June 24 by filmmaker Saba Dewan, a #NotInMyName campaign is taking off across India with simultaneous protests in several cities on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, against the ongoing mob lynchings and vigilante violence targeting Muslims and Dalits. [image: Junaid-India-June]The violence in India is eerily similar to what we have been seeing in Pakistan where Ahmadis, Shias and others are routinely targeted for their faith. Right wingers in India are using the country's 'beef ban' like their counterparts in Pakistan are (mis) using 'blasphemy'. Images of the bloodpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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