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By Syed Baqer Ali
Hyderabad April 19 (Newslines): The communal propagation of news and social media in victimizing a particular community in India blaming them for spreading Corona virus Covid-19 has started to take its toll on the Non Resident Indians (NRI’s) specially working or doing business in the Gulf States.
Several Indians working in the Gulf Counties have either lost their jobs or facing jails and deportations for their Islamophobic social media posts. Many Indians living in these countries are either knowingly or unknowingly falling into the ensnare of the communal agenda of the right wing parties and organization which is being amplified by the biased, false and communal targeting of Muslims by some electronic media houses.
It has to be brought to the notice of our readers that about 8 to 9 Million Indians work in these Gulf States and every year billions of dollars are transferred to India by them. And let us be specific that about 65 percent of these workers from India are Hindus and 35 percent comprises of other religion. With the foolishness of certain Andh bhakhts, who are being used as puppets by the social media wings of certain political parties and organizations to whip up communal flares to hide the failures of Government or party on certain issue and to divert the attention of the citizen to some other issue by giving it communal flare up.
Many Indian brands have ventured into the Gulf Markets and have created a space for them and the Indian Business Community was slowly emerging in them, apart from the guest workers with the hard work of Indian community living there supported and patronized by the Indian foreign missions through its Embassies and Consulates.
All these efforts and Indian reputation among the people of the Gulf Counties and their Government is taking a hit with the growing Islamophobia rhetoric by the electronic media and targeting and insulting of Muslims by the IT cell of Right Wing Hindutwa parties and their organizations.
Recently the Princess Hend Al Qassimi from UAE who is also an acclaimed author took a dismal view of an Islamophobic Tweet by an Indian businessman and wrote “Anyone that is openly racist and discriminatory in the UAE will be fined and made to leave. An example” Stories of many Indian workers being fired or arrested are coming from various Gulf nations after their post on social media was seen to be Insulting Islam.
Voices have started growing among the Middle-Eastern people to caution the Indian government to stop targeting Islam and Muslims. They are demanding their Governments to reciprocate if Islamophobia is not stopped. Some people have even started #boycott Indian and Indian products. Hope the government will look into this whole matter and stem the anti India narrative which is taking place in the Gulf countries due to the Islamophobia in prevention and cure of Corona virus covid-19 pandemic in India. (Newslines)
