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New Delhi: As social media floods with hate posts alleging that the coronavirus was a planned conspiracy of Muslims, Popular Front has attempted to respond to this hate campaign by Hindutva forces to demonize the Muslims.
With an objective to counter the mainstream TV and social media anti-Muslim hate speech, Popular Front has initiated legal action with the help of its cadre network and legal volunteers. The organization’s state and district units have filed 1015 complaints against mainstream media and social media accounts in 8 states, identifying the hate mongers posting on online media or airing on broadcast media.
While India witnesses numerous incidents of attacks on Muslims across the country as a direct result of this hate campaign, several Muslim traders have been boycotted in northern states. The Popular Front has also extended its response to the issue by sending out 500 rejoinders and notices to different media houses. Additionally, cases were filed in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Maharashtra for which legal processes are ongoing.
In a welcome shift from the normal, the response to this rising Islamophobia by Popular Front, legal follow up has resulted in the arrest of 19 people so far. The campaign to fight anti-Muslim hate news by the organization is continuing as more legal intervention is in order where several such cases are scheduled to be filed the upcoming days.