What nupur said about prophet video clip

Indian TV news reached new heights of fame (read: shame) this week by making it to the international stage. We bring to you a complete lowdown on the whole Nupur Sharma debacle and what that “fateful” day of Nupur’s channel-hopping looked like. On May 26, Nupur went to News24, Republic TV and Times Now to make similar comments about the Prophet and Islam. One of those clips went viral, and she was suspended from the BJP. Meanwhile, the hate on many mainstream Indian TV news continued. We look at how Nupur’s case is not an isolated incident of Islam-baiting or the case of one bad apple. One only has to look at news debates after her fiasco to know that bigoted panelists and hateful comments against Muslims on TV news are not anomalies but the norm. The very format of news debates demands it. We take an in-depth look into the profile of another such TV panelist, Sadhvi Annapurna, who came on Aaj Tak to spew more venom this week. If you thought Nupur was hateful, you might want to watch how loving Annapurna is! Also see

Taking a cue from the title, we ran a keyword search on Google using 'Khadim Rizvi’s Chehlum 2021' and found an article by a Pakistani news website 3 January 2021. The article mentioned that religious observance took place on completing 40 days of Khadim Hussain Rizvi's death. Thousands of Rizvi's followers had gathered for Chehlum at Lahore, Pakistan. A She was charged under sections 295A (acts intended to outrage religious feelings), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 505B of the Indian Penal Code (inducing to commit an offence against the State or against the public tranquillity) after a complaint was filed by Raza Academy, an organisation representing the Indian Sunni Muslims on 29 May. Sharma, initially said that the clip was “selectively-edited” and was alleged that she was getting “continuous death and beheading threats” since the video was tweeted.

India has been forced into diplomatic firefighting as remarks made by two BJP leaders against Prophet Muhammad have sparked outrage in several Arab capitals. On Sunday, the governments of Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s envoys and expressed their anger, even handing over diplomatic notes of protest and demanding a public apology from the Indian government. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan also condemned the remarks. In response, New Delhi said the comments were made by “fringe elements” and didn’t reflect the views of the government of India. The Times Now on May 26 and echoed by the party’s media head in Delhi As India seeks to contain the diplomatic fallout, Newslaundry looked at how the country’s top newspapers and TV news channels are covering the story. While the Telegraph and the Indian Express hit out at the BJP in their Monday editions, Hindustan Times produced a safely worded editorial. The Times of India and the Hindu reported on the issue but did not carry an editorial. On TV, India Today patted itself on the back for “breaking the story”, without specifying what they meant, while Times Now conveniently forgot to note that Nupur had made the comments on its show. On NDTV, a BJP member doubled down saying Nupur had only spoken an “unpleasant truth”. In print The Times of India carried the BJP’s action against Nupur and Naveen as its frontpage lead. It quoted BJP sources as saying that action was taken because the remarks were at odds with Prime Minister Narendra...