A nefarious attempt is underway to downplay ‘Hinduphobia’ & instances of hate crimes against the Hindu community in the US.
A woman named Aparna Gopalan is amplifying this campaign with the help of well-known leftists & Islamists.
🧵Here is the story:
A woman named Aparna Gopalan is amplifying this campaign with the help of well-known leftists & Islamists.
🧵Here is the story:
On June 28, Aparna wrote a 7500-word propaganda piece in 'Jewish Currents' - a publication where she works as a news editor
The objective was simple - Trivialise documented cases of Hinduphobia & tarnish the credibility of US-based Hindu organisations.
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The objective was simple - Trivialise documented cases of Hinduphobia & tarnish the credibility of US-based Hindu organisations.
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At the very onset, she misled her audience into believing that bulldozers are used by the Indian government to intimidate Muslims.
“The Washington Post called the bulldozer “a polarising symbol of state power under Narendra Modi,” whose ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is increasingly enacting a program of Hindu supremacy and Muslim subjugation,” she wrote.
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“The Washington Post called the bulldozer “a polarising symbol of state power under Narendra Modi,” whose ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is increasingly enacting a program of Hindu supremacy and Muslim subjugation,” she wrote.
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In reality, the BJP government has been razing illegal structures, irrespective of the faith or political affiliations of the accused.
The properties of dozens of criminals have been demolished including non-Muslims like Vikas Dubey, Yogesh Bhadora, Ramesh Pradhan, Badan Singh, Sundar Bhati, Vijay Mishra and many others.
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The properties of dozens of criminals have been demolished including non-Muslims like Vikas Dubey, Yogesh Bhadora, Ramesh Pradhan, Badan Singh, Sundar Bhati, Vijay Mishra and many others.
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Aparna Gopalan thus falsely claimed that bulldozers are being used only against those belonging to the Muslim community.
Throughout her vicious piece, the news editor of Jewish Currents made concerted attempts to downplay acts of Hinduphobia.
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Throughout her vicious piece, the news editor of Jewish Currents made concerted attempts to downplay acts of Hinduphobia.
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For instance, a Democratic party committee in the US passed a resolution labelling several Hindu advocacy organisations as 'foreign hate groups' & demanded FBI, and CIA probe against them.
When Hindus put up a united front, the resolution drew widespread condemnation from.
.@aparna_gopalan lamented that the attempt to institutionalise Hinduphobia did not work.
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When Hindus put up a united front, the resolution drew widespread condemnation from.
.@aparna_gopalan lamented that the attempt to institutionalise Hinduphobia did not work.
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Her sinister agenda became obvious when she roped in ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke, who is known for trivialising the atrocities perpetuated by the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb on his Hindu subjects.
“The Hindu right wants to distract from India’s catastrophic human rights record,” the Aurangzeb cheerleader said.
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“The Hindu right wants to distract from India’s catastrophic human rights record,” the Aurangzeb cheerleader said.
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Aparna Gopalan also saw to it that the credibility of US-based Hindu advocacy groups was diminished through her propaganda piece. One of her primary targets was the Hindu American Foundation (HAF).
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As such, she onboarded ‘journalist’ Raqib Hameed Naik to tarnish the image of HAF.
Naik is infamous for denying the Hindu genocide, perpetrated by radical Islamists in the Kashmir Valley, in the early 1990s.
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Naik is infamous for denying the Hindu genocide, perpetrated by radical Islamists in the Kashmir Valley, in the early 1990s.
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It is thus obvious that he will discredit organisations, which are actively working for the Hindu cause.
Aparna Gopalan thus roped him to bad mouth the @HinduAmerican & he certainly stood by her expectations.
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Aparna Gopalan thus roped him to bad mouth the @HinduAmerican & he certainly stood by her expectations.
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@HinduAmerican Aparna Gopalan quoted ‘journalist’ Peter Friedrich, known for his ties with a Khalistani and ISI operative, to further her agenda.
Report: opindia.com
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Report: opindia.com
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She also hit out at the student group ‘Hindu on Campus’ and the ‘Coalition of Hindus in North America (CoHNA)’ for popularising the term ‘Hinduphobia.’
When 'Hindu on Campus' rebutted her propaganda piece, Aparna Gopalan was quick to block the handle.
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When 'Hindu on Campus' rebutted her propaganda piece, Aparna Gopalan was quick to block the handle.
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Aparna Gopalan then went on a diatribe against the RSS and suggested that ‘Hindutva’ was on full display, even in the apex court of India.
Her conclusion was based on the fact that the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Hindus in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi verdict.
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Her conclusion was based on the fact that the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Hindus in the Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi verdict.
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She also cited ‘journalist’ Azad Essa to claim that RSS-backed organisations are mushrooming in the US.
Essa is the same scribe who tried to pass off terrorist organisation, ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba,’ as a ‘Pakistan-based group' in November 2022.
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Essa is the same scribe who tried to pass off terrorist organisation, ‘Lashkar-e-Taiba,’ as a ‘Pakistan-based group' in November 2022.
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Nonetheless, Aparna Gopalan was upset that Hindu organisations across the globe put up a united front to oppose the anti-Hindu event named ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ in September 2021.
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Aparna Gopalan also attacked the @HinduAmerican for not blindly believing in the dubious ‘Cisco caste discrimination’ case and instead suing the State of California.
If you don't know about this case, then, read it here -
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If you don't know about this case, then, read it here -
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She wrote, “The HAF has also worked to mainstream the notion that “Hinduphobia” is running rampant in American society.”
She also suggested that hate crimes against Hindus in the US are ‘few’, ‘isolated’ and not necessarily the result of ‘Hinduphobia.’
Case - opindia.com
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She also suggested that hate crimes against Hindus in the US are ‘few’, ‘isolated’ and not necessarily the result of ‘Hinduphobia.’
Case - opindia.com
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@HinduAmerican It thus comes as no wonder why both Audrey Truschke and Aparna Gopalan rejected a comprehensive report (July 2022), highlighting the rise of Hinduphobia on social media and messaging platforms.
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While denying the existence of anti-Hindu hate and promoting known ‘Hinduphobes’, Gopalan wrote,
“Some progressive scholars and journalists—including Essa, Friedrich, Naik, and Truschke—argue that it is important to continue poking holes in the idea that Hinduphobia is a real phenomenon.”
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“Some progressive scholars and journalists—including Essa, Friedrich, Naik, and Truschke—argue that it is important to continue poking holes in the idea that Hinduphobia is a real phenomenon.”
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@HinduAmerican She also lamented that the Hindu advocacy groups in the US are collaborating with their Jewish counterparts, who are often the subject of prejudice and denialism by the same leftist-Islamist ecosystem.
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@HinduAmerican The news editor of @JewishCurrents also resorted to peddling hysteria about the supposed ‘Muslim genocide’ in India by citing reports from USCIRF, among others.
opindia.com
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Her anti-India stance became evident when she labelled the revocation of Article 370 as stripping of “constitutional protections from residents of the Muslim-majority region of Kashmir” by @narendramodi
She also attempted to present a distorted version of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to her readers.
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She also attempted to present a distorted version of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to her readers.
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@HinduAmerican @JewishCurrents @narendramodi Aparna Gopalan also promoted George Soros-linked- activist Sunita Viswanath of the ‘Hindu for Human Rights’ in her article.
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@HinduAmerican @JewishCurrents @narendramodi Sunita Vishwanath had earlier tried to create hysteria among Indian Muslims about the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and has recently met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Check our analysis here -
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Check our analysis here -
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Towards the end of her vicious article, Aparna Gopalan expressed hope that anti-Hindu and anti-India propaganda outfits will one day eclipse the efforts of Hindu advocacy groups in the United States
“Hindutva organisations may have positioned themselves as the representatives of the US Hindu diaspora, but Mandalaparthy said that groups like HfHR are contesting for space,” she concluded.
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“Hindutva organisations may have positioned themselves as the representatives of the US Hindu diaspora, but Mandalaparthy said that groups like HfHR are contesting for space,” she concluded.
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@HinduAmerican @JewishCurrents @narendramodi Read about the matter in more detail here:
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Dibakar.
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Regards,
Dibakar.
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