For three days, 4 of us at OpIndia spent hours going through the timeline of Alt News cofounder Mohammad Zubair from 27 May 2022 when he first tweeted out the out of context clip of now ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Times Now debate. (1/n)
Zubair had called Nupur Sharma a 'rabid communal hatemonger' and kept accusing Times Now and thereby Vineet Jain of providing platform to someone who was 'speaking against community' (2/n)
Sharma's anger against mocking of the Shivaling was described as 'speaking against a community'. This was like 'us vs them' theory that was propagated by likes of Jinnah that led to Partition of India (3/n)
When Nupur started getting threats, Zubair distanced himself from the ones threatening her. He accused her 'targeting of minority' as trigger for threats. 'Loose tongue', anyone? (4/n)
24 hours after Nupur Sharma started getting beheading and rape threats after Zubair’s dog-whistling, Zubair started a donation drive for Alt News. (5/n)
Then he shifted focus on 'fake maulanas' and accused them of going on tv debates for making mockery of Islam and Muslims. He wanted them all to boycott TV debates. (6/n)
Then came the Middle East countries and riots. Did he condemn the violence? Did he appeal to people to stop violence? Did he 'fact-check' Nupur's claims on Prophet Muhammad? Read detailed report here: opindia.com
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