Humans Perpetuate a Destructive and Divisive Lie
By Sumit Paul, New Age
Islam
27 June
2024
"Despite Knowing
That It's Factually Incorrect, Humans Perpetuate A Destructive And Divisive Lie
To Malign A Group Of People."
A J Cronin, The Judas
Tree, 1961
A video has
been doing the rounds on WhatsApp with a claim that two Muslim restaurant
owners in London were arrested for mixing human faeces in their food and
serving it to non-Muslim customers. This was debunked two years ago with facts
and findings. Yet, the 'students' of WhatsApp ' University ' believe that this
actually happened and two Muslims restaurant owners indeed mixed excreta with
food with a view to desecrating the 'faiths' of the Kafirs!
Fact Check: WhatsApp Message Claims Muslims Restaurant Owners Mix Human Faeces In
Food
To be
honest, even those who're circulating and forwarding this obnoxious post are
also aware that this cannot be correct. But we're living in such divisive and
communally surcharged times that anything that can sully the image of Muslims
is most welcome.
The
doctor-novelist (Cronin was a Scottish medico who wrote exceptional novels)
elsewhere wrote that, "Fallen enemies are further trampled
underfoot."
Since
Muslims are already at the receiving end, further humiliation gives some sort
of a sadistic kick to the Hindutva forces and Sanatanis who're out to declare
Muslims as sub-humans. Thousands of such misleading videos and posts have been
making the rounds on social media and we're taking them to be true.
We don't
bother to fact-check and even after checking their veracity, we continue to
circulate them to vitiate the spirit of bonhomie. Videos showing Muslims
spitting and urinating on food and eatables are examples of the perpetuation of
such blatant lies.
Needless to
say, these posts are totally inauthentic and such incidents never happened. But
who cares? We're all on a maligning spree. Social media adds fuel to this fire
to turn it into a veritable conflagration. Got to say, certainly very dangerous
and decadent times to be in.
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A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in
comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed
articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including
Persian.
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