A routine criminal act being spread under ‘Muslim Victimhood’ Narrative to diverts focus from Pahalgam Terror Attack
Sunil Dutt
New Delhi/Jammu: There has been a surge of stories of ‘Kashmiris and Muslims being attacked’ in different parts of India, in consistent attempts following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. The carnage, which was carried out by Islamic terrorists on 22nd April, claimed the lives of 26 innocent tourists (primarily Hindus) and including one of the local assertive Muslim Ponywalla, Syed Adil Hussain, who resisted the inhuman massacre.
Routine and isolated criminal incidents (including fake ones) are being highlighted to paint a grim picture of ‘innocent’ Kashmiris and Muslims being targeted by in the rest of India over the Pahalgam terror attack.
One such incident occurred in the precinct of Jamila Millia Islamia. It had come to light that a female student from Jammu Kashmir was allegedly molested by one Mohammad Abid R/o Nuhu, Mewat, Haryana, a worker at Jamia’s Hostel Mess on Sunday (27th April).
The incident occurred just outside Gate Number 8 of the campus. The story was first covered by a local reporter named Ubair-ul-Hameed. Later, he was pressured into deleting the story by other Kashmiri students studying at Jamia Millia Islamia.
By that time, it was not publicly known that the molester was a Muslim man from Mewat named Mohammed Abid.
“Kashmiri journalist reveals he was asked to delete a report by Kashmiri group at Jamia Milia about harassment of a Kashmiri girl at campus, hours after it went viral,” as quoted by the national news agency.
“Was it because molester turned out to be Mohd Abid from Mewat, puncturing their narrative of blaming it on Hindus as aftermath of Pahalgam?” commented another student of Jamia. In the viral video, the woman who was molested had confronted the accused.
“What did you do while walking? You did nothing? He punched me on my chest. Look here now,” the 24-year-old victim was heard saying in a viral video.
According to reports, the police detained the accused, Mohammed Abid, on Sunday (27th April) evening.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the incident was not related to the Pahalgam terror attack, although such insinuations were made when the video first went viral and the name of the molester was unknown.
Interestingly, such incidents of harassment are not uncommon on campus and have occurred previously without gaining widespread attention. However, in this particular case, the narrative was swiftly hijacked and framed as yet another instance of ‘Muslim victimhood’—a tactic increasingly used to distract from the horror of the Pahalgam terror attack on communal lines and tourists were specifically targeted. Instead of addressing campus safety concerns objectively, the focus was shifted to portraying Muslims as victims, muddying the waters and diverting national discourse away from the religious profiling and massacre of Hindus in Kashmir.
Journalist Ubair ul Hameed was aghast that Kashmiri students of Jamia Millia Islamia forced him to delete his story, but allowed other media channels to relay.
He additionally claimed that the reason for the deletion of the molestation story was security concerns of Kashmiri students and not identity of the perpetrator or the fact that the perpetrator Abid is from Mewat.
With the revelation of the actual identity of the molester, the sinister attempt to blame the heinous crime had failed.
As stated earlier, a concerted effort in exaggeration is being made to demonise the Hindu community by accusing it of targeting Kashmiris and Muslims in the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack.
This ‘Muslim victimhood’ card is employed to divert public debate from the religious hate-fueled nature of the terror attack.
As reported earlier, the families of the victims had said that they were subjected to religious profiling by the terrorists. Once it was determined that the victims were Hindus, they were selectively killed. Since then, a conscious effort is being made in the media to divert the public from the religious profiling of Hindus in Pahalgam to stories of ‘Muslim victimhood.’
