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Muslim Hate Is Real In WhatsApp Groups Of Housing Societies

February 23, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes

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Decode spoke to several people who said that WhatsApp groups of housing societies instilled fear and at times led them to the decision to leave their societies and move to Muslim-dominated localities. Read on!

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Inside WhatsApp Groups Of Housing Societies Where Muslim Hate Is Real

🔖 Three years ago, 38-year-old Zee (name changed) was alarmed to see hateful messages inundate her Gurugram housing society's WhatsApp groups. Fueled by a section of mainstream media's focus on Tablighi Jamaat members as COVID spreaders in 2020, these messages triggered nightmares of her home being attacked.

Zee’s experience is not isolated. Decode’s Asad Ashraf spoke to dozens of Muslims residing in cosmopolitan societies across Delhi NCR, Mumbai and other parts of India who echoed similar sentiments.

Deactivation Or Technical Fault: What Do We Know About West Bengal Aadhaar Row?

🔖 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP-led central government of deactivating Aadhaar cards in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

How has the government responded? Read Hera Rizwan’s report.

🚫 Fake News You Almost Fell For

🔍 A video showing an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tied to a tractor in the United States went viral on social media with a false claim that it is from the ongoing farmers' protest in India. Read 🔗Anmol Alphonso’s↗️ fact-check.

🔍 An image purporting to show a helpless farmer surrounded by policemen at the ongoing Delhi Chalo protest went viral. But, is it real? Find out in 🔗Hazel Gandhi’s↗️ fact-check.

🔍 A viral video of Rahul Gandhi at a rally saying an 'X-ray means caste census' was cropped and shared out of context by social media users to mock the Congress leader. 🔗Anmol Alphonso’s↗️ fact-check has the full context.

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