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December 30, 2021

India: It is dangerous to ignore haridwar hate speech | Neeti Nair

 The recent assembly of so-called sadhus at Haridwar in Uttarakhand has called for the mass murder of Muslims. The videos of the vitriolic, hate speeches have now been in circulation for a few days, and have been analysed by the media in some measure. Yet, with Covid surging and election news dominating headlines, this latest avalanche of hate speech has already begun to drop off the front pages of newspapers. We neglect this new low at our peril. [ . . . ]

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/it-is-dangerous-to-ignore-haridwar-hate-speech-7697137/