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[–] xuxebiko@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Welcome to Modi's India.

[–] blunderworld@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, I used to dream of visiting India. The history and culture are fascinating.

These days, though... not sure I would make it out alive. To make matters worse, I'm Canadian. The fuck is going on over there?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Correction: Muslim intellectually challenged man.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You killed a dude for possession of a banana?

...really?

[–] ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago

No, they killed him for not being Hindu.

Are they facing consequences? Or is Modi's government promoting Hindu nationalism?

[–] Coasting0942@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago

Feel enlightened, might casually murder another human later /s

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

According to the neighbours, Ishaq was mentally challenged. “He was a simple boy who did not bring any harm to anyone,” autorickshaw driver Mohammad Saleem, who lives in the same lane, told Al Jazeera.

So a kid with down syndrome or something picked up a banana off the ground and people literally beat him to death because of it. Well, mostly because he was doung the "eating while Muslim" thing)

[–] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago
[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 4 points 1 year ago

Assaults and mob lynchings, mainly of Muslims, have been rising in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in 2014. The government denies the allegation.

Hindu nationalists are fascists. Call them what they are.

[–] avidfishingrider@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I couldn't find any other source of this news other than this website. Could someone point me to another source? This article was unclear on the date when this happened.