sedition charges against muslims | SabrangIndia News Related to Human Rights Thu, 22 Jun 2017 05:35:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://sabrangindia.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Favicon_0.png sedition charges against muslims | SabrangIndia 32 32 Celebration Becomes Sedition under BJP Rule https://sabrangindia.in/celebration-becomes-sedition-under-bjp-rule/ Thu, 22 Jun 2017 05:35:08 +0000 http://localhost/sabrangv4/2017/06/22/celebration-becomes-sedition-under-bjp-rule/ Since when did Supporting another team become an act of sedition? Image Courtesy: Rebel Politik Police has arrested 15 Muslim men for cheering for Pakistan after the ICC Championship Trophy Tournament. The men have been charged with sedition – punishable by life in prison. The hatred-driven rhetoric that filled the airwaves forces us to ask, […]

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Police has arrested 15 Muslim men for cheering for Pakistan after the ICC Championship Trophy Tournament. The men have been charged with sedition – punishable by life in prison. The hatred-driven rhetoric that filled the airwaves forces us to ask, whatever happened to sportsmanship? Have we become so blinded by propaganda surrounding India-Pakistan cricket matches that we mistake aggressive jingoism for patriotism? Or have there been other forces at work that are creating a strong emotion of enmity against our neighboring country? Is this the ‘Democratic India’ we hoped to live in, where support for another country in a cricket match makes you seditious. 

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