By Mehboob Ali
Over the past few years, hate speech targeting Muslims has become rampant on social media platforms including on X, formerly Twitter. The recent hate campaign, fuelled by the Hindu right wing against Muslims, is in the context of the alleged paper leak in the recent NEET-UG examination, titled ‘NEET jihad’.
Several right-wing trolls on social media allege ‘NEET jihad’ in the state of Kerala and accuse Muslims of being beneficiaries of the alleged paper leak.
An image of a newspaper advertisement shared by several right-wing trolls is going viral on social media. With most individuals featured in the advertisement appearing to be Muslims, the captions claim that Muslims orchestrated the paper leak in the NEET-UG exam.
The particular advertisement featured students of Universal Institute, an entrance coaching centre based in the Malappuram district of Kerala. The institute was established in the 2000s to provide professional NEET and other competitive entrance exam coaching to the students of the socially and economically backward Malabar region.
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