Just a few days after FIR on the fact-checking journalist Mohammed Zubair, Ajmer police had arrested Wajid Khan, another vocal Muslim, on 10 October, 2024. The police accused Wajid of allegedly posting disturbing content on social media portal ‘X’ (previously Twitter) and ‘ruining the communal harmony’ after receiving a complaint from a local social media user. According to the reports, he has been arrested by Ganel police station and the mobile phone of the social media activist has been seized. The department is now also trying to ‘identify’ those who liked his post.
In response, the Twitter users, followers and woke people from minority communities have soon come-up with a blazing support, resulting in #IStandWithWajidKhan trend on ‘X’.
In the wake of the communal hate, minority communities are describing the incident as ‘an attack on the right to expression and religious freedom’ and ‘a case of Islamophobia’ where anyone with Muslim identity can be targeted on the basis of their names, beliefs and thoughts.
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