Following a brutal attack by militants on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing more than 25 people, Hindutva groups and social media accounts have started sharing anti-Kashmir and anti-Muslim rhetoric.
From calls for genocide of Muslims to economic boycotts in Kashmir, X spaces and pages have been conducting discussions advocating for the “massacre of Muslims.”
Statements like “Cut their hands and hang their bodies in Lal Chowk,” along with Islamophobic slurs, were used in the space titled “Islamist Terrorist Attack in Pahalgam Kashmir #BoycottKashmir” by social media pages such as Shivani Vaid, Neeraj Singh Dogra, and Blood & Iron.
Most of these pages have massive followings and used the space to make statements like, “Every Kashmiri was involved in this massacre. Every Kashmiri did this.”
People who conducted X Spaces also called for the massacre of Kashmiris, with references made to The Kashmir Files. Misinformation and fake news were also spread.
Various Islamophobic slurs were used in the discussions.
“Why are Rohingyas and Bangladeshis settled in Jammu?” one speaker said.
“Hum bhi pant utaar kar dekhenge aur marenge.” (We will also take down their pants and kill them.)
“This is India’s October 7,” said another speaker.
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