Humans Perpetuate a Destructive and Divisive Lie

By Sumit Paul, New Age Islam 27 June 2024 "Despite Knowing That It's Factually Incorrect, Humans Perpetuate A Destructive And Divisive Lie To Malign A Group Of People." A J Cronin, The Judas Tree, 1961 A video has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp with a claim that two Muslim restaurant owners in London were arrested for mixing human faeces in their food and serving it to non-Muslim customers. This was debunked two years ago with facts and findings. Yet, the 'students' of WhatsApp ' University ' believe that this actually happened and two Muslims restaurant owners indeed mixed excreta with food with a view to desecrating the 'faiths' of the Kafirs! Fact Check: WhatsApp Message Claims Muslims Restaurant Owners Mix Human Faeces In Food To be honest, even those who're circulating and forwarding this obnoxious post are also aware that this cannot be correct. But we're living in such divisive and communally surcharged times that anything that can sully the image of Muslims is most welcome. The doctor-novelist (Cronin was a Scottish medico who wrote exceptional novels) elsewhere wrote that, "Fallen enemies are further trampled underfoot." Since Muslims are already at the receiving end, further humiliation gives some sort of a sadistic kick to the Hindutva forces and Sanatanis who're out to declare Muslims as sub-humans. Thousands of such misleading videos and posts have been making the rounds on social media and we're taking them to be true. We don't bother to fact-check and even after checking their veracity, we continue to circulate them to vitiate the spirit of bonhomie. Videos showing Muslims spitting and urinating on food and eatables are examples of the perpetuation of such blatant lies. Needless to say, these posts are totally inauthentic and such incidents never happened. But who cares? We're all on a maligning spree. Social media adds fuel to this fire to turn it into a veritable conflagration. Got to say, certainly very dangerous and decadent times to be in. ------- A regular columnist for New Age Islam, Sumit Paul is a researcher in comparative religions, with special reference to Islam. He has contributed articles to the world's premier publications in several languages including Persian. URL: https://www.newageislam.com/spiritual-meditations/humans-perpetuate-destructive-divisive-lie/d/132583 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism