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Islamophobia

Media war & geopolitics

On the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly meeting, Turkish President Recep Erdogan, Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir and the ever-enthusiastic Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to start a joint-television channel, ostensibly to fight international 'Islamophobia'. The apparent purpose was to educate, clarify and end prejudices against Islam. The Saudis could never tolerate yet another Al Jazeera in its midst, that too purportedly positioning itself as the real voice of Islam, thereby threatening its hegemony over the narrative.

Malaise stalks Lanka

Islamophobia is deployed in the politics of Sri Lanka to put the Muslims in place. Addressing a public meeting in Mullaitivu on 9 June, the last bastion of the LTTE where it was vanquished by the Sri Lankan Army with the support of India, Sirisena urged the people not to leave any room for a ‘Muslim Prabhakaran‘ to be born.