An India-abusing, Pakistani ‘filmmaker’ comes up with a ‘documentary’ on disinformation in India – which is legitimized and hyped by Pakistan Jamaat’s newfound lover Mohammed Zubair.
The documentary about the ‘menace of fake news’ from India is produced by Pakistani origin US-based Shehzad Hameed Ahmad, who has worked for various Pakistani portals including the Dawn News & Capital News.
Ahmad has also produced ‘award-winning’ documentaries on India’s secular image. Not surprisingly, the Pak-origin filmmaker has never produced anything on religious freedom in Pakistan. He though, has been issuing ‘secularism’ certificates to India.
His ‘love’ for India is quite visible – from giving anti-India remarks at an event post the Leicester riots to abusing the Indian Cricket Team (ICT) to seeking separation of Kashmir from India. A few of his vocabulary gems include addressing the ICT as “pussy cat” & “loved the way “our” team “b*tt f*cked” India”
In 2022 Ahmad made a ‘documentary’ on India, supporting the blacklist of India for sliding religious freedom by Pak Jamaat-infiltrated USCIRF. And now he has decided to pontificate on fake news in India?! Talking about religious freedom, remember he hails from Pakistan?
Coming to his recent documentary: it is essentially a recycle of another US-based Paki origin propagandist Raqib Hameed Naik, whose propaganda front Hindutva Watch (HW) was being run from Pakistan. Zubair had peddled Hindutva Watch & Naik’s narrative against India consistently. To understand this whole operation, we need not look beyond AltNews founder & Raqib’s good old pal, Mohammed Zubair – most of Hindutva Watch’s data replicates Zubair’s posts. Same method– hype one-sided hate. So much for a DC-based think tank!
Following the expose, Raqib set up a new front ‘India Hate Lab’ (IHL). Both these propaganda portals are currently banned in India. So now another Pakistani propagandist has come to legitimize Naik in India through a documentary.
New show in town! After digital ban on Pak’s pet project #HindutvaWatch in India, its masters are ready with another propaganda front as their latest circus:'India Hate Lab'(IHL). Bcoz why stop at one when you can spread fake news with two? After all it takes 2 to tango!
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— OSINTवा (@OSINTWa_com) January 31, 2024
After facing a ban in India, Hindutva Watch’s alleged masters have launched another propaganda outlet called “India Hate Lab” (IHL), led by Raqib Hameed Naik, former news director of Two Circles, a known Islamist project. Raqib has ties to the Sound Vision Foundation USA (SV), led by Abdul Malik Mujahid, former head of ICNA, a US arm of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. ICNA has connections to Pakistani terror groups like LeT. Raqib’s association with TCN and SV suggests collaboration with Pakistan-backed forces aiming to destabilize India.
Md Zubair, known for fact-checking during the day and alleged propaganda peddling at night, is among the first to amplify IHL’s propaganda. Despite his claims of fact-checking, Zubair and Altnews reportedly never addressed the blatant fake news propagated by Hindutva Watch. Other domestic actors like Rana Ayyub also support Raqib and Zubair’s narratives without scrutiny.
“India Hate Lab” disguises itself as a research team but continues Hindutva Watch’s agenda under a new name. Despite criticism, figures like Zubair persist in supporting anti-India narratives, while mainstream outlets like The Hindu and its sub-editor Aaratrika defend Hindutva Watch without investigating its propaganda.
The Hindu writes to defend propaganda portal Hindutva Watch citing its an attack on FoE.
Let me show you @Aaratrika_11 why some research is important before doing a paid & useless assignment.
Before coming to the profiles, check the fake & misleading news spread by HW.
— The Hawk Eye (@thehawkeyex) January 30, 2024
To what extent Raqib & Co. are engrained with Pak Jamaat- he was first popped up by ‘Sound Vision’, a Pak Jamaat project in the US run by Abdul Malik Mujahid, a Jamaat protégé. Sound Vision’s parent organisation ICNA had the tradition of glorifying terrorists – ICNA publication had glorified terrorist Syed Salahuddin.
To what extent Raqib & Co. are engrained with Pak Jamaat- he was first popped up by ‘Sound Vision’ a Pak Jamaat project in the US run by Abdul Malik Mujahid, a Jamaat protégé. Sound Vision’s parent org ICNA had the tradition of glorifying terrorists – ICNA publication had… pic.twitter.com/nEoALb51hS
— OSINTवा (@OSINTWa_com) April 18, 2024
Ahmads and Naiks are the next-generation foot soldiers from the Pak-Jamaat stable, and instead of terror, now they are waging info-war against India. However, what an Indian influencer gains from the Pak Jamaat narrative is still unclear. And this is not the first time.
Earlier, Zubair tried to legitimize another Jamaat front IAMC, calling it a ‘US-based Civil Society’ group. All his expertise in digital forensics disappears when it comes to digging into the background of Pakistani Jamaat fronts?!
Given long enough time everyone reveals their true color. Zubair is no exception. For this closeted #Islamist, Pak-supported radical Islamist fronts are ‘civil rights' orgs!
Here's an expose of (repeatedly exposed) ‘72/2 civil organizations’ of @zoo_bear led by @IAMC!
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— OSINTवा (@OSINTWa_com) August 5, 2023
Zubair had also legitimized Hindutva Watch and Raqib Naik – despite both of them being repeatedly exposed for peddling fake news and unsubstantiated data. It seems Zubair has decided to be a martyr for the cause, in the tradition of Jamaat-e-Islami.
This article is based on an X thread by OSINTWa.
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