Kamala Harris has two cards. And she plays them all the time.


	During her failed presidential campaign, she repeatedly accused opponents, include Biden, and voters who didn't support her,&nbsp;of racism and sexism.


	Embracing the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and restoring the abortion question to the states, Kamala is playing the same old tune. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/02/politics/kamala-harris-essence-festival/index.html">Only worse</a>.

<blockquote>
	
		Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday drew a connection between&nbsp;the Supreme Court&nbsp;overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling to the legacy of the US government “trying to claim ownership over human bodies” during an appearance at the Essence Festival in New Orleans.
</blockquote>


	Comparing abortion laws to slavery at a black event is really something even for Kamala.


	There's room to make the comparison largely because in both cases the government, in response to vocal lobbying from interested groups, decided that a certain group of human beings had no rights and could be harmed with no recourse.


	The legal analogy between babies and slaves is fairly obvious.


	Kamala however is trying to argue that limiting the right of people to kill their babies is the government&nbsp;“trying to claim ownership over human bodies”.


	Mind you, this is coming from the same administration that decided to&nbsp;“claim ownership over human bodies” by demanding that millions of people take a vaccine.

Kamala Harris Compares Abortion Rules to Slavery

Kamala Harris has two cards. And she plays them all the time.


	During her failed presidential campaign, she repeatedly accused opponents, include Biden,

Kamala Harris Compares Abortion Rules to Slavery

Mask mania is back just in time for beach weather. Grab your swimsuit and your N95. Or at least if the CDC<a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-07-01/cdc-recommends-a-third-of-americans-wear-masks-ahead-of-holiday-weekend"> has its way</a>.

<blockquote>
	
		The percentage of Americans who should be wearing a mask indoors in public spaces or considering the measure is increasing as the country heads into the holiday weekend.

	
		According to&nbsp;data&nbsp;from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 33% of Americans should be masking while indoors and an additional 36% should be considering the measure based on their risk for severe&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;as of Thursday.
</blockquote>


	We are talking about millions of people.&nbsp;


	The CDC's hit list includes Alameda, Monterey and San Francisco County. Along with much of Oregon. San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange County are up to medium level and potentially next on the mask parade.


	That covers a bunch of major population centers on the west coast.


	6 Washington counties are on the list. And <a href="https://www.wtvr.com/news/coronavirus/cdc-covid-community-levels-june-23-2022-where-masks-are-recommended-virginia">17 Virginia counties</a>.

<blockquote>
	
		Seventeen localities in Virginia rank as high where masking indoors is recommended by the CDC. That includes Colonial Heights, Dinwiddie, Henrico, Hopewell and Petersburg.

	
		Sixty-three localities in the Commonwealth now rank as medium, including much of Central Virginia.
</blockquote>


	And a nice<a href="https://www.wboy.com/news/health/coronavirus/cdc-recommends-more-north-central-wv-counties-mask/"> chunk of West Virginia</a>.

<blockquote>
	
		&nbsp;The CDC updated its mask recommendations this week to include more north central West Virginia counties.

	
		Last week, the CDC recommended residents of 13 West Virginia counties wear masks. This week, it’s recommending residents of 16 counties do so:
</blockquote>


	The question is will anyone care?


	Most of the goodwill has been exhausted and people have been happy to get back to normal. That's a majority. But vocal minorities are happy to bring back the mask culture wars. And all the ugliness and virtue signaling that comes with it.&nbsp;

CDC Tells Millions of Americans to Mask Again. Will Anyone Listen?

Mask mania is back just in time for beach weather. Grab your swimsuit and your N95. Or at least if the CDC has its way.


	
		The percentage of Americans

CDC Tells Millions of Americans to Mask Again. Will Anyone Listen?

The official story is that Hunter Biden may have been smoking crack and soliciting half the world's oligarchs, including those in Communist China, but there was no government angle to it.


	Somehow all that money was being thrown at a crackhead due to his native talents, not who his father was.


	The 'firewall' between Hunter and Joe Biden has been repeatedly dented by revelations from the laptop.


	And these latest revelations show that Hunter was<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/02/hunter-bidens-laptop-had-contacts-for-google-execs-us-officials-for-china-policy/"> actively collecting</a> the information of key US officials in a position to aid his Chinese business interests.

<blockquote>
	
		Hunter Biden’s hard drive contained an enviable lineup of contacts for top US officials tasked with overseeing the US-China relationship...
</blockquote>


	The list apparently included...

<blockquote>
	
		Bruce Quinn — who is listed in the hard drive as a “Director for Implementation” at the US Trade Representative office of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan — said he had no idea why he would be among the names in the hard drive.

	
		“I have never met him. I can’t even imagine,” Quinn told The Post. “Back then I used to go to all kinds of conferences and seminars. There is no doubt he could have attended one of the events with me.”

	
		All of the others named as US-China contacts in Hunter’s address book either declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment from The Post. They include:

	
		Thomas Parker, a special advisor to the vice president for national security affairs

	
		Sarah E. Kemp, who served as a commercial counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing

	
		Patrick Mulloy, former commissioner&nbsp;of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
</blockquote>


	If you're going to do business in China, these would be good people to know. But they would also be very good people to know if you're a Chinese company that wants to do business with America or with Americans. And these people would be a whole lot more likely to pay attention to the Veep's son than to some random lawyer.


	&nbsp;

Hunter Biden's Laptop Had Contact Info for US Officials Involved in China Policy

The official story is that Hunter Biden may have been smoking crack and soliciting half the world's oligarchs, including those in Communist China, but there

Hunter Biden's Laptop Had Contact Info for US Officials Involved in China Policy

Insurrection.


	I've said it before, let me say it again, if a judge in any apolitical case were being targeted at his or her home with angry protests and death threats, those responsible would very quickly be in prison and the protests would be shut down by a heavy law enforcement presence.&nbsp;


	This is happening because the Biden administration and its allies, which include Gov. Hogan, refuse to enforce the law.


	At this point we're far past a discussion in "right-wing media". The Supreme Court has directly requested and been turned down by, among others, Gov. Hogan, who <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-asks-maryland-officials-stop-picketing-justices-houses-rcna36460">keeps prattling about</a> "political norms".

<blockquote>
	
		Gail Curley, the&nbsp;Supreme Court’s marshal, has written to the governors of Maryland and Virginia and local officials in suburban Washington, D.C., asking them to enforce state and county laws that prohibit picketing at&nbsp;private homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;

	
		In the letter to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, she said laws in his state prohibits assembling “with another in a manner that disrupts a person’s right to tranquility in the person’s home,” and provides a penalty of up to 90 days in jail.&nbsp;
</blockquote>


	A "Republican".

<blockquote>
	
		“Since then, protest activity at justices’ homes, as well as threatening activity, has only increased,” Curley said in the letter, with large groups using bullhorns and banging drums.&nbsp;“This is exactly the kind of conduct that Maryland and Montgomery County laws prohibit.”
</blockquote>


	And if right-wing protesters were doing this at Kagan and Sotomayor's homes, there would be action.&nbsp;

<blockquote>
	
		In a letter to Marc Elrich, the executive of Montgomery County, Curley said a separate county law prohibits picketing “in front of or adjacent to any private residence.”&nbsp;She noted that the author of the county ordinance has urged county officials to enforce the law against protesters who gather outside the justices’ homes.

	
		Both letters to the Maryland officials were dated&nbsp;Friday.&nbsp;The marshal also sent letters Saturday to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, and Jeffrey McKay, chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Northern Virginia, where other justices' live, asking for enforcement of a similar Virginia law.
</blockquote>


	Virginia may or may not enforce the laws on a state level, Gov Hogan and Elrich have made it clear that they won't.

<blockquote>
	
		The response from Maryland officials was lukewarm.&nbsp;In a statement on Saturday, Hogan’s office said the Maryland Attorney General's office has questioned the constitutionality of the state’s anti-picketing law, and noted that the Justice Department has declined to enforce federal laws that would stop the demonstrations.

	
		“In light of the continued refusal by multiple federal entities to act, the governor has directed Maryland state police to further review enforcement options that respect the First Amendment and the Constitution,” said Michael Ricci, Hogan's communications director.
</blockquote>


	The Federal entities in question are under the control of the Biden administration which supports active intimidation of justices. But that has nothing to do with Hogan's refusal to do so.


	The First Amendment does not protect harassing people in their homes. It certainly does not protect intimidating judges in their homes.


	There are laws on the books here. State and local officials are deliberately refusing to enforce them because they support the intimidation.&nbsp;

Gov. Hogan, Officials, Refuse to Enforce Laws to Stop Supreme Court Harassment

Insurrection.


	I've said it before, let me say it again, if a judge in any apolitical case were being targeted at his or her home with angry protests and

Gov. Hogan, Officials, Refuse to Enforce Laws to Stop Supreme Court Harassment

And meanwhile AG Garland and the rest of the Biden administration are actively abetting this leftist insurrection and campaign of<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/the-colony-man-arrested-terroristic-threat-against-supreme-court/"> political terro</a>r.

<blockquote>
	
		&nbsp;20-year-old man from The Colony has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats against the Supreme Court.

	
		Mikeal Deshawn Archambault tweeted he was going to kill the justices after their decision in the Dobbs case overturning Roe v. Wade last week.

	
		The tweet, since deleted, said: "I'm finna [sic] everyone in the SUPREME COURT with my ak47."
</blockquote>


	Just business as usual.&nbsp;


	These are countless numbers of these and users have repeatedly documented Twitter refusing to even remove them. You can see <a href="https://foxmetronews.com/news/uncle-clarence-twitter-allows-racial-slurs-death-threats-against-scotus-to-fly-hot-and-heavy/">some of them</a> still up.


	&nbsp;


	&nbsp;

Another Day, Another Arrest for Threatening to Kill Supreme Court Justices

And meanwhile AG Garland and the rest of the Biden administration are actively abetting this leftist insurrection and campaign of political terror.

Another Day, Another Arrest for Threatening to Kill Supreme Court Justices

India has been thrust into a diplomatic firefight with Islamic nations due to a controversy ignited by BJP spokespersons’ remarks on the Muslim prophet Muhammad. The furor began after two spokespersons of the ruling party, the BJP, made derogatory references to Islam and Muhammad, forcing New Delhi into urgently trying to appease neighborhood Islamic nations and hardline Islamists that demanded nothing less than punishment for both, particularly whom they deemed to be the serial offender, one Nupur Sharma. The fact that it was a Hindu woman insulting Islam must have come as particularly galling. Responding to blatantly offensive and Hindu-phobic insults against a Hindu deity during a television debate on the flagship Times Now television channel, Sharma made the cardinal mistake of rebutting said insult by referring to the deemed inappropriateness of the Muslim prophet’s relationship with six-year-old Aisha.


	Predictably, on Sunday, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait summoned India’s Ambassadors and expressed their strong protest and condemnation of the allegedly controversial remarks. On Monday, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the Maldives, the UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman and Afghanistan had also joined in. As&nbsp;Indian Express&nbsp;reported, “the BJP suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled Delhi media head Naveen Kumar and amid protests by Muslim groups, the party also issued a statement aimed at assuaging the concerns of minorities and distancing itself from these members.”


	Trying desperately not to upset the minority clique in the largest democracy in the world, and to retain cordial relationships with bullying Islamic satraps, BJP’s general secretary Arun Singh&nbsp;in a statement&nbsp;said, “BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion.” The Indian Embassy in Doha and Kuwait subsequently issued statements clarifying that the comments “did not reflect the views of the Government of India”, and called those posting offensive tweets, as “fringe elements”, reported&nbsp;The Hindu. The report added that “an official dinner in honor of the visiting Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to be held by the Deputy Emir of Qatar Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was also canceled on Sunday evening.”


	The Indian Embassy, meanwhile, issued a statement that: “In line with our civilizational heritage and strong cultural traditions of unity in diversity, Government of India accords the highest respect to all religions,” read the statement, adding that “Strong action has already been taken against those who made the derogatory remarks.” New Delhi, however,&nbsp;slammed the statement&nbsp;made by the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), calling it “motivated, misleading and mischievous”.


	Meanwhile, Nupur Sharma, the BJP’s suspended spokesperson, received threats of&nbsp;murder and rape&nbsp;and has seen her effigy hanging in parts of India, particularly Karnataka and despite being given police protection has had to plead with her critics that her home address not be disseminated across social media. Islamists are not requesting a prison sentence, or a harsh word or two against her, but her beheading.


	While stone pelting, arson, rioting and looting predictably followed Friday prayers in India, Al Qaeda’s Indian subcontinent unit (AQIS) quietly threatened to carry out&nbsp;suicide attacks&nbsp;across India, such was the apparent insult of exercising freedom of speech in 2022. Amid this firestorm, Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held apparently ‘urgent’ talks with external affairs minister S. Jaishankar in Delhi on his first official visit on Wednesday and met prime minister Narendra Modi the day after.


	This is remarkable not least because in a liberal, secular society such as India, as compared to the Islamist nations that are criticizing it, her citizens must not allow religious bigotry and mob rule to override freedom of expression, which is what Ms. Sharma was exercising, no matter how ‘offensive’ the content a Muslim might find said content to be.&nbsp;


	Interestingly, the Left in India as well as professed lovers of freedom of speech around the world have remained mute in light of Islamist bullying, choosing to remain silent while two government employees are in fear of their life for daring to utter words. For them the fact that Islam was so blatantly insulted is more of a crime than the myriad of death threats hurled toward both politicians.&nbsp;


	That silence is motivated by fear – not only fear of reprisals, such as succumbing to the street violence that has already gripped India, but also fear of being labelled an ‘Islamophobe’ or a ‘racist’ or a ‘Hindu fascist’ for daring to challenge those who protest against any critique or rebuke of Islamist doctrine. India does not possess a blasphemy law, but liberal cowardice has ensured that its threat is no longer illusory, it remains a second-tier legal system within a country where the majority is non-Muslim. &nbsp;


	Despite an allegedly ‘right-wing’ and ‘nationalist’ and ‘populist’ government at the helm through Modi’s governing BJP who allegedly crushing Muslims underfoot since 2014, Indian society still readily gives in to the censorious demands of Islamist hardliners and extremist fringes that are not willing to accept a formal apology from either spokesperson but wish to take matters into the arena of lynching and physical violence. From India to Israel the consequence for criticizing Islam is the same.&nbsp;


	This year will mark the 75th year of India’s partition after booting out the colonial forces of the British Empire, and much like the United States, no one in India has the right to dictate what other people can think, say, critique or analyze. Whether it is discussing foreign policy, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana, the Koran, alleged hate speech or alleged blasphemy, the dignity and absolute sanctity of free expression must be preserved, respected and fought for. That is what separates modern, enlightened societies from those lorded over by barbarians.

India Cowers Under Islamist Threats, Again

India has been thrust into a diplomatic firefight with Islamic nations due to a controversy ignited by BJP spokespersons’ remarks on the Muslim prophet

Just recently, a British-Pakistani gunman identified as Muhammad Siddiqui entered a Colleyville, Texas synagogue and held the rabbi and two congregants hostage until they managed to escape -- and the gunman was shot down. We now know that Siddiqui's demand was targeted around the release of an imprisoned Pakistani terrorist, one Aafia Siddiqui.&nbsp;


	It has long been known, in India at least, but seemingly not acknowledged internationally, that terrorism is&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.opindia.com%252F2019%252F01%252Fdoes-pakistan-even-have-a-counter-terrorism-narrative%252F%26data%3D04%257C01%257C%257C7ce8e02630774e4487b408d9dd02771a%257C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%257C1%257C0%257C637783824916728043%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%26sdata%3DzAgJWqcpqzof8k7GntrRaCWZcpRKZUGK8uXbN7qAxZY%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642945129407000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Nq3lslTvUHINqBnGpLBFM" href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opindia.com%2F2019%2F01%2Fdoes-pakistan-even-have-a-counter-terrorism-narrative%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C7ce8e02630774e4487b408d9dd02771a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637783824916728043%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=zAgJWqcpqzof8k7GntrRaCWZcpRKZUGK8uXbN7qAxZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Protected by Outlook: https://www.opindia.com/2019/01/does-pakistan-even-have-a-counter-terrorism-narrative/. Click or tap to follow the link.">deep-rooted within Pakistan</a>&nbsp;and Siddiqui’s sole focus on Aafia Siddiqui makes abundantly clear what his motive was. The U.S. has danced with this particular devil on far too many occasions, and such a dance has previously involved Aafia who, contrary to Pakistan’s protestations, is no Joan of Arc.&nbsp;


	In July 2008, U.S. forces in Afghanistan&nbsp;<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.justice.gov%252Farchive%252Fopa%252Fpr%252F2008%252FAugust%252F08-nsd-687.html%26data%3D04%257C01%257C%257C7ce8e02630774e4487b408d9dd02771a%257C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%257C1%257C0%257C637783824916728043%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%253D%257C3000%26sdata%3Dzm4BmZ8siezemVnAiVRbAI1k8vPajgx4NknzEmO1xRY%253D%26reserved%3D0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642945129407000&amp;usg=AOvVaw29TpIeNGiPo5R1sWX5VY7p" href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.justice.gov%2Farchive%2Fopa%2Fpr%2F2008%2FAugust%2F08-nsd-687.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7C7ce8e02630774e4487b408d9dd02771a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637783824916728043%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=zm4BmZ8siezemVnAiVRbAI1k8vPajgx4NknzEmO1xRY%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="Protected by Outlook: https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2008/August/08-nsd-687.html. Click or tap to follow the link.">arrested Aafia Siddiqui</a>—a Pakistani national who was a U.S.-educated neuroscientist and wife of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad’s nephew—on charges of terrorism. During her interrogation she allegedly grabbed an unattended rifle and was wounded in the process; this led to subsequent extradition to New York, where she was sentenced to eighty-six years in prison.&nbsp;


	Rather than take her terroristic tendencies at obvious face value and condemn her to deserved imprisonment, Pakistan instead took it upon itself to deify her, citing her case as one emblematic of chronic injustice. Pakistan’s president, prime minister, and foreign minister all brought up her case with their American counterparts, and the Pakistani senate called on the United States to release her.


	"Lady al-Qaeda" -- as she became known -- did not trouble the front pages of many newspapers in the U.S., but her arrest did kick into gear widespread anti-American demonstrations, which even audaciously demanded that Pakistani authorities suspend the delivery of supplies for the war effort in Afghanistan. Pakistan was not content to stand idly by while a terrorist was incarcerated -- instead it ensured that her case consistently occupied headlines in media houses.&nbsp;&nbsp;


	While groups like al Qaeda or the Islamic State are populated with citizens of other countries whose governments condemn them unequivocally, the bizarre deification of Aafia Siddiqui merited a quite different response from Pakistani officials who continued to fall over themselves to revel in her supposed victimhood, justify her behavior and actions, and continue to argue that she was a victim of western imperialism and injustice. While many in Pakistani streets continue to condemn her incarceration, it is certainly perturbing to know that such adulation has made its way to Blackburn in the North of England where Siddiqui's ideological "brother" felt compelled to do something about it.&nbsp;


	Pakistan has developed a Teflon-like ability to shield itself from international condemnation, whether it involved its embrace of Aafia or even in continuing to let those responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks—terrorist attacks which killed international citizens—to roam free. Pakistan’s intelligence service knowingly provided al Qaeda leader Usama Bin Laden with safe-haven and protection. And while the Biden administration pensively debates the consequences of the Taliban rampage through Afghanistan as if the Taliban are distributing baklava sweets, the reality is that the Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan last summer was in true essence a Pakistani invasion.&nbsp;


	The Colleyville hostage situation should be a wakeup call to the world -- and especially to the United States and the United Kingdom. Joe Biden and Boris Johnson should follow the lead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and decipher with crystal clarity that Aafia and Muhammad Siddiqui are not anomalies, but tried-and-tested products of Pakistan’s state policies.&nbsp;


	The time has come for those world leaders to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism.&nbsp;


	Saurav Dutt is a TIME and Esquire featured author and political analyst. He can be found at @sd_saurav on Twitter.&nbsp;

Pakistan and Terror in Texas

Just recently, a British-Pakistani gunman identified as Muhammad Siddiqui entered a Colleyville, Texas synagogue and held the rabbi and two congregants hostage

Leftist celebrities are not often gifted with the deepest of insights. Oftentimes they propagate secular views to reinforce the leftist, holier-than-thou image that they feel is fashionable and separates them from what they condescendingly view as the "underclass". This is particularly prevalent in the US where causes such as "Islamophobia" are zealously adopted to appear sincere, humane and in lockstep with the kinder, gentler folk among the populace. 
	 
	Bollywood, the world's biggest film industry, is not immune to such pandering to lofty aims. Certain actors within it conveniently parrot orthodoxies that completely skew historical fact within the prism of their own deluded minds. The latest comment by a major actor there was that the Mughal invaders of India did not really perpetrate atrocities against the native population, that they weren't tyrants, that they gifted their captured subjects with dancing, music, painting and that they could even be classed as refugees. <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/naseeruddin-shah-says-mughals-were-refugees-gets-trolled-1893969-2021-12-30">This comment by the actor has drawn worldwide derision</a>, particularly in India. 
	 
	The actor offering this disturbing revision of history is Naseeruddin Shah -- who is well known in Bollywood films for over forty years and has occasionally popped up in Western movies here and there. He's starred in movies with Maggie Gylenhaal, Stellan Skarsgård, and even the legendary Sean Connery. He belongs to that veteran pantheon of Bollywood actors who, like a De Niro or Robert Redford, think that they know more than the humble folk simply because they're wealthier and move in circles of lobbyists and elite parties that give them the space to spout off on history, culture and politics.


	Shah's latest crude revision of history is in tune with that of many celebrities, especially in India, who believe that the Mughal invaders were benevolent, cultured, kind, and actually were in need of assistance and refuge in an unwashed, uneducated India that needed them. <a href="https://twitter.com/Priyanshi135/status/1476405750352302088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1476405750352302088%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Fmovies%2Fcelebrities%2Fstory%2Fnaseeruddin-shah-says-mughals-were-refugees-gets-trolled-1893969-2021-12-30">A clip of Naseeruddin Shah’s interview with one Karan Thapar</a> is now going viral on the internet. In the 33-seconds long clip, Shah expresses dismay and anguish over people constantly belittling Islamic rule in India as a bad thing.


	He describes the Mughals' atrocities as ‘so-called atrocities’ and makes it clear he doesn’t even believe that the Mughals were tyrants. Shah is of the opinion that Mughals consolidated India with their ‘contribution’. He cites Mughals’ dancing, music, painting, and literature as evidence of all the wonderful things they brought to India and that they were actually hard done by because they left their original Arabian homelands to make new homes in a foreign land. As if invasion by loot, plunder, rape, extortion, bribery, slaughter, and bloodshed was an inconvenience to them in claiming asylum. The full statement of Shah reads,

<blockquote>
	<div>
		The so-called atrocities of the Mughals are being highlighted all the time. We forget that Mughals are people who have contributed immensely to the country.&nbsp; They are people who have left lasting monuments in the country…who have left traditions of dancing, music, painting, and literature. Mughals came here to make this their homeland. You can call them refugees if you like.</div>
</blockquote>


	Only within the vapid, empty-headed environments of Hollywood and Bollywood could celebrities spout such erroneous revisionist claptrap. It is a well-established fact that Mughals were raiders who survived on looting territories. Their whole existence was based on genocides of the local population of the area they raided. They murdered Hindus if they refused to convert to Islam, leaving those behind to pay a heavy Jizya tax simply to survive. Their last known tyrant, Aurangzeb, is particularly infamous for this. Refugees are those who are stateless, not those whose hobbies revolve around invading other countries and their cultures.


	Indeed, the Indian historian Professor K.S. Lal estimates that the Hindu population in India decreased by 80 million between 1000 AD and 1525 AD, an extermination that is simply unparalleled in world history. This slaughter occurred over regular periods during many centuries of Arab, Afghan, Turkish and Mughal rule in India. Given how the modern world, including India, continues to face threats from organizations and groups of terrorists such as ISIS, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda, it is remarkable that rich celebrities can so conveniently whitewash an Islamic ideology similar to that of the perpetrators of the holocaust in India.


	Shah, and celebrities like him, should always have their ignorant opinions challenged. They exist in a world populated by woke pressure groups and leftist think tanks that constantly seek to revise history, and given the huge platforms they are privileged to possess, they have a responsibility not to skewer the truth. As long as populaces arm themselves with knowledge and an understanding of real history, then the fantasy worldview of these celebrities will have no power to indoctrinate others. 
	 
	Saurav Dutt is a TIME magazine featured author and political analyst. His commentary has been featured on Republic TV and The Festival of Bharat series, as well as CNN, Newsweek, VICE and Esquire.

Were Mughal Islamic Invaders of India like 'Refugees'?

Leftist celebrities are not often gifted with the deepest of insights. Oftentimes they propagate secular views to reinforce the leftist, holier-than-thou image

<div>
	
		Islamophobia is seemingly more important than Hinduphobia and will be explicitly used to shut down any attempt from India and Hindus to combat it, at least according to the Combating International Islamophobia Act.

	
		This overreaching piece of legislative propaganda passed 219 to 212 votes on a party-line earlier this week in the United States, co-sponsored by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu).

	
		The bill calls upon the president to appoint a ‘special envoy’ to fight ‘Islamophobia’, heading up a State department to monitor this apparent scourge. It is ostensibly created to fight efforts to ‘promote racial hatred’ against Muslims, conveniently sidestepping the logical fact that Islam is not a race and there are Muslims among people of all races.

	
		It is yet another example of special treatment for Muslims and Islam itself, with the office now being created to record instances of Islamophobia, including violence against and harassment of Muslims and vandalism of their mosques, schools and cemeteries WORLDWIDE. Isn’t that quite something?

	
		The office will not be localized to dealing with acts of perceived hatred against Muslims in just the US but also worldwide, including India which is clearly a target of the bill. The narrative this feeds into is that Muslims are unique, unique victims of persecution around the world, and one of the main proponents of this persecution is India, particular Narendra Modi, the RSS, the BJP, all its supporters and Hindus who cannot critique the forces, rationale and political groupthink that underpins Islamist sponsored atrocities when they occur just because the likes of Omar do not agree with them.

	
		It is troubling indeed that the State Department isn’t as worried about violence against and harassment of Jews, Christians, and Hindus and the vandalism of their religious institutions, even though the US and the United Kingdom, for example have recently seen acts of&nbsp; desecration to Hindu temples as well as abuse of Hindus in student campuses at major universities.&nbsp;

	
		It is clear that those who continue to frame Islam and Muslims as the most targeted group, race, and religion in the world do not afford the same importance towards other religions, as if their persecution is not&nbsp;as deserving.

	
		Even more troubling is that this new office would target “propaganda efforts by state and non-state media to ‘promote racial hatred or incite acts of violence against Muslim people’.

	
		But if Islam is not a race, then how can ‘racial hatred’ against Muslim people be actualized? What this really refers to is the subjective perception of such hatred, as well as any attempt to combat it by think-tank, NGO, lobby group, media house, or commentariat; and if any of those parties just happen to be aligned to the BJP, Modi, the RSS, or any left of center Indian media house, then woe betide the consequences that lay in store for them, even if their reporting of Jihad activity and, you know,&nbsp;real&nbsp;terrorism inspired by Islamic tenets, falls within honest analysis of the motivating ideology behind it.

	
		So if India, Modi, any proud Hindu narrative dissents or critiques Islamic terrorism, it will now be&nbsp;directly in the firing line of this bill, the better to silence it completely. Since the definition of Islamophobia has not been specified n the bill-quite deliberately-Omar and apologists for Hinduphobia and overreaching Islamism are opening the doors for the propagation of antisemitism, hatred of Western civilizational values, and rampant Hinduphobia under the guise of protecting Islam.

	
		India will now certainly be a target as Democrats and left leaning Modi haters have long taken the view that Modi and the BJP despise Muslims and want to erode their rights and existence to promote a ‘Hindu Rashtra’.

	
		Islamophobia has always really been about hurt feelings, victimhood, and this bill aims to explicitly appease the feelings of those who no longer wish the harsher aspects of Islam to be critiqued; giving them free reign to wield antisemitic, anti-American, and certainly anti-India and anti-Hindu views.

	
		Omar has shown that playing the victim card is the easiest way to shift the focus of public debate&nbsp; in favor of Islamists, a careful strategy to slowly shut down criticism of Islam, its political configurations, and the views of its proponents. In doing so they will be able more easily attack India and Hindus who they feel are its key enemies.

	
		It is a dark day indeed for democracy and free speech especially if you are an Indian and a Hindu.

	
		Saurav Dutt is a TIME magazine featured author and political analyst. His commentary has been featured on Republic TV and The Festival of Bharat series, as well as CNN, Newsweek, VICE and Esquire.
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