Muslim doctor arrested for posting Pro-Pakistan videos on social media
Fatehabad, Haryana, India 
13 May, 2025
Case Summary
In Haryana, Mushtaq Ahmed—also known as Dr. Taj Mohammed, an orthopaedic specialist from Fatehabad—was arrested for uploading objectionable videos supporting Pakistan and mocking Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The posts were made in the wake of Operation Sindoor, India’s retaliatory military strike against Pakistan following the Pahalgam Hindu massacre, in which Islamic terrorists backed by Pakistan executed Hindu tourists at point-blank range based on their religious identity. On May 14, days after a ceasefire was declared between India and Pakistan, Ahmed uploaded three controversial videos on Facebook. The first was a manipulated clip of PM Modi, falsely portraying him as admitting defeat to Pakistan. The second, an AI-generated clip, depicted Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif punching Modi. The third mocked Modi as an infant being bottle-fed by former US President Donald Trump. These videos sparked outrage among BJP leaders in Fatehabad, including District Vice President Jagdish Rai Sharma and Mandal President Vikas Sharma, who filed a police complaint. A case was registered under relevant sections. Initially, police delayed arresting Ahmed due to his deteriorating health, but once stable, he was taken into custody and remanded to 14 days in judicial custody. Local BJP leaders claimed this was not Ahmed’s first instance of anti-national behaviour, recalling previous occasions where he celebrated Pakistan’s victories over India. District BJP President Praveen Jodha stressed the importance of acting firmly against those promoting pro-Pakistan or anti-India sentiments, especially during a period when India is confronting terrorism with decisive action. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025, destroying nine terror camps in Pakistan in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam Hindu massacre. The Islamic terrorists backed by Pakistan targeted Hindu tourists, executed them after identifying them by their religion. Pakistan responded to India’s strike with unprovoked aggression across the LoC, including mortar shelling and drone attacks across Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Gujarat. India responded with targeted strikes, reinforcing its commitment to eradicating cross-border terrorism and protecting its sovereignty.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker un the primary category of - Hate speech against Hindus. The sub-category selected here is - Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem out of inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith, therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. This case qualifies as a hate crime against Hindus as the timing of the objectionable videos, posted shortly after the brutal Pahalgam Hindu massacre and during heightened national mourning and outrage, reflects a conscious attempt to provoke, belittle, and insult the sentiments of Hindus. By mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was seen as leading the national response to the massacre, and by glorifying Pakistan, the state supporting the Islamic terrorists behind the attack, Ahmed's actions directly attacked the Hindu community’s pain and sense of justice. Furthermore, the mocking depictions were not simply political satire; they were laced with triumphalism over the deaths of innocent Hindus and framed in a context meant to ridicule India’s collective response to Islamist terror. This conduct not only trivialised the suffering of Hindu victims but also celebrated a state and ideology responsible for their targeted killing, making it a clear example of hate speech rooted in religious hostility. Here, one could argue that posting pro-Pakistan content can be considered anti-India and pro-Pakistan, but not anti-Hindu. However, it not only shows pro-Pakistan sentiments but also anti-Hindu sentiments. It is pertinent to note that Muslim extremists harbour specific animosity towards Hindus and their faith and also view India as a Hindu collectivity. The very basis of the partition of India was that the Muslims believed that Islam was a nation unto itself, which could not survive with a Hindu collectivity like India. Further, Muslims often believe in transnational unity - or the Ummah - which is a belief that all Muslims across the world are a nation unto themselves and therefore, loyalty as far as the nation-state is concerned lies with the Muslim collectivity and not with a Hindu collectivity like India. This would also mean that the pro-Pakistan post is about hailing a Muslim collectivity and an expression of transnational loyalty and anti-Hindu sentiments. For that reason, any slogan which expresses transnational loyalty, faith in the Ummah, is automatically a slogan against Hindus and the Hindu collectivity. Thus, this case is added to the hate crime database.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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