Umar Khalid: the forgotten student hero of India
In Modi's India, there is no justice but only Hindutva that weaponizes religion to get to power. Unfathomed hatred of and intolerance of anything Muslim is a fair game. Muslims are singled out in a crowd of protesters; they are arrested and lynched. This is Modi's India: a very hateful place where Muslim lives don't matter. They are denied justice. See the info below on Umar Khalid, the JNU student who led student protests against hate in 2020. - HS == Who is Umar Khalid? Umar Khalid is an Indian human rights activist, researcher, and former PhD scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. He first gained national prominence in 2016 as a student leader advocating for minority rights, social justice, and constitutional values. In 2017, he co-founded the civil rights group United Against Hate to combat growing systemic violence and discrimination against marginalized communities in India. By late 2019, Khalid had become one of the most visible faces of th...