In India, fake and dubious videos have proliferated showing Muslims licking fruit for sale and violating lockdown rules.
Gayur Hassan's Hindu neighbours came at night, throwing stones at his family's home in a northern Indian village and setting his workshop on fire. All because his son"liked" a social media post.
"We lived like a family and religion was never an issue here," the welder said. But now there is"an atmosphere of fear and hate everywhere". Fake and dubious videos have proliferated showing Muslims licking fruit for sale and violating lockdown rules. Newspapers and television channels -- as well as the government -- have also been accused of stirring tensions, with alarmist anchors calling Tabligi Jamaat members"human bombs".As the misinformation has exploded, so too has real-world violence and anger against Muslims.
India's 200 million Muslims have long complained of growing hostility under Modi, who came to power almost six years ago.
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