Mere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam hai Al Jazeera??

Mere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam hai Al Jazeera?? Every patriot Indian wants to recreate the iconic scene of the movie ‘Laawarish’ directed by Prakash Mehra, imagining themselves as Amitabh Bachchan questioning Al Jazeera, cast in Ranjeet’s role, with the famous line, “Mere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai?” Al Jazeera, the private-media conglomerate funded by the Government of Qatar, known for spreading Islamist propaganda resembles the form of an Invasive fish species found in North America who tries to intrude into the natural habitat of Native fish and aggressively competes for food. Similarly, Al Jazeera frequently attempts to involve itself in the internal matters of other countries.

Not only does it interfere in these affairs, but it also often promotes a misleading narrative, presenting a distorted picture of events within those nations.Not tough to understand the motive of the Qatar funded media behind this, the vested socio-politico interests of Al Jazzera and its masters are quite clear. Al Jazeera since long has tried to present a distorted picture of India’s affairs. It has tried to portray India as some kind of an authoritarian regime running the country where the rights of the minorities are being crumbled upon.

For the second day in a row, on 8th November, tensions flared in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, with a brawl breaking out among opposing legislators over the introduction of a resolution to reinstall Article 370 and 35A in Jammu & Kashmir. BJP members raised slogans of “Bharat Mata ki Jai” after a PDP MLA from Kupwara displayed a banner supporting Article 370’s reinstatement, intensifying the clash in the Assembly. The session featured intense shouting, physical altercations, and a BJP walkout after several of its members jumped into the well of the house and were eventually escorted out. Similar clashes erupted on 7th November after Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh, brother of Engineer Rashid, held up a banner calling for the restoration of Article 370. The thread of the clashes at Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly began on November 6 after PDP MLA Waheed Para moved a resolution to reinstall the special status of the Union Territory.

If we look closely at the reporting of Al Jazeera, the media tries to make use of words that present the Indian state as the aggressor in Kashmir. Regarding the scuffle it reported ‘Indian-administered Kashmir lawmakers were forcibly ejected from parliament after scuffles broke out during a heated session where Bharatiya Janata Party legislators protested a resolution calling for the restoration of partial autonomy to the region.’ One must note the usage of the word ‘Indian-Administered Kashmir’ and ‘Parliament’ and ‘autonomy’.

Kashmir has always been the integral part of India. Kashmir once a princely state signed the Instrument of Accession to merge with India. It is Pakistan who illegally occupied part of Kashmir (POK). Al Jazeera must remember that only Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir exists and there is no such entity as Indian Administered Kashmir and by using the terminology of ‘Indian Administrative Kashmir’,Al Jazeera is clearly catering to the agenda of the terrorist state.

Also there is no ‘Parliament’ in Kashmir that exists but the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. There is only Parliament in India that lies in Delhi, the state’s capital. Parliament is meant for sovereign states and Kashmir is no sovereign state but a part of the sovereign state that is India. Moreover, any layman following the Jammu Kashmir Legislative affairs could point out that the clash between the two groups was because of the demand made by one section to cancel out the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A. But the Qatar funded media, Al Jazeera reported that the scuffle between the two groups of lawmakers took place because of the demand to restore the partial autonomy of the state. Neither does Article 370 have to do anything with partial autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Nor did anyone in the assembly called for a partial autonomy of the state. So the question arises, Why did it decide to use the term ‘partial autonomy’ rather than sticking to factual correctness?

Al Jazeera must stop keeping the propaganda dictionary along with them in order to give a push to their Islamist propaganda. The report over the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly scuffle is not the only time the Qatar funded media has tried to build a negative narrative against India. In 2015, India banned Al Jazeera for five days for repeatedly displaying incorrect maps that excluded parts of Jammu and Kashmir (including PoK and Aksai Chin) , Lakshadweep and the Andaman Islands as Indian territory. This violated India’s National Map Policy and Map Restriction Policy. Additionally, Al Jazeera has spread misinformation against India; in 2017, it published an article on a “massacre” in Jammu, using a misleading photo from Amritsar that was unrelated to the claimed events in Kashmir.

In march, 2024 Al Jazeera tried to peddle the propaganda that the Indian Citizenship Act is an Anti-Muslim Act to which The Press Information Bureau (PIB), the Government of India’s central agency under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) factchecked Al Jazeera’s claims as misleading. PIB wrote on twitter ‘Misinformation is being spread by Al Jazeera regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act, calling the act ‘anti-Muslim’. CAA will not take away citizenship of any Indian citizen irrespective of religion. It’s not against any single religion/ community. It’s an enabling law only to provide citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighboring countries — Afghanistan, Pakistan & Bangladesh”.

On October 15 2024, Al Jazeera went up to publish an article titled ‘Who is lobbying for India’s Modi government on Capitol Hill’ accusing the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), US-based advocacy group for the Hindu community of being a “propaganda arm” of the Indian government under Narendra Modi. Al Jazeera also tried to undermine the Bangladeshi Hindu Genocide. It published an article with headline ‘Islamophobic, alarmist’: How some India outlets covered Bangladesh crisis and pointed blame upon the Indian Media for igniting hatred by showcasing the ongoing Bangladeshi Hindu Genocide.

Al Jazeera has also been accused of promoting the Muslim Brotherhood agenda. On the 18th of January, 2024, in an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Yemeni-British journalist Adnan Al-Ameri highlighted how aligning with the Muslim Brotherhood agenda is essential to working at Al Jazeera. “To work for their news channel, they require you to push the Muslim Brotherhood’s views, and if you don’t share those beliefs, they’ll find ways to buy your loyalty,” he noted.