{"id":169546,"date":"2023-11-01T14:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T08:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=169546"},"modified":"2023-11-01T14:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T08:51:54","slug":"kerala-blasts-from-jews-targeted-to-muslims-behind-it-right-wing-jumps-to-conclusions-that-suit-its-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/kerala-blasts-from-jews-targeted-to-muslims-behind-it-right-wing-jumps-to-conclusions-that-suit-its-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala blasts: From ‘Jews targeted’ to ‘Muslims behind it’, Right Wing jumps to conclusions that suit its agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Multiple improvised explosive device (IED) blasts<\/a> at a religious convention of a Christian sect called Jehovah’s Witnesses on October 29 killed three persons and injured over 50 at Kalamassery in Kerala’s Ernakulam district. Hours after this, a 48-year-old man named <\/span>Dominic Martin<\/span><\/a>, who had been a member of the sect in the past, surrendered to police claiming responsibility for the blasts. Before that, Martin had released a video on social media sharing the reason behind executing the blasts, where he said that he disagreed with some of the ideas the community believed in and wanted to stop their activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon after the news of the blasts broke, several Right Wing influencers and pro-Israel social media users claimed that the blasts had taken place at a Jewish convention and suggested that they had been carried out by Muslims. With the <\/span>Israel-Hamas war<\/span><\/a> at its peak, the posts claimed a correlation between the war and the explosion. <\/span>Most of these social media posts drew attention to the fact that <\/span>former Hamas chief Khaled Mashal<\/span><\/a> had virtually addressed a pro-Palestine rally organised by the Solidarity Youth Movement, the youth wing of the Islamic organisation Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, in Malappuram, Kerala on October 27.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The executive editor of media outlet The New Indian, Rohan Dua (@rohanduaT02), who has been found <\/span>sharing misinformation<\/span><\/a> several times in the past, shared a thread where he claimed that Jews lived in the area where the blast had taken place and held Hamas responsible for the same. The first tweet in the thread contained a 42-second video showing the scene of the blast. In the caption, he asked rhetorically, “Do you all still doubt The Kerala Story?”. In the second tweet, he wrote, “Shame on you Hamas”, among other things.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tweet has received over 20 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 6,000 times. (<\/span>Archive<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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FLASH: 2,100 people were part of this three-day meet of a Jehohav’s Witness, a faction of Chrsitians, who follow Bible but don’t observe other festivals.<\/p>\n

One woman die, 25 grievously injured.<\/p>\n

Our reporter Vivek and I report from . I had come to Coimbatore to take part in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/g1q6Oz4q9U<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rohan Dua (@rohanduaT02) October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘The Kerala Story’, the movie Dua alluded to, is based on the premise that 32,000 women had joined ISIS either from India or just Kerala. Alt News debunked the claim in the past<\/a> and showed how the director’s claims were absurd and based on misquotes, imaginary figures and flawed math.<\/p>\n

X Blue user Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_), who <\/span>shares<\/a> misinformation and disinformation regularly on the platform, tweeted about the blast mentioning that \u2018reports suggest\u2019 Jews were present at the place of the blast and were the prime target. The tweet was later deleted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In a second tweet that is still available, he asked rhetorically, “Do we even need an inquiry to know who did it?”<\/span><\/p>\n

Sharing a video of a <\/span>pro-Palestine rally<\/span><\/a> organised by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on October 26 at Kozhikode beach, he wrote in the caption: \u201cVideo of pro #HamasTerrorists rally by IsIamists in Kozhikode, Kerala. Today Kerala witnessed serial bomb blasts, Jews are targeted. Do we even need an inquiry to know who did it???\u201d The tweet has received over 1.7 Lakh views and has been retweeted over 2,200 times. (Archive<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Video of pro #HamasTerrorists<\/a> rally by IsIamists in Kozhikode, Kerala.<\/p>\n

Today Kerala witnessed serial bomb blasts, Jews are targeted.<\/p>\n

Do we even need an inquiry to know who did it??? pic.twitter.com\/OkPb0hwBh8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mr Sinha (@MrSinha_) October 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Squint Neon (@TheSquind), a page on X that has shared<\/a> misinformation multiple times in the past, directly claimed that the ‘Hamas leader’ had called for ‘jihad against Hindutva & Zionists’ and ‘Mallu Muslims’ immediately responded to his call. The tweet has now been deleted. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Several other users on social media such as BJP Kerala president @surendranbjp<\/a>, @pradip103<\/a>, @erbmjha<\/a>, @SurajKrBauddh<\/a>, @MajorPoonia<\/a>, @Dhruv_tr108<\/a>,\u00a0@KreatelyMedia<\/a> shared similar claims suggesting that the target of the blasts was Jews and that it was carried out by Muslims.<\/p>\n