{"id":99035,"date":"2022-04-08T19:24:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=99035"},"modified":"2022-04-08T19:24:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T13:54:59","slug":"why-has-twitter-not-deplatformed-madhu-kishwar-for-hateful-conduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/why-has-twitter-not-deplatformed-madhu-kishwar-for-hateful-conduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has Twitter not deplatformed Madhu Kishwar for hateful conduct?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hateful conduct<\/a> can be grounds for suspension on Twitter and verified accounts<\/a> “found to be in severe or repeated violation of Twitter rules”, including but not limited to hateful conduct, may lose their verified badge. However, a verified user with two million followers who regularly shares objectionable posts targeting the Muslim community in India has not only been allowed to operate on Twitter but continues to do so with a ‘blue tick’ that gives her needless legitimacy.<\/p>\n

Madhu Kishwar and her multiple Twitter policy violations\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In a recently-deleted tweet<\/a>, right-wing columnist Madhu Kishwar wrote that the “sexual prowess” of Muslim men allows them to entice Hindu, Christian and Sikh girls. She referred to Muslim men as “trained stud bulls” and gave the unproven “love jihad” a new name – “sex jihad”. \"\"<\/p>\n

The absurdity of her words would be laughable if not for the inherent demonisation of Muslims. Kishwar is infamous for using such diatribes against the community.<\/p>\n

She later took down her tweet after immense backlash and posted a clarification arguably viler than her initial tweet. She wrote that no animal, including “stud bulls”, rapes or captures females for sex slavery and enjoys brutalising females of their own species but “Mazzabees take pride in being sexual predators”. The term “mazzabees” has been used to refer to Muslims.<\/p>\n

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I deleted my tweet regarding “trained stud bulls for following reasons”.
\n1.None in the animal world–including stud bulls- rape,capture females for sex slaves,enjoy brutalizing females of own species;
\n2. Mazzabees take pride in being sexual predators. Treated it as free publicity<\/p>\n

\u2014 Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On July 23, 2022, she termed Pulitzer prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui a ‘jihadi’<\/a>. Siddiqui was killed in an attack by the Taliban while reporting from Afghanistan. It took Twitter two days to remove Kishwar’s tweet after massive public outrage and multiple reports. However, her account was not suspended.<\/p>\n

While lone instances may not give Twitter enough reason to take down an account, how many strikes does it take? Madhu Kishwar has not violated one but multiple provisions of Twitter’s policy on hateful conduct on a repeated basis.<\/p>\n

1. Wishing, hoping or calling for serious harm to a person or group of people<\/strong><\/p>\n

On May 29, 2021, Madhu Kishwar had posted a tweet<\/a> that suggested that the hands of Muslim men who engage in “love jihad” should be chopped off. “Love jihad” is a phrase coined by the Hindu right-wing that promotes an unproven conspiracy by Muslims to convert Hindu women to Islam.<\/p>\n

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According to Twitter policy<\/a>, the platform does not tolerate users “saying that a group of individuals deserves serious physical injury<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

Twitter also prohibits individuals from expressing a “desire for death or serious bodily harm<\/strong>” against an individual or a group of people but Kishwar was not suspended for hoping that Muslims should be sent back to their “homeland as peacefully they arrived in India”. She was referring to early Islamic conquests often marked with bloodshed while using the word “peacefully” in a sarcastic manner. She later took down the tweet but an archived link can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kishwar had also celebrated Major Leetul Gogoi tying a Kashmiri voter to an army jeep<\/a> when Srinagar was in polling in 2019. She wrote this is how “jihadi mobs” should be dealt with despite the fact that the man who was mistreated was a civilian.<\/p>\n

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Finally the security forces are learning to be innovative. No need to use guns for controlling jehadi mobs. This messenger of peace enough! https:\/\/t.co\/vijwa7IZvF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) April 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After Nizamuddin Markaz was identified as a COVID hotspot, she referred to Muslim majority areas as “mini Pakistan” and wrote that each and every resident of these areas should not be allowed to step out.<\/p>\n

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Not enough to Quarantine 2000 from #NizamuddinBasti<\/a>.
\n@PMOIndia<\/a> @drharshvardhan<\/a> @HMOIndia<\/a> please #Quarantine<\/a> each & every #MiniPakistan<\/a> in India.<\/p>\n

They don’t let police enter these Jehadi citadels even during normal times.<\/p>\n

Don’t let them step out & infect others. https:\/\/t.co\/N9ca5IAY7v<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) March 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2. Incitement against protected categories<\/strong><\/p>\n

For this section, we have made a side-by-side comparison of Twitter’s policies and Kishwar’s tweets violating them.<\/p>\n

Twitter prohibits users to “incite fear or spread fearful stereotypes about a protected category, including asserting that members of a protected category are more likely to take part in dangerous or illegal activities<\/strong>” yet Kishwar tweeting that<\/a> the Indian army in Kashmir should not have helped a pregnant Muslim woman because her “father, husband, brothers, sisters or sons” are unlikely to “hesitate sheltering terrorists or stoning army men at command of ISI jihadis” did not warrant any consequence.<\/p>\n

\"\"In February 2019, while replying to a user about Kashmiri shops, she tweeted<\/a> that most handicraft shops in 5-star hotels in India provide cover to “jihadi” groups. She then wrote, “Strange that 10 out of 5 shops in 5 stars, 4-star hotels tend to be owned by Kashmiri Muslims. [sic]”<\/p>\n

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In March last year, Kishwar tweeted<\/a> that she doesn’t have the “heart to continue” getting Gir cow milk because the supplier’s name is Rehman. Twitter prohibits users from promoting an economic boycott of an individual or a group because of their perceived membership in a protected category<\/strong>. Her tweet also insinuated that Muslim vendors spit and urinate on products. Similar anti-Muslim disinformation has been debunked by Alt News several times in the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kishwar has called for an economic boycott based on religion or religious practices several times. In May 2020, she encouraged people to boycott all halal-certified products<\/a>. In October 2021, she wrote that Hindus should boycott Christian schools and demand the withdrawal of subsidies to them.<\/p>\n