The Hindu takes down anti-Muslim cartoon after backlash

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By Raza Dotani - Learner 1 Min Read
The Hindu cartoon by Deepak Harichandran
The Hindu cartoon by Deepak Harichandran, design editor of the newspaper.

Indian newspaper “The Hindu”, on March 26, published an extremely distasteful Cartoon showing the novel Coronavirus in a Muslim attire with a gun put over the world.

It clearly meant, either Muslims are like Coronavirus destroying the world or the virus is like Muslims killing humanity.

More interestingly, the cartoon was in an attire called ‘Pathani dress’. It disturbed peace-lovers, obviously Muslims and the Pathans (Pashtun) as well.

However, social media users responded with immediate criticism and said that The Hindu was fueling hate.

https://twitter.com/SidrahDP/status/1243068071293542400

After the backlash, The Hindu replaced the Pathani dress with a stick figure. The newspaper expressed regrate but did not apologize.

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