{"id":335718,"date":"2021-11-18T12:14:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T07:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=335718"},"modified":"2021-11-18T12:14:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T07:14:42","slug":"president-arif-alvi-calls-out-sooryavanshi-on-islamophobia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/president-arif-alvi-calls-out-sooryavanshi-on-islamophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"President Arif Alvi Calls Out &#8216;Sooryavanshi&#8217; On Islamophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After journalist Rana Ayub drew light to the Islamophobic undertones in <strong><em>Sooryavanshi<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0 Pakistani President Arif Alvi is also calling out the film. While Hollywood&#8217;s Riz Ahmed has been highlighting this issue for a while now.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s President Arif Alvi expressed his disappointment over the cop drama.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, destroy its history.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dangerous for India. In this Islamophobic hatred India will destroy itself, no less. I hope &amp; pray that sane elements within Indian society prevent this.<br \/>Milton Kandera wrote that &#39;the first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gcyX1sNnIE\">https:\/\/t.co\/gcyX1sNnIE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dr. Arif Alvi (@ArifAlvi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArifAlvi\/status\/1460473143571755010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/rohit-shetty-addresses-islamophobia-allegations-against-sooryavanshi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Shetty Addresses Islamophobia Allegations Against &#8216;Sooryavanshi&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p><strong><em>Venom<\/em><\/strong> star Rizwan Ahmed who is vocal about the lack of positive representation of Muslims onscreen recently called out the misrepresentation of Muslims in films.<\/p>\n<p>He called out Hollywood for stereotyping Muslims in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/metbJw0bP-o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a news outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe game right now is messed up. The game right now is rigged, &#8230; Muslims are either not on screen or they are [and] they\u2019re the bad guys. They\u2019re perpetrators or victims of violence. We\u2019re either invisible or we\u2019re villainized, cause the stories we tell about our community affect the laws that get passed, the people that get attacked, the people that get invaded.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-metbjw0bp-o\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:764\/563\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:73.691099%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-metbjw0bp-o\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/metbJw0bP-o?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"487.83507853403\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/metbJw0bP-o?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, journalist Rana Ayyub put the spotlight on &#8216;Islamophobic elements&#8217; in Bollywood\u2019s <strong><em>Sooryavanshi<\/em><\/strong> in her article for the Washington Post. Initially, she shared her observations on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYet another exercise in criminal Islamophobia that seeks to normalize Narendra Modi\u2019s anti-Muslim agenda.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One of the biggest films that is making waves in Indian theatres, is yet another exercise in criminal Islamophobia that seeks to normalise Narendra Modi&#39;s anti Muslim agenda. My latest on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sooryavanashi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sooryavanashi<\/a> that feeds into the Muslim as the terrorist narrative<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gntfJyPb2k\">https:\/\/t.co\/gntfJyPb2k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RanaAyyub\/status\/1460329649506971648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"p-alsoread\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"heading\">ALSO READ<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/riz-ahmed-calls-out-how-inclusive-hollywood-vilifies-muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Riz Ahmed: &#8216;In Hollywood, Muslims On Screen Are Shown As Perpetrators or Victims of Violence&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\n<p>She asserts that this &#8216;<em>feeds into the Muslim as terrorist narrative<\/em>&#8216;. She even went as far as to say that Bollywood is cultivating hate for a certain demographic much like Nazi propaganda films.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sooryavanshi is dangerous. After watching it, it\u2019s impossible not to think of Nazi Germany, where Hitler cultivated a film industry that paid obeisance to him and made propaganda films against Jews&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sooryavanshi\u201d is dangerous. After watching it, it\u2019s impossible not to think of Nazi Germany, where Hitler cultivated a film industry that paid obeisance to him and made propaganda films against Jews<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RanaAyyub\/status\/1460331462029312005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sooryavanshi<\/em><\/strong> cast Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif as leads, with cameos by Ranveer Singh and Ajay Devgn. The film has already raked in over INR 150 crores at the Box-office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After journalist Rana Ayub drew light to the Islamophobic undertones in Sooryavanshi,\u00a0 Pakistani President Arif Alvi is also calling out the film. While Hollywood&#8217;s Riz Ahmed has been highlighting this issue for a while now. Pakistan\u2019s President Arif Alvi expressed his disappointment over the cop drama. \u201cThe first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. 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