Raheel Khursheed’s new job at Twitter raises disturbing questions
Mr. Raheel Khursheed was recently appointed by Twitter India as Head – News, Politics and Government, as his Twitter bio shows.
His appointment has raised objections from several quarters and for reasons that are not unfounded. In fact, a petition to the CEO and the Board of Twitter Inc calling for the revocation of Raheel Khursheed has been filed at change.org, the very organization Raheel Khursheed was earlier working at.
Such concerns stem from the fact of Raheel’s extreme political, social and religious views.
The first is Raheel Khursheed’s extreme views about Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The following are some samples Raheel’s slanderous tweets–made on several occasions–which reveal his irrational contempt for Modi.
This contempt, bordering on hatred, has also spilled over to the Gujarati community as well. Here is a tweet illustrating this.
This tweet, which is openly derogatory of one of the holiest Hindu festivals, the Navratri, has an unmistakable racist tinge to it.
And so, apart from the fact that Raheel’s comments against Narendra Modi are slanderous and were made when the Gujarat-riots cases were still sub-judice, the comments on the Navratra festival are clearly racist and undoubtedly hurt the sentiments of Gujaratis in particular and Hindus in general.
Even if it is conceded that Mr. Raheel Khursheed could have made these comments in his personal capacity, the fact that he holds a senior level position at Twitter India makes it a clear case of conflict of interest.
Twitter as a corporate entity being an open and neutral platform for sharing ideas, views and information— without having any ideological affiliation of its own— Raheel’s tweets give rise to a classic case of conflict of interest. It causes suspicion as to how a person who is so ideologically biased against a religion and has demonstrated open hatred towards a constitutionally elected head of a state, can be expected to function objectively in his official capacity, although his twitter bio claims that his views are personal.
This consequently raises the question as to whether Twitter India has any official political affiliation. If it has, that affiliation must be made public. However, if Twitter claims to be politically neutral, it must take serious note of the words, deeds and behavior of its employees who hold responsible positions in the organization.
Given the current political and social context in India, plus with the general elections to the Parliament fast approaching, it becomes incumbent on Twitter to clarify:
a) Whether it is ideologically affiliated to a political party in India, and if so, it must name the party.
b) Whether it endorses the language and the slanderous behavior of its employees like Mr. Raheel Khursheed.
c) Whether no conflict of interest exists between Mr. Raheel’s personal views and the association that such views create in public perception of Mr. Raheel as an employee of Twitter, and Twitter as a politically/ideologically neutral organization.
Why is twitter employing a Muslim in hindu india in the first Place? Cant a Hindu mob fix this circumised scoundrel for good?
Typical Islamist rant and bias. This is a shame for twitter.
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Neeraj, pls go and try making some similar fun in a foreign company on their religion – you will know what it is. Forget the head of XYZ, you will not even be considered for the next level in years to come and will be branded as Having strong impatience towards other religions (they mean Christianity). Also, will you be ok for your son or daugther to crack uncomfortable jokes on your dad or mom which are controversial ?? Why ?? its just a joke., he anyway cant do what he is sayign right ?? but you still stop that nonsense because one’s words shows his mind and thought – which will prove to be damaging in their own way in future. You cant take call case to case basis. anyway, i dont think this is a matter of argument, its matter of mutual respect which other religions lack and people like you ably support them and do your contribution to this orchestrated damage to Hindu religion every day in day out. By the time you start seing the result of it, its too late or may be you dont care because your kids would have changed religion already by then. or something else.
I have no disconnect with the change in verbatim that you suggested. but you sure didnt get what it means.
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Raheel part of the entrenched establishment that is milking the sickular cow trying to stop Modi Juggesrnaut at all levels including social media.
Looks like Mr. Raheel Khursheed has changed his name to Neeraj Rao and wrote back …. Mr. Raheel please start writing with your own name pussy ….
Does Mr Rasheel also tweet about the genocide his people oversaw in Kashmir??
And assuming he is all that you say he is, what can he do in his official capacity? Censor all pro-Modi tweets? Get all your accounts blocked? You think any of that shit will happen? What if he were pro-Modi and hated the Congress (which he does; check out his tweets about Rahul Gandhi, etc.)? Would you still call for his removal?
Human beings all have their opinions and biases. What is this “conflict of interest” you speak of? There is only conflict if there is actually some way he can change something at Twitter to favour one particular side. Nothing in his job description fits that possibility.
What does “demonstrated open hatred towards a constitutionally elected head of a state” even mean? You say this like it’s wrong. Is everyone supposed to shut up and love all constitutionally-elected heads of state? Then you should shut the hell up about Manmohan Singh and Arvind Kejriwal. Oh, wait… that would not suit Modifacts, er, Indiafacts.
“It becomes incumbent on Twitter to clarify…” – oh, shut up! Will you next call for all media publications to disclose which party each of their employees voted for? Twitter has absolutely no editorial voice. Is there a TwitterFacts website? Or some edition of a Twitter magazine? All it does is carry tweets by people like you and others.
Asking you to get a sense of humour about the condom tweet would be pointless, I’m sure, so won’t even try.
(I also think it’s high time you stopped using the word “slander” when you mean “libel”. Since you’ve already demonstrated very little knowledge of legal process, I should point out that seeking remedy for slander/libel rests only with the person being defamed, not with someone like you.)
@ Neeraj Rao
Try “getting a sense of humor” by cracking a joke about Bakrid or Friday prayers–and see what happens. Would such a person even be considered by twitter or mnc major in India? The fact is, the saudi prince alwaleed bin talal is a major shareholder of twitter. That’s why an anti-hindu bigot like raheelk would get considered for the position in the first place.
And yes, such a person can and does have influence in information dissemination. But a brain-dead pseudo sec can’t see that–too busy calling UCC communal.
So go back to feeding from the trough set up for you by your dynasty and owaisi masters. The only one who needs to “shut up” here is you.
Neeraj, pls go and try making some similar fun in a foreign company on their religion – you will know what it is. Forget the head of XYZ, you will not even be considered for the next level in years to come and will be branded as Having strong impatience towards other religions (they mean Christianity). Also, will you be ok for your son or daugther to crack uncomfortable jokes on your dad or mom which are controversial ?? Why ?? its just a joke., he anyway cant do what he is sayign right ?? but you still stop that nonsense because one’s words shows his mind and thought – which will prove to be damaging in their own way in future. You cant take call case to case basis. anyway, i dont think this is a matter of argument, its matter of mutual respect which other religions lack and people like you ably support them and do your contribution to this orchestrated damage to Hindu religion every day in day out. By the time you start seing the result of it, its too late or may be you dont care because your kids would have changed religion already by then. or something else.
I have no disconnect with the change in verbatim that you suggested. but you sure didnt get what it means.
At 6:01 PM on 04 October 2010, Mr Raheel Khursheed had tweeted, “Good to know that Ram has got some land now. Because, Sita has been running a travel agency, Maruti is making cars”. This has been brought to light on twitter by @internetHINDU.
“the Navratri, has an unmistakable racist tinge to it”
Not really racist – it is an abrahamic, iconoclast, anti-pluralist, non-assimilative mindset. The mindset which is the main cause behind what Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh are today. The problem in Hindu response is that it points out factual inaccuracy but not the treachery behind such inaccuracy. No Raheel, no NYTimes merely slander Modi or any other Hindu leader for a different reason.
Great work by Indiafacts. Sustained, relentless campaign needed to kick out this rabid Hindu abuser and UPA agent from Twitter.