https://www.scmp.com/rss/506079/feed Abdulla Moaswes is an independent researcher and educator. He writes on a diverse range of topics including current affairs and the politics of cultural production across West and South Asia. His work has appeared in +972 Magazine, LobeLog, The New Arab, Inverse Journal and The Express Tribune. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Social media users across the Gulf states, a region that is home to millions of Indian expatriates, have hit back at what they see as Islamophobia being imported from India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The campaign – exemplified by the likes of Gulf News Editor-in-Chief Abdul Hamid Ahmad, whose editorial posted to Twitter on May 7 calling for Indian media to stop “exporting hate to the Gulf” was liked more than 13,000 times – has sparked... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3086752/gulf-states-push-back-against-islamophobia-imported-india-modi?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3086752/gulf-states-push-back-against-islamophobia-imported-india-modi?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 May 2020 09:00:18 +0000