Twitter CEO charged with outraging Indian religious feelings for "smash Brahminical Patriarchy" sign

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Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, is the subject of a blasphemy complaint in India because a picture of him holding a sign saying “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy” was taken during his recent visit to the country, infuriating religious conservatives.

Dorsey had been meeting with women journalists and activists when the picture was taken. The statement is in reference to the archaic Hindu caste system which still disproportionately hurts women and anyone on the lower rungs of the social hierarchy.

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The sign is the reason Rajkumar Sharma, vice president of the pro-Brahmin Vipra Foundation’s youth wing, essentially filed a blasphemy complaint against Dorsey. Now a judge is letting the complaint proceed:

“Metropolitan Judge Rachan Bissa has admitted the petition and listed the matter for hearing on December 1,” the petitioner’s counsel H M Saraswat said.

Sharma said the post was “anti-Brahmin” and used coarse language, which was humiliating and thus, intolerable for the community.

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For now, though, until a judge dismisses the case, Dorsey is charged with violating Sec. 295A of India’s Penal Code, which forbids “Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.”

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/11/23/twitters-ceo-charged-with-blasphemy-for-smash-brahminical-patriarchy-sign/

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