“Radical Islamist And Alleged ‘Fact-Checker’ Mohammed Zubair Hurls Casteist Slur At His Critics”, The commune, October 06, 2025

“Faced with proofs that indicated that a founding editor of Alt News Science, Dr Sumaiya Shaikh, received foreign funding, radical Islamist and alleged fact-checker Mohammed Zubair of Islamo-Leftist propaganda outlet Alt News, hurled casteist abuses at his critics.

Replying to a handle that shared tax filing screenshots of the foundation that gave grants to Shaikh, Zubair wrote, “Abey Saste Desi Bhand, thoda aur research karle. They were contributor not Alt News employees.” meaning “Hey, cheap local Bhand, do some more research. They were contributors, not Alt News employees”

Now, Bhand refers to a community that is known also as “Bahand” and actually refers to a traditional folk entertainment community. In this context, Zubair has used the word Bhand as a slur and it is against the Scheduled Caste group of street performers, who are officially listed as SCs in Rajasthan……”

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