{"id":12900,"date":"2022-05-10T15:36:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T15:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hamslivenews.com\/?p=12900"},"modified":"2022-05-10T16:16:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T16:16:36","slug":"the-kashmir-files-banned-in-singapore-potential-to-cause-enmity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/05\/the-kashmir-files-banned-in-singapore-potential-to-cause-enmity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Kashmir Files\u2019 banned in Singapore: “potential to cause enmity’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore bans The Kashmir Files, saying that it has the “Potential To Cause Enmity…” showing a ‘One-sided portrayal of Muslims’.<\/h2>\n

“The Kashmir Files” In Singapore: Singapore said under its film classification guidelines, “any material that is denigrating to racial or religious communities in Singapore” will be refused classification.<\/p>\n

The Kashmir Files, a controversial film on the exodus of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s, has been banned by Singapore, which has cited concerns over its “potential to cause enmity between different communities”.<\/p>\n

The film has been assessed to be “beyond” Singapore’s film classification guidelines, news agency PTI has reported.<\/p>\n

“The film will be refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims and the depictions of Hindus being persecuted in the ongoing conflict in Kashmir,” the Singapore government said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n

“These representations have the potential to cause enmity between different communities, and disrupt social cohesion and religious harmony in our multi-racial and multi-religious society,” the statement added.<\/p>\n

The city-state said under its film classification guidelines, “any material that is denigrating to racial or religious communities in Singapore” will be refused classification.<\/p>\n

Released on March 11, the Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, has been praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several BJP leaders and has also been rated a Box Office hit, but critics say it plays to anti-Muslim sentiment and is easygoing with hard facts.<\/p>\n

In fact, it is said that\u00a0terrorists in Kashmir over the years were never able to divide the Hindu-Muslim unity in Kashmir as Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri<\/a>, the Indian film director who created The Kashmir Files did.<\/p>\n

Pri writes, “Singapore stands firm on its multi-racial and multi-religious values & bans #KashmirFiles!\u00a0\u00a0“The film is refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims.”\u00a0 The rising tide of majoritarianism is fast changing the very secular ethos of this nation!”<\/p>\n

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Singapore stands firm on its multi-racial and multi-religious values & bans #KashmirFiles<\/a>!<\/p>\n

"The film is refused classification for its provocative and one-sided portrayal of Muslims."\u00a0<\/p>\n

The rising tide of majoritarianism is fast changing the very secular ethos of this nation! pic.twitter.com\/CFBDNK4ZR3<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pri | \u067e\u0631\u06cc\u0646\u06a9\u0627 (@PriyankaSamy) May 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n