Ankur Shah is a writer focused on China, Russia and India for, among others, the Economist, UNESCO and Foreign Policy.
Since India went into coronavirus lockdown on March 24, its Muslim population has been the target of cruel misinformation spread on WhatsApp. Much of this indignation began with criticism of the Tablighi Jamaat, a multinational Muslim missionary group which held a sermon in New Delhi after the city government had prohibited gatherings and has emerged as a COVID-19 cluster.
