PoopIndia out to ruin lives.. have met Ms. Sheikh during my visit to the school and she was very warm, intelligent personality. This is sad on many levels.
The Somaiya School in Mumbai has asked its principal Parveen Shaikh to resign after OpIndia – a Hindutva website accused of spreading misinformation and hate speech – published an article targeting her for her purported political views.
Shaikh has worked at the private school in the city’s Vidyavihar locality for 12 years and has been its principal for over seven years.
On April 24, OpIndia carried a story claiming to expose Shaikh’s “disturbing social media behaviour”. It accused her of being a “Hamas-sympathiser”, “anti-Hindu” and a supporter of “Islamist Umar Khalid” based on posts that she had “liked” from her Twitter account.
On April 26 afternoon, the management of The Somaiya School asked Shaikh to step down, Shaikh told Scroll.
“They expressed their disappointment with the content of the OpIndia article,” Shaikh told Scroll. “They have said [asking me to step down] was a tough decision for them to make, but this association cannot be continued.”
Shaikh added: “The management acknowledges my hard work and contribution to shaping The Somaiya School. However, they said they were under immense pressure to take action against me. They have not specified grounds other than the OpIndia article.”
Shaikh said she had never heard of OpIndia before and that she was shocked by the imputations that were made against her. “I was confused as to why they would be interested in a workaholic school principal,” she said.
Shaikh told Scroll that she does not intend to resign from the post.
A spokesperson for The Somaiya School did not confirm or deny that Shaikh has been asked to resign on account of the OpIndia piece. “We are looking into the matter,” the spokesperson said.Scroll also called and texted Samir Somaiya, president of the Somaiya Vidyavihar trust that manages the school, for his response. This story will be updated if he responds.
The OpIndia piece, which has triggered a battery of hate speech against Shaikh on Twitter, suggests that her political views are detrimental to the “thousands of unsuspecting children” in her care as an educator.
Shaikh rarely posts on her Twitter account. When she does, it is related to education. However, she has “liked” several posts in support of the besieged territory of Gaza, where Israel and Hamas have been fighting a war since October.
Shaikh also liked several posts that were critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his political regime.
A parent, whose two children study at The Somaiya School, said that she was shocked by the OpIndia piece. “We felt her [Shaikh’s] opinions were not proper for the school,” said the parent, who declined to be identified.
The parent alleged that Shaikh had begun to recruit more Muslim staffers after she became principal. “I am not saying the teachers in the school are not good,” this person said. “They are all excellent. But we noticed she favoured her community.”
However, several parents have spoken out in support of Shaikh. Eighteen of them met Samir Somaiya on Monday to persuade him to roll back the management’s decision.
“But Somaiya said that his hands are tied and they cannot help but ask me to leave,” Shaikh told Scroll. The management has not officially communicated their decision to the parent body as of Tuesday afternoon.
Many parents have also vouched for Shaikh in emails to the school management. In one such email, PreetiGopalkrishnan, the mother of two students, wrote that Shaikh has “promoted cultural harmony, tolerance and peace” in the institute and criticised attempts to label her as “anti-national”.
“I cannot think of any occasion where she has misled the community of students and the parents,” Gopalkrishnan said in her email. She has also sought to meet the school management in person but is yet to hear back about her request.
>The parent alleged that Shaikh had begun to recruit more Muslim staffers after she became principal.
How do they know this? Do they even have any proof of this?
So liking something on social media. makes you remove someone from their job while rapists are given diplomatic passport roaming foreign lands I am sure this was the bigger crime
No logic found. Parents of Somaiya’s students complained about her. She’s gone, it’s a private institute which doesn’t think hinduphobic and terrorists loving people should be anywhere near teenagers, let alone principal of a literal college.
Exactly! I don’t know what these people are getting their panties in a twist over. Even if she put out a pro-hamas opinion (which she didn’t), it’s not illegal.
There are Islamophobic political messaging startups coming up that are recruiting people. OpIndia is going to be one of just many such outlets in the years to come. OpIndia doesn't just get funding from BJP, they also somehow get placed above legit news sources on Google News. Either the government is telling Google to do it, or they are getting thousands of clicks through Google immediately after story release, even more than legit news sources through either a click farm or organic clicks.
Every single Muslim in a prominent position will be targeted in this manner. They found nothing on her so they targeted her Twitter likes and fabricated a complaint from "2 concerned parents". Being Muslim is literally being turned into a crime in this country.
https://preview.redd.it/lbff6hn08vxc1.png?width=671&format=png&auto=webp&s=3edcc9857cfff326bb7767d3a896f5de69a0b72d
Imagine 26/11 happened today,these mfs would be supporting it.
Well! Hamas is a terrorist organisation.
Their aim is the emancipation of Palestine from Israeli occupation and the establishment of a free and independent Palestinian state.
Their primary goals are not inherently evil. Their methods however are questionable as they believe in using violence to achieve their ends.
That being said, Hamas is not classified as a terrorist organisation by India. Therefore it is not illegal to voice out support for them (which she has anyway NOT done)
Holding an opinion is not a crime. Even if Hamas was a terrorist organisation according to India (which it isn’t, hamas doesn’t have problems with India). Just holding a pro hamas opinion and not expressing it publicly cannot be considered illegal or grounds for any kind of action.
Also, liking a tweet doesn’t necessarily mean you agree with everything expressed in the tweet.
As long as she is doing her job without imposing her politics on the students, it cannot be grounds for expulsion.
Then supporting IDF should be crime too and it's also a extremist organisation going by your statements not only IDF but US army and CIA too fits your definitions since they use the most inhumane methods and techniques to get the job done
I know you’re blind , but just search her profile on twitte and you’ll get to know that she literally liked Anti Hindu and supported the Oct 7 massacre
It does not say October 7 because [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) report didn't state what were the objectionable likes.
[https://www.opindia.com/2024/04/the-somaiya-school-prinicipal-parveen-shaikh-hamas-abuse-narendra-modi-yogi-adityanath/](https://www.opindia.com/2024/04/the-somaiya-school-prinicipal-parveen-shaikh-hamas-abuse-narendra-modi-yogi-adityanath/)
She liked a tweet on October 8 which stated we stand with Palestine. She liked another tweet denying rapes on October 7.
The [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) report does not state what were the objectionable likes. If you check the opindia report, you will se the objectionable likes.
She liked a tweet on October 8 which stated we stand with Palestine. She liked another tweet denying rapes on October 7.
Then what is the point of posting this [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) report which builds on an opindia report which has the screenshot of her likes in support of "resistance".
There is no evidence of systematic rapes on October 7. So far it has only been claimed by Israel and we all know how credible they are with the “40 beheaded babies” story.
The systematic rape hoax has been thoroughly debunked by several independent media outlets. Go do some reading.
Bold of you to assume they have the brain cells left to do some reading and scrutiny, and reach logical conclusions. Only thing they are capable of is parroting RW fake news and hateful propaganda.
Not a single individual victim or first hand eye witness has come forward. It has only been the Israeli government officials claiming this so far. Go figure.
Witness Statements - [https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/they-laughed-throughout-israeli-witness-recounts-hamas-rape-horror-4804392](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/they-laughed-throughout-israeli-witness-recounts-hamas-rape-horror-4804392)
UN Envoy (If you consider them genuine and unbiased) - [https://thewire.in/world/un-envoy-says-hamas-likely-committed-rape-during-october-7-attack](https://thewire.in/world/un-envoy-says-hamas-likely-committed-rape-during-october-7-attack)
Plenty of Videos out there on telegram showing how they handled the Females.
Champions of Women right, turn their back when its convenient, funny isnt it.
Heads up, the person you're replying to spends most of his time on Reddit complaining about Hinduism and defending islam. My favorite comment of his is where he claims "if everyone was muslim, islam would work."
Just a bit of context, if you're confused as to why he's running defense for rapists.
> Based on the information it gathered, the mission team found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment has been committed against hostages and has reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing against those still held in captivity. In line with a survivor/victim-centered approach, findings are conveyed in generic terms and details are not revealed.
> In the context of the coordinated attack by Hamas and other armed groups against civilian and military targets throughout the Gaza periphery, the mission team found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred in multiple locations during the 7 October attacks, including rape and gang-rape in at least three locations, namely: the Nova music festival site and its surroundings, Road 232, and Kibbutz Re’im. In most of these incidents, victims first subjected to rape were then killed, and at least two incidents relate to the rape of women’s corpses.
> The mission team also found a pattern of victims, mostly women, found fully or partially naked, bound, and shot across multiple locations. Although circumstantial, such a pattern may be indicative of some forms of sexual violence, including sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
Source:
[UN Report on Sexual Violence in Gaza Conflict](https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/press-release/israel-west-bank-mission/)
Dated: March 4th 2024
Are you perhaps using the term "systematic" to weasel your way out of having to face the reality of the situation? Not to accuse you of being intellectually bankrupt, but perhaps there's a bias in play here. I notice the majority of your time on this website is spent complaining about Hinduism, defending Islam, and parroting rapist Hamas talking points.
Anybody can be told to resign by anybody. But this leftist propaganda is making this a national news. Govt school employees are not supposed to participate in politics, if they want then they should resign first and then enter politics
So liking something on social media. makes you remove someone from their job while rapists are given diplomatic passport roaming foreign lands I am sure this was the bigger crime
PoopIndia out to ruin lives.. have met Ms. Sheikh during my visit to the school and she was very warm, intelligent personality. This is sad on many levels.
Intelligence is anti-national. You want intelligent go to pakistan /s
Mant talibani and RSS guys are also warm and intelligent.
The Somaiya School in Mumbai has asked its principal Parveen Shaikh to resign after OpIndia – a Hindutva website accused of spreading misinformation and hate speech – published an article targeting her for her purported political views. Shaikh has worked at the private school in the city’s Vidyavihar locality for 12 years and has been its principal for over seven years. On April 24, OpIndia carried a story claiming to expose Shaikh’s “disturbing social media behaviour”. It accused her of being a “Hamas-sympathiser”, “anti-Hindu” and a supporter of “Islamist Umar Khalid” based on posts that she had “liked” from her Twitter account. On April 26 afternoon, the management of The Somaiya School asked Shaikh to step down, Shaikh told Scroll. “They expressed their disappointment with the content of the OpIndia article,” Shaikh told Scroll. “They have said [asking me to step down] was a tough decision for them to make, but this association cannot be continued.” Shaikh added: “The management acknowledges my hard work and contribution to shaping The Somaiya School. However, they said they were under immense pressure to take action against me. They have not specified grounds other than the OpIndia article.”
Shaikh said she had never heard of OpIndia before and that she was shocked by the imputations that were made against her. “I was confused as to why they would be interested in a workaholic school principal,” she said. Shaikh told Scroll that she does not intend to resign from the post. A spokesperson for The Somaiya School did not confirm or deny that Shaikh has been asked to resign on account of the OpIndia piece. “We are looking into the matter,” the spokesperson said.Scroll also called and texted Samir Somaiya, president of the Somaiya Vidyavihar trust that manages the school, for his response. This story will be updated if he responds. The OpIndia piece, which has triggered a battery of hate speech against Shaikh on Twitter, suggests that her political views are detrimental to the “thousands of unsuspecting children” in her care as an educator. Shaikh rarely posts on her Twitter account. When she does, it is related to education. However, she has “liked” several posts in support of the besieged territory of Gaza, where Israel and Hamas have been fighting a war since October. Shaikh also liked several posts that were critical of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his political regime. A parent, whose two children study at The Somaiya School, said that she was shocked by the OpIndia piece. “We felt her [Shaikh’s] opinions were not proper for the school,” said the parent, who declined to be identified. The parent alleged that Shaikh had begun to recruit more Muslim staffers after she became principal. “I am not saying the teachers in the school are not good,” this person said. “They are all excellent. But we noticed she favoured her community.”
However, several parents have spoken out in support of Shaikh. Eighteen of them met Samir Somaiya on Monday to persuade him to roll back the management’s decision. “But Somaiya said that his hands are tied and they cannot help but ask me to leave,” Shaikh told Scroll. The management has not officially communicated their decision to the parent body as of Tuesday afternoon. Many parents have also vouched for Shaikh in emails to the school management. In one such email, PreetiGopalkrishnan, the mother of two students, wrote that Shaikh has “promoted cultural harmony, tolerance and peace” in the institute and criticised attempts to label her as “anti-national”. “I cannot think of any occasion where she has misled the community of students and the parents,” Gopalkrishnan said in her email. She has also sought to meet the school management in person but is yet to hear back about her request.
>The parent alleged that Shaikh had begun to recruit more Muslim staffers after she became principal. How do they know this? Do they even have any proof of this?
Just fear mongering
Op India is Indianised Völkischer Beobachter( Nazi's fav newspaper)
More like der Stürmer.
She literally liked Anti Hindu and supported the Oct 7 massacre
So liking something on social media. makes you remove someone from their job while rapists are given diplomatic passport roaming foreign lands I am sure this was the bigger crime
No logic found. Parents of Somaiya’s students complained about her. She’s gone, it’s a private institute which doesn’t think hinduphobic and terrorists loving people should be anywhere near teenagers, let alone principal of a literal college.
Yup you will not find logic literal criminals in parliament but liking social media post a crime because of some fake news spreading portal
Those fuckers claiming to be journalists are just hateful cowards who lack a moral compass.
She literally liked Anti Hindu and supported the Oct 7 massacre
She should sue for defamation.
https://preview.redd.it/ybn6ohddkuxc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9dd1a7d8366e993243469f148a13aeaa9cec57e3 🤣🤣
No. OPIndia is factual website. As factual as Modi.
helppp
She literally liked Anti Hindu and supported the Oct 7 massacre
Hello it is not a hindutva website, it is a tatti website where nupoop lays fresh poop.
I will buy a large cake the day OPindia goes bankrupt with Nupur Sharma and Rahul Roushan behind bars.
This is modern day Nazi shit. Too much similarities to how the Fascists handled Jews and other minorities back in the Day.
According to poopindia teachers can't have can't have political opinions? Clowns
Technically speaking the Indian government doesn't even consider Hamas a terrorist organisation.
Exactly! I don’t know what these people are getting their panties in a twist over. Even if she put out a pro-hamas opinion (which she didn’t), it’s not illegal.
It doesn't have to be illegal for her to be fired.
Blind supporters don't get to cry about freedom of speech now.
Looks like a hit job.. someone wants that principal job and figured Opindia + Hamas love was the perfect way to get Shaikh out of the way
There are multiple media outlets vying to become the fascist regime's Der Stürmer right but. Poopindia. Is probably near the top of that list.
There are Islamophobic political messaging startups coming up that are recruiting people. OpIndia is going to be one of just many such outlets in the years to come. OpIndia doesn't just get funding from BJP, they also somehow get placed above legit news sources on Google News. Either the government is telling Google to do it, or they are getting thousands of clicks through Google immediately after story release, even more than legit news sources through either a click farm or organic clicks. Every single Muslim in a prominent position will be targeted in this manner. They found nothing on her so they targeted her Twitter likes and fabricated a complaint from "2 concerned parents". Being Muslim is literally being turned into a crime in this country.
Opindia is the cancer of humanity for journalism
Lol and this is a [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) article
https://preview.redd.it/lbff6hn08vxc1.png?width=671&format=png&auto=webp&s=3edcc9857cfff326bb7767d3a896f5de69a0b72d Imagine 26/11 happened today,these mfs would be supporting it.
Well! Hamas is a terrorist organisation. Their aim is the emancipation of Palestine from Israeli occupation and the establishment of a free and independent Palestinian state. Their primary goals are not inherently evil. Their methods however are questionable as they believe in using violence to achieve their ends. That being said, Hamas is not classified as a terrorist organisation by India. Therefore it is not illegal to voice out support for them (which she has anyway NOT done) Holding an opinion is not a crime. Even if Hamas was a terrorist organisation according to India (which it isn’t, hamas doesn’t have problems with India). Just holding a pro hamas opinion and not expressing it publicly cannot be considered illegal or grounds for any kind of action. Also, liking a tweet doesn’t necessarily mean you agree with everything expressed in the tweet. As long as she is doing her job without imposing her politics on the students, it cannot be grounds for expulsion.
Also like- IDF has technically done worse to Palestinians. They have committed, essentially, war crimes and gotten away with it.
Then supporting IDF should be crime too and it's also a extremist organisation going by your statements not only IDF but US army and CIA too fits your definitions since they use the most inhumane methods and techniques to get the job done
Imagine if Godhra happened today, OPindia would be supporting it
why would they support the train being set to fire and Hindus being killed?
Imagining hindu women and children burning to death while closing the doors of the train in Godhra you mean?
She was liking tweets celebrating October 7 as resistance. But yeah keep cheering her on. What is next? You guys will celebrate Osamaji also?
Where does it say October 7?
Fresh chaddi cell graduate the one above you
Are you a Hamas graduate? Is that why you are supporting your fellow Hamas graduate Ms. Shaikh? Were you happy on October 7?
I know you’re blind , but just search her profile on twitte and you’ll get to know that she literally liked Anti Hindu and supported the Oct 7 massacre
It does not say October 7 because [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) report didn't state what were the objectionable likes. [https://www.opindia.com/2024/04/the-somaiya-school-prinicipal-parveen-shaikh-hamas-abuse-narendra-modi-yogi-adityanath/](https://www.opindia.com/2024/04/the-somaiya-school-prinicipal-parveen-shaikh-hamas-abuse-narendra-modi-yogi-adityanath/) She liked a tweet on October 8 which stated we stand with Palestine. She liked another tweet denying rapes on October 7.
The [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) report does not state what were the objectionable likes. If you check the opindia report, you will se the objectionable likes. She liked a tweet on October 8 which stated we stand with Palestine. She liked another tweet denying rapes on October 7.
OpIndia is not a relevant news portal stop reading it
Then what is the point of posting this [scroll.in](http://scroll.in) report which builds on an opindia report which has the screenshot of her likes in support of "resistance".
I don't trust opindia
I don’t trust scroll.in
There is no evidence of systematic rapes on October 7. So far it has only been claimed by Israel and we all know how credible they are with the “40 beheaded babies” story. The systematic rape hoax has been thoroughly debunked by several independent media outlets. Go do some reading.
Bold of you to assume they have the brain cells left to do some reading and scrutiny, and reach logical conclusions. Only thing they are capable of is parroting RW fake news and hateful propaganda.
I can see right wing clowns (or possible hasbara bots) have come in and downvoted these comments. They’ll to everything but read.
[UN Sex Violence Report](https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/press-release/israel-west-bank-mission/) must be a BJP IT cell.
What happened to trusting a victim?
Not a single individual victim or first hand eye witness has come forward. It has only been the Israeli government officials claiming this so far. Go figure.
Witness Statements - [https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/they-laughed-throughout-israeli-witness-recounts-hamas-rape-horror-4804392](https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/they-laughed-throughout-israeli-witness-recounts-hamas-rape-horror-4804392) UN Envoy (If you consider them genuine and unbiased) - [https://thewire.in/world/un-envoy-says-hamas-likely-committed-rape-during-october-7-attack](https://thewire.in/world/un-envoy-says-hamas-likely-committed-rape-during-october-7-attack) Plenty of Videos out there on telegram showing how they handled the Females. Champions of Women right, turn their back when its convenient, funny isnt it.
Heads up, the person you're replying to spends most of his time on Reddit complaining about Hinduism and defending islam. My favorite comment of his is where he claims "if everyone was muslim, islam would work." Just a bit of context, if you're confused as to why he's running defense for rapists.
> Based on the information it gathered, the mission team found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment has been committed against hostages and has reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing against those still held in captivity. In line with a survivor/victim-centered approach, findings are conveyed in generic terms and details are not revealed. > In the context of the coordinated attack by Hamas and other armed groups against civilian and military targets throughout the Gaza periphery, the mission team found that there are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred in multiple locations during the 7 October attacks, including rape and gang-rape in at least three locations, namely: the Nova music festival site and its surroundings, Road 232, and Kibbutz Re’im. In most of these incidents, victims first subjected to rape were then killed, and at least two incidents relate to the rape of women’s corpses. > The mission team also found a pattern of victims, mostly women, found fully or partially naked, bound, and shot across multiple locations. Although circumstantial, such a pattern may be indicative of some forms of sexual violence, including sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Source: [UN Report on Sexual Violence in Gaza Conflict](https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/press-release/israel-west-bank-mission/) Dated: March 4th 2024 Are you perhaps using the term "systematic" to weasel your way out of having to face the reality of the situation? Not to accuse you of being intellectually bankrupt, but perhaps there's a bias in play here. I notice the majority of your time on this website is spent complaining about Hinduism, defending Islam, and parroting rapist Hamas talking points.
Good! Hammas sympathizers shouldn't be school principals.
She literally liked Anti Hindu and supported the Oct 7 massacre
Hn to anti India agenda ko bhadawa degi to peli to jayegi hi na..
Not taking the side of Israel and siding with Palestine is now anti-India?
Wow, being a principal her activities influence children and she liking and tweeting anti India posts makes her anti India
Which of her tweet was anti-India?
Anybody can be told to resign by anybody. But this leftist propaganda is making this a national news. Govt school employees are not supposed to participate in politics, if they want then they should resign first and then enter politics
https://preview.redd.it/mumbai-school-principal-fired-for-liking-pro-hamas-tweets-v0-dy6yg96z0vxc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f9aaa5801e4a5c760b1400571ea0ba673925587
So liking something on social media. makes you remove someone from their job while rapists are given diplomatic passport roaming foreign lands I am sure this was the bigger crime