Afreen Fatima is an Indian student leader and National Secretary of Fraternity Movement. She is a prominent Muslim voice against the perceived anti-Muslim policies of the Indian government.[1][2]
Afreen Fatima | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Occupation | Student leader |
| Organization | Fraternity Movement |
| Known for | Anti-CAA protests, activism for representation and identity assertion |
| Title | National Secretary |
| Political party | Fraternity Movement |
Education edit
She studied MA in linguistics at JNU, where she also served as the elected councillor in JNU students' union 2019-20 from the school of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies. As a candidate from Fraternity Movement - BAPSA alliance,[3] she strengthened the call of "unity of the oppressed" and raised the issues of representation, discrimination and identity assertion.[4] Formerly, she has been the elected president of Women's College Students' Union at the Aligarh Muslim University for the session 2018-19.[5] She is known to have actively participated in the anti-CAA protests that started in 2019.[6] She faced several days long media trial after a small part of her speech was tweeted by BJP's national spokesman Sambit Patra.[7]
In June 2022 Afrin's house was demolished by the authorities in Prayag Raj after her father Jawed Muhammed, a leader of Welfare Party of India, was accused of taking part in protests against an controversial comment on Muhammad by Nupur Sharma.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Afreen Fatima". Time. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Aafaq, Zafar (13 June 2022). "India activist Afreen Fatima says her house bulldozed 'illegally'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Ghosh, Shaunak (13 September 2019). "Tectonic Shift: BAPSA-Fraternity Alliance in the JNU elections". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Why JNU's Afreen Fatima can't be cowed down by Left or Right". OnManorama. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "AMUSU Election 2018: Women's College Students' Union results declared, Afreen Fatima elected president". Newsd.in. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "CAA stir: Student leaders from Delhi, Uttar Pradesh to be part of 'Inquilab Morcha'". The New Indian Express. 27 December 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "कौन हैं आफ़रीन फातिमा, जिनके वायरल वीडियो को संबित पात्रा ने 'ज़हर की खेती' कहा है?". LallanTop - News with most viral and Social Sharing Indian content on the web in Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Schmall, Emily; Raj, Suhasini (11 June 2022). "Protests Over Prophet Muhammad Comments Turn Deadly in India". The New York Times.