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Sikh man as Paris terrorist in photoshopped viral image
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A Canadian man Veerender Jubbal found himself on the defensive this weekend — and for the worst of reasons.
Jubbal is a freelance writer and active anti-Gamergate activist who created the hashtag #StopGamerGate2014. But this weekend, he became known as one of the terrorists connected to the coordinated attacks on Paris, thanks to a Photoshop job on a selfie Jubbal posted online months ago.
In the original photo, Jubbal is standing in a bathroom taking a picture of himself with an iPad. In the doctored version, he’s pictured holding a Quran instead of the iPad, and he appears to be wearing a vest filled with explosives.
At least one Spanish newspaper and the Italian news channel TG24 picked up the doctored photo and ran it, assuming it was real. The picture went viral, and according to a report by the India Times, it even made its way to a pro-Islamic State channel on Telegram, the same app that the group used to take credit for the Paris attacks.
Jubbal tried to clear his name and damaged reputation with a series of tweets Saturday.
“People are editing, and photoshopping my selfies as if I am one of the people causing the issues/problems in Paris. So, like, it spread. Has spread to the point, where many people have had to tweet about the photos being photoshopped,” Jubbal wrote. “Any support/nice messages are welcome. You can all check the last retweets. Let us start with basics. Never been to Paris. Am a Sikh dude with a turban. Lives in Canada.”
Judging by Jubbal’s tweets, he suspects that he was targeted by Gamergate activists.
“Gamers are absolute garbage like I have been saying for a full year,” Jubbal wrote. “People will not stop harassing, and bothering me. Learn the difference between me being a Sikh, and a Muslim. This image has been used, and placed on the front page of a major Spain newspaper — putting me as one of the people behind terrorist attacks. In gauging this entire incident — millions upon millions of people have seen the photoshopped images, and have placed me as a terrorist.”
Jubbal is not the first person to be targeted and labeled a terrorist because he is Sikh. In September, Inderjit Singh Mukker was brutally attacked in suburban Chicago, suffering injuries so severe that he required hospitalization. In 2012, six people were killed after a gunman opened fire on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
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