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[because Desi. @because_desi]

🇬🇧 Are you guys ready for Superstar? We can’t wait. 😍 @TheMahiraKhan

[Brown Report @brownreporthq]

A 3 STAR HYGIENE RATED RESTAURANT, A BUY ME A COFFEE PAGE, AND A PIPELINE TO THE FAR RIGHT: THE REAL STORY OF HARMAN KAPOOR.

Everyone’s sharing the Rangrez story like it’s some brave last stand. A man who claims to be a Sikh, forced out of business because Muslims want him to sell halal. Sounds dramatic. But peel back the layers and it crumbles fast.

Rangrez has a 3 star food hygiene rating. Google reviews at 3.9. Tripadvisor reviewers talking about masala chai in cardboard cups, food tasting like tomato puree, and a grubby toilet held together with duct tape. People who walk past say it’s a ghost town. This wasn’t a thriving business brought to its knees by Muslims. It was already on life support.

He calls Muslims “inbreds” on his timeline. He put up a sign saying “Rangrez Proudly Non Halal Restaurant.” That’s not a disclaimer, that’s a provocation. And when people react, out comes the camera. Provoke. Film. Play victim. Build following. Repeat.

Today he got arrested at his own restaurant amid chaos he’s been stoking for weeks.
No Muslim is walking into a mediocre London restaurant demanding halal meat.
There are thousands of halal options across London and thousands of non halal restaurants. Kapoor himself told FeedTheLion that Muslim friends eat dal and vegetarian dishes at his place “and they are most welcome to.” His own words destroy his own narrative.

He didn’t just go after Muslims either. He attacks his own community using the term “Khotistani” to mock Sikhs who disagree with him. Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall, one of the largest Gurdwaras in the world outside India, announced legal action against him for defamatory TikTok videos outside their premises. The Sikh Press Association called him “a known agitator that has long posted disrespectful anti-Sikh content.” He marched with Tommy Robinson and was then booted from Robinson’s circle for insulting Sikh communities. Too extreme for Tommy Robinson. lol

Here’s the real irony. Kapoor came to the UK as an asylum seeker from Afghanistan. His own words on X. Now he marches with people whose entire project is pulling up the drawbridge on people exactly like him, telling other immigrants to “f*** off.” Either he lacks all self-awareness or he’s worked out which side of the culture war pays better.

The timing isn’t coincidence. Rupert Lowe has made banning halal the centrepiece of his Restore Britain party. When a neo-Nazi affiliated account asked about kosher meat, he said “ban it.” Kapoor slots right into that machine. A brown face saying what far right activists want said. He’s useful to them and he knows it.

Muslims and Sikhs in Britain have lived side by side for generations. Don’t let a man with a 3 star hygiene rating, a trail of posts calling Muslims “inbreds” and Sikhs “Khotistani,” who came here as an asylum seeker and now marches with people who’d shut the door on him, who is facing legal action from one of Britain’s biggest Gurdwaras, poison what our communities have built.

That’s all this is. Opportunism at its ugliest. And a really bad restaurant. 😂

[Brown Report @brownreporthq]

Brown Mums when travelling be like:

[محمد الكعبي @Qatari]

You come to our country and you know what makes us angry and you do it?

[Aadam Patel @aadamp9]

Couldn’t get home for Eid this time around so here’s some Eid Mubarak content from the team at Wimbledon on Ladies Final day ft the amazing @Ons_Jabeur #Wimbledon 🎾👊🏼
https://t.co/z3HeShi4m4

[Foji Gill @fojigill]

'Laung and Ghagra' is OUT NOW! I hope you enjoy my latest duet 🙏🏽 don't forget to share 😉

Official Video - https://t.co/wJni198rlb
Spotify - https://t.co/9ld0TuI93N
Apple Music - https://t.co/ndtFEXmwCX

[Manni Sandhu @mannisandhu]

Everyone knows an auntie called Rani

[BBC Asian Network @bbcasiannetwork]

Today's the day!

Set your reminders now! ⏰

@DJNoreenKhan takes her place in Mastermind on BBC One, 5:45pm. 🧠

Here's a sneak peek of Noreen in that famous chair!

[sunita thind @sunitathind]

@planetParle @because_desi @BBCOne I’ve set this to record 😁

[Parle Patel @planetParle]

Tonight on @BBCOne the Being series starts. Being Hindu will air at 23:25 and looks at special milestones and how Hindus in the UK celebrate them! I'm the Narrator & AP on this film, directed & produced by Rachel Dupuy. I look forward to seeing the other films in this series 🙏🏽❤️

[Foji Gill @fojigill]

Hench Jatt is OUT NOW 💪🏽 Stream it now and watch the video premiere at 7pm https://t.co/LomxlzqBOc @RevereRecords

[because Desi. @because_desi]

@atifsaddiq04 @TheCrownNetflix @StarPlus On season 3 now! Do watch Mirzapur on Amazon Prime.

[Atif @atifsaddiq04]

#Lockdown3 has got me binging @TheCrownNetflix ... How resembling are royal family politics with a traditional #desi household?

@balajimotionpic should snap up the series & have it dubbed for @StarPlus 😂

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[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

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[because Desi. @because_desi]

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[Amir Khan @amirkingkhan]

Amazing experience visiting Kartarpur today at Guru Nanak’s shrine. Thank you for the hospitality ❤️. I request the Indian government to allow the Sikh community to visit pakistan kartarpur @PakistanFauj @OfficialDGISPR

[Calderdale Council @Calderdale]

Today, the first person in Calderdale received the COVID-19 vaccine! (We got a tad emosh 🥲).

Our lovely Director of Public Health, @DeborahHarkins was there to meet Resham, and mark this significant milestone 💚

[Nafi🇵🇸 @nafi_ldn]

In Punjabi we don’t say “it is what it is” we say “Goli maar” and I think it’s beautiful.

[Foji Gill @fojigill]

And they say this is to do with religion🤥
Please watch🙏🏼## #FarmerBill2020 #FarmersProtests

[because Desi. @because_desi]

@AmmyVirk @jazzyb @diljitdosanjh @BawaRanjit @GippyGrewal ❤️

[because Desi. @because_desi]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

😢😢😢😢😢😢

[Asian Media Awards @asianmediaaward]

It is with a heavy heart and with much sadness that we announce the death of our co-founder Umbreen Ali, aged 45. Everyone who ever met Umbreen will forever remember a person who was humble, modest, honest and sincere in all her dealings. Full statement https://t.co/nXaMhDZbHl

[because Desi. @because_desi]

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[Bobby Friction @bobbyfriction]

More WORKING CLASS PEOPLE OF ALL COLOURS on TV please.x

Not just the middle classes.