“What began as a protest soon escalated into a violent roving mob ransacking houses of the majority Hindu community in the district. It is believed that dozens of businesses, houses, and at least six police vehicles, were torched by a mob in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district….Blockades are on in at least 60 places in Basirhat and incidents of police being beaten up are also being reported.”
The worst aspect of this, aside from all the senseless destruction, is that the “offender” has been arrested. This only feeds the impression that this appalling violence is justified. Neither India nor any other non-Muslim state should be enforcing Sharia blasphemy laws. Instead, authorities should be cracking down hard on these mobs, and making it clear that the offense here was not insulting Muhammad, but rioting and wreaking havoc and attacking police over the perceived insult. The way they’re behaving, Indian authorities, like authorities in the West who condemned the Muhammad cartoons instead of the rioting and killing Muslims did because of them, are just fueling this barbarism.
“Communal violence sweeps Bengal’s Basirhat district after student’s Facebook post ‘disrespects the Prophet Mohammad,'” by Anindya Banerjee, Mailonline India, July 4, 2017 (thanks to Jamal):
Communal tensions have flared-up once again in the Basirhat district in Bengal after a supposedly disrespectful Facebook post concerning the Prophet Mohammad began circulating online.
What began as a protest soon escalated into a violent roving mob ransacking houses of the majority Hindu community in the district.
It is believed that dozens of businesses, houses, and at least six police vehicles, were torched by a mob in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.
The incident began after a class 11 student posted a ‘blasphemous’ message on Facebook.
The student in question, according to Indian news sources – a Hindu, was arrested on Sunday night and prohibitory orders were enforced.
However, the vandalism continued throughout Monday and Tuesday as the administration did not inform people about the arrest, claimed Quazi Abdur Rahim, the MLA of Baduria, where the incident happened.
Locals are claiming that the police did nothing to help and in response the Union Home ministry has now sent in nearly 400 paramilitary personnel to secure the area.
When TMC MP Idris Ali reached the spot, his car was attacked. Speaking to Mail Today, Ali said, ‘I was there to pacify things, along with a Maharaj.
‘But he used ”unparliamentarily language” that made things worse. They threw stones at my car. However, situation is under control now.’
Local sources on the contrary said the situation is still far from normal and many Hindus have fled from the affected areas.
Blockades are on in at least 60 places in Basirhat and incidents of police being beaten up are also being reported.
The Rapid Action Force has been deployed as well. Tapan Ghosh, the firebrand leader of Hindu Samhati said, ‘The accused who is a minor is already apprehended. But it was used as an opportunity to attack on Hindus.’…
Kay says
Such senseless destruction.
And isn’t India primarily a Hindu nation?
PRCS says
Primarily, yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_India
Dave says
Real facts you’ll never find from the above article as the truth is suppressed .
Check for details including what this so called objectionable post was https://hinduexistence.org/category/save-bengali-hindus-in-west-bengal/
It had nothing to do with Propat Moh-mad but posting of old article from google search .
The state is run by a Pro-jihadi scumbag politician who supports jihadis for votes and most of these jihadis are hindu killers who have come from Bangladesh and use such excuses to ethnically terrorise and cleanse hindus from that state with blessings from this woman and her party of scumbags.
Dave says
There is a Live debate coming up in next 30 minutes at http://www.timesnow.tv/livetv/timesnow/video
Westman says
Yes, with 172 Million Muslims in India of a total of 1.3 billion citizens, it makes Muslims 13%, (more than enough to cause periodic fatal skirmishes), of the population. There are about 200 Million Muslims in Pakistan. The migration of some Muslims to the newly partitioned-off Pakistan(1947) didn’t solve anything.
Now India has the same enemy within and without. There are periodic military skirmishes over Kashmir that might spin into the first nuclear war.
Donald R Laster Jr says
India is dealing with the war the Islamics started 1000 years ago when the Islamics invaded India since they had been stopped from further invasion into Europe. Remember, the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) was finally overrun in the 1500s. If India wants to stop this they are going to have to deal harshly with these citizens of Islam. Remember, Islam is a theocracy, not a religion, dedicated to taking over the world via any means possible.
Guest says
They need a more thorough division. Total exchange of muslim/hindu populations. Sad to say, but of mulsims can’t live peacefully in other countries, it’s time to go.
Donald R Laster Jr says
This “posted a ‘blasphemous’ message” means the student posted something accurate about Mohammad and then criticized Mohammad’s related behavior.
gravenimage says
Almost certainly the case, Donald.
Jerry says
We’ve all seen this before a thousand times, muslims getting violent for their wacko “prophet.” This only proves the point, muslims are violent because their religion is violent. Muhammad was a violent bigot and so are many muslims violent and bigoted, and incidents like this prove it.
Ya know what, there is little if any spiritual goodness in islam. I’m speaking as an atheist trying to put all this in a religious context. No god worth respecting would teach what allah teaches, no true prophet of god would ever act the way muhammad acted. Normal people know that allah is a demon and that his fake prophet invented him for his own personal gain. I don’t respect such a god nor do I respect much the people that worship it. Murder and bigotry for religion is evil and must be eradicated as a crime against humanity.
Quran (3:151) – “Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers…
Too many muslims have embraced that bigotry and violence as divine truth. Such people are morally and spiritually lost and are in need of correction. I’m glad to do my part in educating these lost monkeys to a higher state of existence. Lesson for today? Allah was a figment of muhammad’s violent and depraved imagination. And even if allah were real he does not deserve our respect or our worship. Humanity must band together to overcome these ancient delusions that portray god as a murderous bigot and the misery those delusions cause. Muslims must come to the realization that their religion is neither wise nor intelligent, compassionate or moral for humanity. And what little good it does contain could never compensate for the monumental evil and ignorance it teaches and inspires. You can stick a pretty flower in a pile of sh*t, but in the end it’s always going to be something you should never eat. Islam is just like that.
There, dear muslims, I hope that helps.
Donald R Laster Jr says
The word “allah” is a contraction of the words “al” and “ilah” from what I have found in research. When translated out of Arabic the meaning is “the god”. When discussing the god of Islam one should not use the word “allah”. A Christian or Jews would use the word “allah” to refer to Jehovah/Christ, a Hindu to one of their gods, a Roman Pagan would probably use it to refer to Jupiter or Zeus, and ancient Scandinavian to Thor. The god of Islam is Hubal (Baal) the moon god. In the Arab pantheon of gods the chief god of around 360 gods from what I have found in research and reading. The word is context dependent and why I do not use to refer to the god of Islam. As I have done research on this I have always thought of Mohammad as a successful Charles Manson. There are some interesting basic parallels in their depravities.
Upananda Brahmachari says
Dear Dave,
Robert is my friend, he interacted with me in many matters and published numbers of reports/articles from http://www.hinduexistence.org . But, now I failed to understand why he was relying this one instead of http://wp.me/pCXJT-8aE read with http://wp.me/pCXJT-8bc .
Robert Spencer is doing tremendous work to expose Radical Islam. Actually Islam is Radical indeed.
Georg says
These are adults in 2017.
DRHazard says
This tells you all you need to know about the average Muslim:
1. They lie when they say they don’t worship Muhammad. Their ridiculous overreaction to perceived insults directed at him prove they do. In fact if the insult were against Allah the rioting probably wouldn’t have happened.
2. They behave as if they owned the world and have no problem forcing people to change their behavior and speech through real threats of physical violence.
3. Their tenets of their religion are indefensible, otherwise they would prove them true. Since they can’t, they kill people.
4.They are hypocrites. The Muslim media is full of insults and provocations against other religions and people. Pretty much all Salafist imams are racist bigots who preach the glory of killing Jews, Christians, Hindus, and atheists.
5. They care much more about insulting words then they do about Jihadi’s massacring huge numbers of innocent people. They do this because after Islam the thing they identify with most is being a victim.
James says
To judge by their behaviour, they idolise Mohammed. They have three gods, in contradiction to the Koran: Allah, Mohammed, the Koran. Their entire religion is made up of shirk.
gravenimage says
India: Muslim mob rampages, beats up police officers, torches homes over Facebook post “disrespectful” to Muhammad
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Muslims being Muslims…
underbed cat says
Communal muslim violence erupts…..a frequent method….that has a purpose …striking fear into the hearts of the kuffar…or Hindu’s, French, English, Irish, Chinese, American or anyone not living under sharia laws of Islam which causes more communal gatherings that end in protests…then is blamed on the host country as failure to obey sharia, which considers truth as hate/racism and then the demand to be clueless and silenced. A classic strategy that must be understood as the threat, but also denied as a adjective of the doctrine by the offended.
mortimer says
Muslim terrorists in India who ask for trouble will get trouble. India will have to train more police officers in counterterrorism. They will infiltrate and stop them.
But the real problem is the IDEOLOGY of JIHADISM and the IDEOLOGY of Islamic VIGILANTISM… that gives Muslims a SPECIAL RIGHT to act lawlessly.
Thought_Weaver says
Al maut al-Mohammad! Al maut al-Muslimoon! Al maut al-Islam!
FYI says
Any excuse to commit murder and mayhem…by the devout muslim hordes…
What about the never-ending offenses caused to Almighty God by the commandment-violating muslims,their anti-Christian,anti-semitic “prophet” and their god of murder and hate,allah?
islam is at war with(1) itself
(2)with Almighty God
(3)and with every other religion on earth
Muslim countries,in their godless {commandments of God-violating} islamic savagery are actually destroying themselves and exporting their murderous ways to other countries..
And all because of their “slay the unbelievers” god allah and his “prophet”.
Neither allah himself nor muhammed in his life of mayhem actually follow any of God’s commandments.Do they?You know they don’t.muslims know too.
Murder,stealing,lying….the koran teaches things(like permitting adultery with a slave woman,murdering innocent people,lying to promote islam)that are actually forbidden by the original commandments of God.
Many of the teachings of the koran are.. FORBIDDEN by the Original Commandments-GOD’S LAW!
allah and his “prophet” may sanction evil….. but God doesn’t.allah is NOT God and is in opposition to Him.
The islamic brain is not sophisticated enough to see that.islam,muhammed and their book …what an affront to the goodness and holiness of God!
They would most likely try to murder anyone that reminded them of God’s laws which are violated and broken by allah in his koran:Thus they would break the Sixth commandment and be condemned as murderers.
Infidel: So you want to kill us do you?Say,did you ever hear of God’s Sixth Commandment condemning murder?
muslim:the sixth what ..now?
infidel:oh did allah not tell you that?If you kill me God will condemn YOU as a murderer.
muslim:allah said “slay the unbeliever wherever you find them”
infidel:can you not see the ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM HERE?
what allah is telling you is wrong because it is in violation of God’s commandment!
muslim.: ……..?
David says
Astounding case of misdirected anger, but then most of these actions are.
Richie says
Muslims continue to lie and claim that the Hindus have long killed and oppressed Muslims . It’s the other way around
Bharat Mehta says
Left wing politicians–Here in this case, Mamta Benarji—is socialist, is encouraging Muslim to declared war against Hindu, war against Hindu supporting ruling party of Modi.
Muslim on their own cannot demand Sharia Law enforcement, but Left wing politicians are using them as weapon.
Socialism or communism are most stupid part of politics, needed to be destroyed from our educational system. Indian has JNU….Jawahar Lal Nehru University, that produced left wing supporting writers in thousands each years.
It look, sooner, not later, India will be Islamic State.
gravenimage says
India is still only 13% Muslim, and has resisted Islamization for centuries. Why would you counsel surrender now?
Chand says
This is an important forum to discuss the dangers of Islam, I believe. But let’s also be clear headed and not make it into a garbage-slinging match. Facts and logic are imperative in this time of global crisis. I have lived and worked in the West for many years and now I live in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, not far from Basirhat, where this mob violence occurred.
So, it is true that………..
1. Mamata Banerji’s govt. appeases the Muslims to get their votes. She has aligned herself with Islamic fundamentalists and pays stipends from her own party coffers to Muslim clerics. It has recently become worse since she’s opposing most of Modi’s policies and Modi is basically a Hindu fundamentalist.
2. The Hindu fundamentalists have become emboldened recently after Modi’s spectacular electoral success and numerous cases of lynchings of Muslims have been reported, especially regarding the consumption of beef.
3. The majority of Indian Muslims live in miserable conditions. Poor Hindus and others do too, of course. But because of our history Muslims are especially hated, feared and distrusted and face all kinds of discrimination in jobs, opportunities, living standards. They are a brutalized lot. The Muslims are hated by the majority and so, guess what?
Muslims hate the majority back and do not have much love for the country! Most Muslim areas in India are ghettos, seething with poverty, unemployment, underemployment, lack of space and paucity of hope. They are, in fact, powder kegs waiting to explode.
4. The Muslim masses are trapped in their own religion and need a helping hand to get out of that. They are the primary sufferers of the fundamentalist policies of their leaders and remain mired in the Holy Book, Prophet and Allah.
5, An unfortunate consequence of the Cold War was that the West opposed the very forces that tried to minimize or eliminate the insidious influence of the Koran on the masses, in the name of fighting communism. The West knowingly and unknowingly supported the jihadis against the strong hands that tried to stop Islamic fundamentalism. You need strong hands to erode fundamentalist Islam at the roots. Marx alerted the world to the dangers of religion and dreamt of a world free of superstition, religion, mumbo jumbo, communalism, etc.Mao Ze Dong put it across starkly by saying “religion is poison”. Both Stalin and Mao were such strong hands, banning the teaching of the Koran to kids and the people and Islam in their countries was limited to benign sermons on Fridays, the day of prayer, inside Mosques and the Koran delegated to just being a pretty book on the shelf. Being fair though, they meted out the same treatment to all organized religions.
When Muslim leaders themselves tried to follow that example in their own countries they were branded ‘communists’, ‘socialists’, ‘puppets of the USSR’, etc. and actively opposed. Such leaders were Abdul Nasser of Egypt, who tried to crush the Muslim Brotherhood; Gaddaffi. who propagated his own version of Islam minus the literal interpretation of the Koran; Saddam Hussein, Hafez Assad of Syria; etc.
Realizing the grave dangers of Islamic fundamentalism, the USSR invaded Afghanistan to set up a puppet atheist regime and crush the jihadis, hoping to also crush them ultimately in neighboring Pakistan. Unfortunately, trapped in the Cold War, the battle against communism, the West actively supported the jihadis, the madarsas and the fundamentalists and so now we are where we are. The West won the war against Godless, atheist Marxism but in the process the genie of barbaric, medieval Islam was let loose on the world.
5. The West continues to turn a blind eye to the real danger……..the poisonous Sunni Salafist Wahabbi ideology emanating from Saudi Arabia, the root cause of the indoctrination of the minds of humans to the idea of the hatred for ‘kafirs’. They fund Islamic schools, madrasas and charitable organizations that systematically spread this hate filled idea. Poor nations especially are trapped in this oil money flowing from the Gulf and so the future for the Muslim masses remains grim and dark.
6, The oppressed Muslim masses are silently crying out for help from the enlightened world. Science, education and a minimum of religion is required to get them out of their pit. For poor Musliims, the only glimmer of hope in their miserable lives is peace and possibly heaven after death and a bit of God’s mercy in this life. So the last horrible wound they receive from enlightened humans ought not to be abuse on their beloved Prophet, who holds out the prospect of some salvation and hope for them.
We are biological machines, created by our genes. Our minds have automatically been shaped since infancy by our cultures. Most Muslims are thus too. They can’t help it. They have been taught love and undying respect for Muhammad, the Prophet, the Koran and Almighty God since birth. How difficult it must be to believe otherwise or discard it?
This is not the time to abuse Muhammad, for Pete’s sake! Or any other sage, prophet, saint, of course.
7. Muslims themselves are at the front lines against this Islamo-fascim, from Raqqa, Mosul, Afghanistan, Bangladesh to here where many Muslim leaders are desperately trying to defuse the situation.