Though the Hindus are the majority in India, they are often victims of Islamic fanaticism and bigotry.
On Saturday, January 20, Mohammad Abdul Wahid, a teacher at Green Bells School, which is located in Budhar town in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh, brutally assaulted a class 7 student for chanting the slogan “Jai Shri Ram” in the classroom. The incident occurred when there was no teacher in the class.
“Jai Shri Ram” is a famous Hindi slogan that translates to “Victory to Ram.” Ram is one of the most widely worshipped Hindi deities. Before the major Ram Temple inauguration in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, the slogan gained monumental popularity among the younger generation. This student may have been chanting the slogan out of his uncontained excitement, as there were just a couple of days left before the inauguration.
When Mohammad Abdul Wahid heard the “Jai Shri Ram” chants coming from the classroom, he rushed to check who was chanting the religious slogan, and started to beat the student brutally.
The victim, a minor, went home crying and recounted the incident to his family members; locals and members of Hindu organizations were also gradually brought in.
A gathering of people reached the Budhar police station and demanded action against the teacher. The police lodged a case against Mohammad Abdul Wahid and the director of Green Bells School under various relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, including 34, 153, 323, and 500 and section 82 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
“An incident of assault has come to light wherein a student was beaten for chanting Jai Shri Ram in school. A case has been registered against the accused teacher and school operator. Further investigation in this case is going on,” said police station house officer Sanjeev Jaiswal. The police have since arrested Wahid, but people are demanding that the license of the school be cancelled.
The Ram Janmabhoomi controversy has marked India’s history for over 500 years; recently, it reached the Supreme Court. The Muslim narrative, before the judgment, was that they rejected the claims of the Hindu side and declared that they would go by the decision of the high court. However, they have refused to accept graciously the court’s verdict in favor of the construction of Ram Mandir. Muslim politicians and journalists have been incessantly claiming victimhood and trying to provoke fanatical Muslim individuals and mobs to initiate violence.
On Sunday, January 21, just a day before the grand inauguration of the temple, a Muslim mob in the Mehsana district of Gujarat attacked a Hindu procession dedicated to Lord Ram and the event of the inauguration. The incident occurred in Kheralu town; police sources stated that the stone-throwing began when the procession passed through the Hatadiya area in Belim Vas, which is a Muslim neighborhood. As per reports, members of Hindu organizations observed that the attack started in earnest when the procession reached a mosque. Videos of the mayhem reveal that Muslims, including women, threw stones at the Hindu procession from rooftops. The police have since rounded up 15 individuals and restored peace in the area.
This did not happen only in Gujarat. Muslim mobs, used to the infinite impunity granted to them by the previous “secular” governments, began starting brawls all over the country, with no regard for law and order. X users on Sunday night posted videos of violent rampages similar to the one in Gujarat from Mumbai’s Mira road as well. A popular X handle, The Squind, claimed that a group of 200 Muslims attacked a Hindu procession dedicated to the inauguration and even attacked women. He suggested that it could have been a pre-planned terror attack. Renowned political Abhijit Iyer Mitra confirmed that rioting had started. Asianet News reports that rioters attacked the vehicles of a Hindu procession with stones and hammers, injuring several Ram devotees.
Again, on January 21, the Bihar Police arrested a 21-year-old Muslim youth, Intekhab Alam, for threatening to “blow up” the Ram Mandir on January 22. Thousands of VVIPs and devotees of Ram were scheduled to attend the ceremony.
Ashok Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police, Araria, also confirmed this: “The man had on January 19 dialled 112, the number on which citizens can seek emergency help. He claimed his name was Chhota Shakeel and that he was a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim.” Bihar police have detained Alam and seized his phone registered in his father’s name.
Meanwhile, there have been numerous reports over the last few years of a “Muslim being beaten or harassed and forced to chant Jai Shri Ram” in India. All these stories were covered widely by the media, only to be proven fake. They were intended to malign the Hindu community and the Narendra Modi government in India. The reality couldn’t be farther from these cooked-up narratives.
Mike says
India should also continue to give asylum and refugee status and citizenship to non-Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh who face awful persecution and discrimination.
Mind watch says
These trolling, circling predators are basically just criminals legitimizing their wretchedness and occasional atrocity via a religion that remains nothing more than a belief, a faith. A puppet to their indoctrination and delusion and fuelled by anger, hate and misery they are becoming increasingly ‘sightless’. Looking at it from a psychological perspective, science enquiry suggests that ‘beliefs determine behaviour more than reason’. (Apparently science has now proven that conditioned beliefs can change the chemical make-up of brain cells). MB (Mahayana Buddhism) takes this a step further in stating that ‘delusion as well as beliefs influence the physical aspects of the brain’s workings’.
The only reason why I’m referring to this is that perhaps the strongly indoctrinated beliefs of Muslims become more compelling as this process continues – however, this increasingly perceived ‘truth of Islam’ through which they abuse the lives of others is still ‘nurtured from within, rather than endowed from without’. There is (my opinion, at least) no divine source to their horrific intent. They are ordinary criminals without realizing it. (for anyone who’s interested, the ‘Truth of Islam’, from MB perspective, is the physical manifestation of delusion, which though ‘delusion’ is still ‘real’ as it now has perceived form – however it is not equated with ‘truth’ – but that’s another story!). I’m sorry for this metaphysical contemplation, but to state the obvious, something disturbing is happening to these individuals. They no longer can see themselves for what they really are. They have allowed themselves to ignite at the smallest conceived slur of Islam coming out of anyone’s mouth. In one sense I do feel sorry for them, as they must be extremely miserable as well. But I really do admire India’s stance against these explosive Muslim knife wielding renegades!
nicholas tesdorf says
Although the Christians are the majority in the West, they are often the victims of Islamic fanaticism and bigotry…. there seems to be some evident pattern emerging here with Muslims as a constant in it.
Sindhi says
Islam is the cause. Violence is the core doctrine of Islam. Islam is the only religion which sanctions killing in the name of God. The Islamic holy book – the majority of the verses in the Quran incite Muslims to terrorize non-Muslims – hatred is the theme.