Prophet Sahab too great to be defended against FB post: Kaif on Basirhat riot
July 07, 2017  15:28
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As West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district continues to reel under communal violence after a teenager shared a blasphemous Facebook post about Prophet Mohammed, cricketer Mohammad Kaif infuses some sanity into the incident.    

"Prophet Sahab is too great to b defended against a FB post.Damaging property worth crores & violence is absolutely against his teachings. Shame," Kaif  tweeted.

After the boy's Facebook post went viral, a mob ransacked his house on Monday night. Large groups came out on the streets in various parts of Basirhat and Barasat sub-division of the district, protesting against the Facebook post and demanding a death sentence for the teenager.

Kaif has always worn his patriotism on his sleeve much to the anger of trolls. On May 18 as the International Court of Justice stayed the execution of former Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav Kaif tweeted, Congratulations India. Thanks to the International Court of Justice , justice has prevailed. #KulbhushanJadhav.

Soon after, a troll tweeted, "Please remove Mohammad from your name first!

Kaif responded with a zinger, Wow ! If I support Indias victory, I should remove Mohammad. I am proud of my name. Aamir means full of life, you need to get one.

He then gave the trolls on his timeline an important lesson on religion saying,   1. Nobody is Thekedaar of any religion. 2. No name is copyrighted by the Thekedaars. 3.India is by far the most inclusive & tolerant country.


More recently, Kaif was trolled for doing a Surya namashkar on World Yoga Day. Kaif had tweeted picutres of him doing the asana, saying, "Surya Namaskar is a complete workout fr the physical system,a comprehensive exercise form without any need fr equipment. #KaifKeFitnessFunde."


Image: Kaif celebrated Eid on June 26 with this picture.
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