Burqa-clad woman disrespects Lord Ganesha idols in Bahrain supermarket; incident caught on cam
A nasty and ignorant video has surfaced the Internet in which a 54-year-old burqa-clad woman is vehemently throwing the idols of Indian God, Lord Ganesha on the floor. The viral video allegedly is from the supermarket in Bahrain.
In the viral video, two burqa-clad women can be seen standing near an aisle in the supermarket where the idols of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha were kept on the displays ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
One of the women started picking and throwing the idols on the floor one by one and broke all the idols into pieces kept in the display. The woman was also yelling at an attendant at the shop in the Arabic language.
She can be heard saying that why the Ganpati idols are being sold in a Muslim country. She further said that “this is Mohamed ben Issa’s country, do you think he approved of this?”
The woman also said the shopkeeper that “this is a Muslim country, correct?”
"Let us see who will worship these statues. Call the cops," the other woman says.
Condemning this ghastly act of violence done on Hindu God idols in #Bahrain.
— Tajinder Singh Tiwana (@TajinderTiwana) August 16, 2020
Such oppression on Hindu minorities staying in Islamic nations is highly unacceptable. United Nations must interfere and ensure justice and Right to worship to every minorities same as it does in India! pic.twitter.com/g0XLvwim8q
According to the Bahrain Ministry of Interior, the police summoned the woman after the video on social media showed her "intentionally damaging a shop... and breaking religious idols" in the Juffair area in the capital Manama, The Guardian reported.
Shortly after, the public prosecution also issued the statement saying the woman admitted to breaking the statues and has been charged with disrespecting religious sentiments and rituals of a community.
Capital Police took legal steps against a woman, 54, for damaging a shop in Juffair and defaming a sect and its rituals, in order to refer her to the Public Prosecution.
— Ministry of Interior (@moi_bahrain) August 16, 2020
The video sparked outraged on social media.
Khalid al-Khalifa, an advisor to the king of Bahrain and former foreign minister slammed the act of the woman and said the woman's actions were unacceptable.
"Breaking of religious symbols is not the nature of the people of Bahrain. It is a crime... of hatred and is rejected," he tweeted.
"Here, all religions, sects and people coexist."
In Bahrain, hundreds of thousands of Indian workers live.
First published: 17 August 2020, 9:58 IST