The Hindu festival of Dussehra, which represents the triumph of virtue over evil, is being celebrated across the country today with much grandeur and devotion. While many celebrities took to their social media accounts to wish citizens a Happy Dussehra, cricketer Mohammed Shami who is currently in the news for the T20 World Cup selections also shared good wishes on the occasion. However, the Islamists didn’t like it and slammed Shami for celebrating the Hindu festival and accused him of going against his religion for his career.
On Wednesday, Mohammed Shami shared an image of Lord Rama killing the Ravana and greeted people on Dussehra. “On the auspicious occasion of Dussehra, I pray that Lord Ram fills your life with lots of prosperity, success and happiness. Wishing you and your family a very Happy Dussehra”, he tweeted.
The Islamist netizens didn’t like the post shared by Shami and scolded him for going against his religion. Radical netizens also schooled him about Islam and indicated that it was a sin for Muslims to share wishes on Dussehra. One of the twitter users named Akeel Bhatti commented on Shami’s post and said, “Shame on Shami. Are you a Muslim?”.
Another one with a handle named Ibn-e-Ahmed accused him of using the occasion to be a part of Indian Cricket Team in the T20 World Cup. “Team nahi lenge bhai (They’ll still not take you in the team)”, the user said. Also, one named Aman Mirza stated that the Cricketer had lost his mind. “May Allah Guide”, he wished.
Shami has not been a part of the Indian Cricket Team for long now and is in the news amid the T20 World Cup. The Indian Cricket team selectors are thinking to replace the ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah with Mohammed Shami for the mega tournament, provided the latter has completely recovered from the after-effects of COVID-19. Bumrah has been ruled out of the T-20 World Cup in Australia due to a stress fracture, and he can take several months to recover.
Blatantly slamming the cricketer, one of the female Islamists on September 5 asked whether any Hindu cricketer had earlier wished on an Islamic occasion or Christian occasion. “Shame on you. Are you a believer of Lord Rama?”, she pondered.
Meanwhile, many other trolling Twitter handles reminded Shami that he was a Muslim and had committed a sin by praising Lord Rama on the occasion of Vijayadashami. “Fatwa loading on you”, “Yes, Fatwa should load, that’s being us, no compromise”, the hatred-spreading tweets read.
Similarly, Islamist netizens also slammed Radio Mirchi RJ Sayema for wishing good on Dussehra. Sayema on Wednesday tweeted on the occasion of Dussehra saying, “May we always carry the fire within, to fight with evils, both inside and outside. Happy Dussehra”. Islamists netizens happened to school Sayema and said, “It’s unislamic to wish in Dussehra”. Some also called her jahil (ignorant fool).
Reports mention that the cricketer Mohammed Shami is facing fitness-related issues after he was diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. The national selectors and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are set to defer the announcement of a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah with Shami provided his health shows positive signs of improvement.
“Shami is obviously someone who’s in the standbys. Unfortunately for us, he couldn’t play in this series. It would’ve been ideal from that perspective, but he’s in the National Cricket Academy at the moment. We’ve to get reports as to how he’s recovering, and what’s his status after 14-15 days of COVID, and we’ll take a call. Once I get a report on how he’s feeling, then obviously we can really take a call on how to move forward on it”, head coach Rahul Dravid was quoted saying.
At present, though Shami is showing positive signs of fitness, everyone concerned wants to be sure about his readiness for the championship from October 16 to November 13. The pacer now has been asked to report to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru.
