Shakib Al Hasan gets death threats for attending ‘Kali Puja’ in Kolkata; cricketer apologises

Shubhadeep Choudhury
Tribune News Service
Kolkata, November 17

Abject give up of Bangladeshi cricketer, Shakib Al Hasan, after allegedly receiving demise threats from a fanatic Islamist has enraged the Taslima Nasreen, the Bangladeshi authoress, who was hounded out of her nation for refusing to apologise for her criticisms towards the faith.

Hasan, an ace all-rounder, buckled below the menace after a younger man from Sylhet, Mohsin Taklukdar, got here on Facebook Live, and stated, that he “would kill the cricketer for daring to inaugurate a Kali Puja in Kolkata”.

Swinging a Katana-like sword, Talukdar stated, that how may the Bangladeshi cricketer affiliate himself with idol-worshipping regardless of being a Muslim.

Rattled by this menace, the Bangladeshi southpaw shared a video on YouTube, which confirmed him promising to be a greater Muslim, and by no means do something sooner or later, that might damage the emotions of his co-religionists.

Describing himself as a “proud Muslim”, Hasan stated, that he had solely lit a lamp locally Kali Puja in Kolkata after being requested by native Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Paul.

“Being a Muslim, how can I inaugurate a Kali Puja”, a meekly Hasan stated.

Hasan’s capitulation prompted Taslima Nasreen to name him “selfish”, and one who doesn’t thoughts compromising with evil.

“It’s not unusual for Muslims to go to Puja fest in Bangladesh. Shakib did not must say, that he is a proud Muslim, he will not go to puja fest, his faith is above different religions. He is protected, the terrorist was arrested. Famous individuals are so egocentric, they compromise with evil forces”, Nasreen took to the microblogging web site.

“Hundreds of thousands of Islamists took to the streets in Bangladesh for demanding my execution by hanging and set a price on my head for criticising Islam, govt filed a case against me for committing blasphemy. But I didn’t apologise. A lone man threatened Sakib &Shakib apologised! Shame”, she wrote in a collection of tweets.

Shakib enraged Islamists in Bangladesh after he confirmed up on the Kali Puja of “Amra Shobai Club” at Kankurgachi in Kolkata.

The paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)—an anti-terror pressure of Bangladesh—arrested Talukdar on Tuesday morning from Sunamganj space of Sylhet district.

Mohsin’s controversial video posted on Sunday has been shared by 400 customers. While the video on Talukdar’s Facebook wall has been frozen, the shared movies may nonetheless be accessed.