Reporter forced Imam to chant Vande Mataram

2021-08-15

Main Information

  • Victim Names Maulvi Mursaleen
  • Date of Incident 2021-08-15
  • Nature of Violence Harassment
  • Causal factors Clothing and appearance
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Rohit Sharma
  • State Haryana
  • City/District Panipat, Panipat, Haryana
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Panipat, Haryana
  • Perpetrator Organization Bajrag Dal
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim cleric was forced to leave his village in Panipat after refusing to submit to Hindu dominion over chanting ‘Vande Mattaram’. In a video that surfaced the internet the Muslim cleric was seen surrounded by Right Wing extremists including a reporter of a local news channel and was constantly pressurrised by the people to say that phrase. They kept asking him why is he refusing to say it, when he lives in India. The Imam tried to explain that they are other ways of expressing patriorism, however that didnt solve the argument. Ultimately he had to resign from his designation as a Imam & leave the village.