Woman in Bahrain Smashes Ganesha Idols
In a viral video, a woman from Bahrain was seen that she was smashing statues of the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha.
A video of a woman from Bahrain went viral. In the video it was seen that she was smashing statues of the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha. The video shows two women in a shop standing near a display of the statues. One of them is grabbing statues and smashing them on the ground. One woman is heard saying to a man in the shop, “This is a Muslim country, correct?” The other woman says, “Let us see who will worship these statues. Call the cops.” The incident sparked widespread condemnation on social media.
On Sunday 16th August, the police said that the 54 year old woman was summoned 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 woman had admitted to breaking the statues and was charged for damage and of insulting a religious symbol. The police have said that she will be tried in court.
Khalid al-Khalifa the advisor to the King of Bahrain and Former Foreign Minister said that the woman’s actions were unacceptable. He tweeted, “Breaking of religious symbols is not the nature of the people of Bahrain. It is a crime of hatred and is rejected. Here all religions, sects and people coexist.”
