Muslims in India support Hamas at festival in Kerala
Indian social media seethed with outrage on Monday after photos of slain Hamas terrorist leaders were displayed during a cultural festival in the Palakkad district of Kerala.This is heinously repulsive, and calls for the festival to be stopped. A disgrace it would even be celebrated to begin with. This is only confirms all the more what's wrong with the Religion of Peace.
The offensive images were paraded by a group of men riding elephants during an Uroos festival, an annual Muslim event in Kerala. The eleven-day festival commemorates the death of a legendary Indian Muslim leader named Beema Beevi, who was ostensibly related to Islam’s founder, Mohammed, and purported to perform miracles.
The festival concludes with a grand procession, making it a major tourist attraction. This year’s procession on Sunday drew a crowd of about 3,000 people, including a few prominent opposition politicians. One of the VIP guests was V.T. Balram, a leader of the opposition India Congress Party.
This year’s procession included an elephant carrying a group of youths waving posters of slain Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, architects of the horrific October 7, 2023, attack on Israeli civilians. The banners included a slogan that implied Indian Muslims should embrace the terrorists as their own flesh and blood.
“Young children were seen holding the posters of Sinwar and Haniyeh, with the crowd cheering them on throughout the procession. The incident quickly became a topic of contention, with many questioning the organisers of the festival for allowing such displays,” India Today reported.
Members of the governing BJP party swiftly condemned the Hamas iconography at the Kerala festival, pointing out that Muslim groups have made pro-Palestinian political statements at several events held after Hamas launched the Gaza war.
In one of the more egregious examples, Kerala University attempted to rename its annual youth festival “Intifada” in 2024, a word that describes perpetual Palestinian warfare against Israel. Hamas figures have also been invited to participate as virtual guests at Indian Muslim events.
BJP filed complaints with state and district police on Monday, naming the president, chief secretary, and treasurer of the Kerala Uroos festival, known locally as “Thrithala Fest” after the town where it is held.
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