The recent rape of a 10-year old girl In Ghaziabad has shocked everyone. It has been alleged that the girl was held captive in a madrassa and that a Muslim cleric has been booked in connection with the crime. People have been wondering whether the heinous incident will spark a similar outrage in the country. However, the reaction thus far has been muted.
One of the justifications of the muted reaction by those who brought religious angle in the Kathua rape case, has been that there has been no support for the alleged rapists. However, unfortunately, this is not true. Some Muslims have taken to social media, especially Twitter, to defend not only the rapist, but to claim that the rape was ‘fake news’. They have resorted to calling the rape a ‘love affair’ and are demanding that the victim — a minor not even in her teenage — be married off to the rapist.
geeta ko uska pyar lota do
shabaz ko riha kro aur shadi kra do#JusticeForGeeta— श्री श्री Ansari Malik जी (@alhaqsrt) April 27, 2018
कोर्ट मैं जज के सामने दिए गए बयान के अनुसार गीता, शाहबाज़ से शादी करना चाहती है !
भक्तों अब गीता के लिए न्याय दिलाओ शाहबाज़ से उसकी शादी करवाकर !#JusticeForghanta @TejashwiYadav_ @SapnaChaudharyy @yadavdimplesp @yadavakhilesh @SPAllahabad @News18India @KausarHayat8— Tauseef Hayat (@office_TN_Hayat) April 27, 2018
हमारे मुस्लिमो को आदत हो गई है
Rss संघी की गुलामी करने की
झूठी अफवाह सुनते ही मौलाना को बीच चौराहे पर गोली मारने की बात करते हैं मदरसों पर उंगली उठा रहे हो
पहले हकीकत तो जान लिया करो?
दो-चार को खुश करने के लिए तुम अपने रब को नाराज करते हो#DelhiGeeta_BJPDirtyPoltics— Naseem Khan Jaunpuri (@NaseemJaunpuri) April 26, 2018
#जस्टिस_फॉर_गीता
गीता को उसका प्यार दो शहबाज़ को रिहा करो ??
Note- This is not a rape case it’s a love matter as gita wanted to marry muslim boy @ImSaiyid@UrvashiSareen@alamgirizvi@Qamar07@azra_44574@bukhari_apibaji@Zakirh04#justice_for_geeta— Mohammad Aamir (@Bitter___truth) April 26, 2018
People are visibly outraged over the shameful defense of rape by some on social media.
#JusticeForAsifa Muslim warriors who were out there, burning vehicles, pelting stones, demanding death-penalty for the men framed in the Kathua case, hurl vulgarities at the Hindu kid, Geeta, who was raped by a Maulvi in a madrasa. Want her married to her rapist. #JusticeForGeeta pic.twitter.com/NR04dyP5zQ
— Sonam Mahajan (@AsYouNotWish) April 27, 2018
Dear @anuragkashyap72 ,
Here I found few guys trying to protect Rapist! one of them @JafriQadir is followed by AAP MLA @KhanAmanatullah !
These guys are not only protecting the Rapist but also calling the victim Bhabhi and asking them to marry some SHEHBAZ! pic.twitter.com/K2yiX0XB7q— Shash (@pokershash) April 26, 2018
Such comments have been left by many other Islamists on Facebook too giving the entire affair a sickening angle, which not only aim to downplay the reported incident of rape inside a Madarsa, but legitimizes sex with a minor and child marriage.
While the Islamists are claiming on social media that the 10-year-old girl has in her statement denied rape, media reports have earlier confirmed that the girl had given a statement confirming rape, after which a juvenile and a Maulvi were detained. Father of the girl has also accused the Maulvi of being involved in the sexual assault.
Rather unsurprisingly, this support by some Muslims for the rapist has not been highlighted by the mainstream media, which termed any demand of CBI inquiry in the Kathua incident as a ‘pro-rapist’ stand.
