On June 5, an Indian pacer who played for Gujarat Titans (GT) in Indian Premium League faced an attack on social media after he called out Love Jihad in one of his Instagram stories. Following the attack, Dayal deleted the story and posted an apology instead. In his story, Dayal wrote, “Guys apologies for the story. It was just posted by mistake. Please don’t spread hate. Thank you. I have respect for each and every community and society.”
Controversy erupted for calling out Love Jihad
In the wee hours, Dayal shared a post about Love Jihad. It was a cartoon of a Muslim man sitting on his knees holding the hand of a blindfolded Hindu woman. The man is holding a knife in his other hand hidden behind his back. On the side of the couple, there are a lot of graves and a dead body. All the names written on the tombstones are of Hindu girls who were killed after falling for an Islamist who posed as a Hindu.
The dead body lying in the middle of the graves is of Sakshi, one of the latest victims who was killed brutally murdered by Sahil in Delhi. In the cartoon, the Muslim man is saying “There is no love jihad. This is all propaganda. I really love you!” to which the girl replies “I know Abdul tum alag ho. I trust you blindly. (I know Abdul you are different).”
The post shared by Dayal was created originally by Bratati Maity.
After the story went viral, he faced backlash on social media. ‘Journalist’ Abhishek Baxi wrote, “A @BCCI Uttar Pradesh and @gujarat_titans player, Yash Dayal, posted this on Instagram. He has since deleted it. No action against him? Hasn’t he let down his Muslim teammates? How does team management work out with a bigoted individual in a team sport?”
A @BCCI Uttar Pradesh and @gujarat_titans player, Yash Dayal, posted this on Instagram. He has since deleted it.
— Abhishek Baxi (@baxiabhishek) June 5, 2023
– No action against him?
– Hasn't he let down his Muslim teammates?
– How does team management work out with a bigoted individual in a team sport? pic.twitter.com/Q4WeYO7XqD
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is best known for spreading misinformation and instigating attacks on social media in the guise of fact-checking retweeted a post of Aakar Patel, former chief of the now-shut India chapter of Amnesty International.
Ahmed Khabeer, who is a ‘journalist’ regularly spreading fake news, and used to be a ‘cat-fish’ account pretending to be a woman, termed it as “Islamophobic”.
Gujarat Titans Fast Bowler Yash Dayal Issues Apology For Sharing “Islamphobic” Post. pic.twitter.com/nGMD6h6Skl
— Ahmed Khabeer احمد خبیر (@AhmedKhabeer_) June 5, 2023
Several Islamists, even Pakistanis, started to direct hate against the cricketer.
Gujarat Titan's bowler Yash Dayal, posted a photo on Instagram against a community.
— Gyaani-Cricketer 🇮🇳 (@GyaaniCricketer) June 5, 2023
Strangely he is playing for Gujarat which has Md Shami, Rashid Khan & Noor Ahmad too.
Sooner he deleted and apologized.
Shame on such players who has such ridiculous mentality. pic.twitter.com/V8bURkU4Qx
Yash Dayal deleted his Instagram story right away…
— Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888) June 5, 2023
If ya koi Muslim Player krta tu ab tak Inki Lal ho chuki honi thi.. 🖐🏾🤚🏿🫵🏻 pic.twitter.com/LeRlF6Y1jQ
Two Nations Theory. #MohammadRizwan #YashDayal pic.twitter.com/rDLZnlB8kG
— Shaharyar Ejaz 🏏 (@SharyOfficial) June 5, 2023
Finally software updated for Yash Dayal before Rinku Singh also updated his software too. pic.twitter.com/ND31Z6L6uW
— King Babar Azam Army (@babarazamking_) June 5, 2023
Contrary to the unity and compassion that Rizwan showed, Yash Dayal posted a 'love jihad' story on his Instagram and potentially promoted a hate-mongering speech
— Cricket Pakistan (@cricketpakcompk) June 5, 2023
Read more: https://t.co/NY64M4IFG5#Rizwan #Yashdayal pic.twitter.com/WJiKbxwVTo
Love Jihad or Grooming Jihad cases have been reported almost on a daily basis across the country. OpIndia has covered hundreds of cases in the last few years where Hindu girls were lured into a relationship by Muslim men posing as Hindu men. Many of them were brutally murdered after they refused to convert or did not respond to their advances. OpIndia’s complete coverage of Grooming Jihad cases can be seen here.
