Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif is once again on the radar of social media hardliners. This time the UP cricketer faced the ire of troll army for celebrating Christmas with his family. As the entire country celebrated Christmas on Monday, Kaif also took to Twitter to wish his followers ‘Merry Christmas’ and shared a photo of celebration with his family.
Merry Christmas ! May there be love and peace. pic.twitter.com/DnZ2g7VTno
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 25, 2017
As soon as 2002 NatWest Series Final hero shared the image, his timeline was flooded with negative comments of trolls who called the image ‘un-inslamic’ and asked the cricketer to delete the post.
Here’s how the trolly army targetted the former cricketer.
Bhaijaan mera dil dukh gaya ye post dekhkar delete kariye Aur ye tyohar hum musalmano ka nahi hai iski mubarakh baat bhi dena gunaah e kabira hai
— MOHAMMAD Aftab Alam (@AftabAl79667292) December 25, 2017
Apni Duniyan keliye Islam ku sharminda na karo.tum jo wish kiye ho uska matlab pehle samjho.Mohammed naam rakhne se Musalman nahi banjata hai koi..
— Mohammed Anees (@aneesm986) December 26, 2017
100000 laanat
— FARHAT ABBAS (@FarhatAbbaspak) December 25, 2017
Moula ki Khasam Tu Badi Zillat Se Marega Fail Cricketer Off All Formats.
— Mohd Fasiuddin (@MohdFasiuddin10) December 25, 2017
Kaif sir aap musalman hokar merry christmas bol rahe ho sharam aani chahiye aapko iska matlab hota he ki allah ke yanha beta huwa he astaghfirullllah
— Ajmal Yunus (@YunusAjmal) December 25, 2017
This is not the first time Kaif has been at the receiving end of social media ire.
In August, after Supreme Court declared instant Triple Talaq unconstitutional, Kaif was one of the first celebs to express his happiness over SC judgement.
Welcome decision by Supreme Court to declare #TripleTalaq unconstitutional. Will give Muslim women security. Gender justice is much needed
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) August 22, 2017
Even as his innocuous tweet expressed his personal belief and gained huge support on Twitter, Islamic hardliners slammed him and questioned his motives behind his Tweet.
Sir app kise khus karne ke liye istarha ke twits karte hai…
— Sam saifi (@SaM_Saifi_100) August 22, 2017
SC says #TripleTalaq is against Quran so how about saying Vande Mataram that is also against basic Quran of There is no God but Allah
— Saquib Hamza (@HamzaSaqmd) August 22, 2017
In July, the 36-year-old cricketer came under attack of hatemongers after he shared a picture of his son playing chess with him.
Taking to Facebook, he wrote, “Shatranj Ke Khilaadi #fatherson #kabirtales #instaplay”. What could go wrong?
To his surprise, a lot of people spewed hate in the comments and criticised him and attributed it to “religion” as usual.
Here’s how the online fundamentalists responded.
In January, he was roasted on social media for sharing pics of him performing different positions of Suryanamaskar.
“Surya Namaskar is a complete workout fr the physical system, a comprehensive exercise form without any need fr equipment.#KaifKeFitnessFunde,” Kaif posted on Twitter alongside four pictures which depict him performing the ancient Indian exercise.
In all 4pics,I had Allah in my heart.
Cant understand what doing any exercise,
Surya Namaskar or Gym has to do with religion.It benefits ALL pic.twitter.com/exq5pUclvu— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) December 31, 2016
After intense backlash from trolls who accused him of insulting his religion, he posted another Tweet saying, “”In all 4pics, I had Allah in my heart. Cant understand what doing any exercise, Surya Namaskar or Gym has to do with religion. It benefits ALL,” Kaif posted later.
Sadly, Kaif isn’t the only victim of online hatred. Cricketers like Irfan Pathan and Mohammad Sami have also been trolled multiple times in the name of religion.
