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Comic Munawar Faruqui, Arrested For “Insulting” Hindu Gods, Gets Bail From Supreme Court
Daily Excelsior ^ | 05/02/2021

Posted on 02/06/2021 11:46:34 PM PST by nickcarraway

New Delhi: Stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui, jailed over allegations of “insulting Hindu Gods and Goddesses” during a show, was granted interim bail today by the Supreme Court, which also issued notice to the Madhya Pradesh government.

Munawar Faruqui was denied bail thrice before. The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to grant him bail on January 28.

A complaint by a BJP MLA’s son that the comedian made objection remarks on Hindu deities in a show in Indore led to his arrest on January 1. Four others were also arrested.

All of them were accused of making “filthy and indecent jokes” about Hindu Gods and Goddesses, as well as Home Minister Amit Shah, according to the complaint by Eklvaya Singh Gaur, the son of a BJP MLA.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: freespeech; hinduism; india

1 posted on 02/06/2021 11:46:34 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Kali will not be mocked


2 posted on 02/07/2021 1:34:49 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: nickcarraway

He’s going to get the tusk of Ganesh in his keister.


3 posted on 02/07/2021 3:42:36 AM PST by EEGator
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To: nickcarraway

“Filthy and indecent jokes about Hindu gods and goddesses”?

What could he have said that would be worse than the traditional myths?


4 posted on 02/07/2021 4:28:07 AM PST by VietVetwcm
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To: nickcarraway

Ah, wait:

He made “filthy and indecent jokes about...Home Minister Amit Shah” as well as the gods and goddesses.

That would explain the jail time.


5 posted on 02/07/2021 4:33:56 AM PST by VietVetwcm
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To: nickcarraway

Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu walk into a bar...


6 posted on 02/07/2021 6:24:52 AM PST by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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To: nickcarraway

>>All of them were accused of making “filthy and indecent jokes” about Hindu Gods and Goddesses

Have these officials SEEN the sculptures and carvings and depictions from anciennt India? Things that are publicly displayed?

What is their standard for “indecent”?


7 posted on 02/07/2021 7:47:38 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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