Police firing kills at least three people during protests in India's Bengaluru over Facebook post insulting Prophet Muhammed
The danger of communal violence is a constant worry in the world’s biggest democracy.
“There is a youth who is related to a local politician. He has posted that ‘I am not secular’ and then also posted a derogatory post on social media against Prophet Muhammed, which angered people,” Maulana Mohammed Maqsood Imran Rasheedi, a top Muslim scholar in Bengaluru, said.READ MORE: Senior Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao also tweeted, urging people to maintain calm.
It is highly objectionable and such statements about any person revered by any community needs to be handled in the strictest way possible by the authorities.In another tweet, he said: “If anybody has written anything objectionable, the law will take its course, and there are so many ways in a democracy to fight for justice. In today’s world of Social Media, provocative words are written by crazy people. Let us condemn it. But Violence is not the answer.
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