Bahrain police have summoned this woman, so the response to this is not monochromatic, but the enthusiastic reaction from some Muslims shows that bigotry, intolerance, and contempt for unbelievers is all too common in the Islamic world.
Now, why is that? Could it have anything to do with this and other verses like it? “Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved” (Qur’an 8:55).
“Bahrain: Video of burqa-clad woman breaking Hindu idols goes viral, Islamists hail and celebrate on social media,” OpIndia, August 16, 2020:
The Ministry of Interior, Bahrain has issued a statement regarding the viral video and said that the Director-General of Capital Governorate Police the 54-year-old woman was summoned for intentionally damaging a shop in Juffair and breaking religious idols.
A video of a burqa-clad woman breaking idols of Lord Ganesha in a store has gone viral on social media.
In the video, one can see two women standing near an aisle where idols of Hindu gods are kept on the shelf. One of the women then picks up the idols and then throws it on the floor and breaks it. Soon, Islamists took to social media to celebrate the breaking of idols and hailing the woman for doing so.
MashAllah what country is this?
— Canadian??? زوجي SAUDI?? #FREEPALESTINE?? (@alkanadiya) August 16, 2020
Some were of the opinion that smashing of idols must only be done when ‘Allah commands it’ and such arbitrary breaking of idols without direct instructions from Allah is unfair.
