As the world witnessed yet another dreadful act of terrorism in Bangladesh, dangerously close to us, it seems that even intellectual Muslims like Shabana Azmi, found themselves overtly critical of their own religion.
On July 3, Shabana Azmi took to Twitter to express her views on the heinous acts of terrorism carried out by the IS, and how it affects her faith in her religion.
Islamophobia drove me,an agnostic,to embrace my faith.Terrorism makes me shun it.Stop this horror both ways! Let there be coexistence.
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) July 4, 2016
However, her tweet was not taken well by most of her followers in Twitter. Flak followed soon after she posted her views.
https://twitter.com/tvayi_kimviryam/status/750189584298958848
In the first place how can an agnostic see sense in Islamic madness? Time you stood up to say: I AM A HUMAN BEING FIRST.
— murali naidu (@HonestRambo) July 4, 2016
https://twitter.com/VedantIndia/status/749866647691812864
However, Azmi didn’t take the long list of hate comments sitting down The next day, she pointed out how her post was misinterpreted and she was less than polite while at it.
Idiotic people! I NEVER said India is a Muslim country! Apni dukaan chalane ke liye deliberate distortion karne se u expose yrselves not me
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) July 4, 2016
However, her followers didn’t seem to convinced with her second tweet and this time she was criticized even more.
English ati nahin to english mein bakaiti mat kariye @AzmiShabana auntie. Thrs no distortion. thts wht ur tweet says https://t.co/jXnOFPOq9v
— Dhongi Monk™ (@DhongiMonk) July 4, 2016
u proved ur IQ accuse others how ironic.. go bak n read your words n then apologize do t shout like uneducated
— गिरीश शर्मा (@GirishSharma32) July 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/AmbarishSharmaO/status/750050825561595904
https://twitter.com/Ankumanku2/status/750046600249085953
https://twitter.com/DiaQuery/status/750042758379962368
-Same applies to u too who said the image of the country will go down if Modi is elected PM. Didn't u expose self? @TarekFatah
— Kamal Saini 🇮🇳 (@come2kamal) July 4, 2016