Biography:Shakeel Ahmad Bhat
Shakeel Ahmad Bhat | |
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| Born | c. 1978 Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Occupation | Islamic activist |
| Known for | Muslim Rage Boy internet meme |
Shakeel Ahmad Bhat (born around 1978) is an Indian activist.[1] He has been in photographs on the front pages of many newspapers and has become a cult figure on the Internet. He has been featured in newspapers such as the Times of India,[2] Middle East Times,[3] France 24,[4] and The Sunday Mail[5][6][7][8] He has been nicknamed Islamic Rage Boy by several bloggers.[9]
Biography
He was born into a Sufi Muslim family in Jammu and Kashmir, India . He claims that, around 1990, during a raid on his home, Indian police threw his sister Shareefa out of an upstairs window; she allegedly broke her spine and died four years later.[1]
He lives in Indian Administered Kashmir, where he is often seen participating in demonstrations. Due to his angry look, he is often photographed by journalists. He took part in protests against the Indian Army, Israel, Pope Benedict XVI, Salman Rushdie, and the Muhammad cartoons.[2] He spent three years in prison.[1] He claims that he has been detained almost 300 times since 1997.[1]
In popular culture
He was featured in numerous blogs and articles by Christopher Hitchens,[10] Kathleen Parker,[11] Michelle Malkin,[12] and others. On various blogs, he was photoshopped as Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler or as an opera singer.[13][14] His picture has also been printed on T-shirts, posters, mouse-pads, and beer mugs.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 APF: "Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he's really angry"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rajghatta, Chidanand (1 Jul 2007). "Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' invites humour, mirth". Indiatimes. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kashmirs_Rage_Boy_invites_humour/articleshow/2164387.cms.
- ↑ Wani, Izhar (5 July 2007). "Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he is really angry". Middle East News. SRINAGAR, India. http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070705-023815-9625r.
- ↑ France 24
- ↑ Patrick French (27 January 2011). India: A Portrait. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 464–. ISBN 978-0-14-194700-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=bf48JIIoLVoC&pg=PT464. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ Stuart Croft (9 February 2012). Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security. Cambridge University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-107-02046-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=h4iRXzjHPUUC&pg=PA217. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ Vali Nasr (15 September 2009). Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Hindu Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World. Free Press. pp. 256–. ISBN 978-1-4165-9194-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=4eNp-IAeILkC&pg=PT256. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ "All the rage - victim of US bloggers' cartoon hits back". The Guardian. 23 July 2007. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/23/india.digitalmedia.
- ↑ Rajghatta, Chidanand (1 July 2007). "Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' invites humour, mirth". The Times of India (India). http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-01/us/27994267_1_t-shirts-poster-boy-protests.
- ↑ Christopher Hitchens (25 June 2007). "Let's stop channeling angry Muslims". Slate Magazine. http://www.slate.com/id/2169020/. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ↑ Parker, Kathleen (29 June 2007). "Rage Boy vs. Civilization". RealClearPolitics (Washington). http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/rage_boy_vs_civilization.html.
- ↑ Malkin, Michelle (29 June 2007). "Laughing at Islamic Rage Boy". michellemalkin.com. http://michellemalkin.com/2007/06/29/laughing-at-islamic-rage-boy/.
- ↑ Ledbetter, Brian C. (22 June 2007). "Islamic Rage Boy Parody Roundup". Snapped Shot. http://www.snappedshot.com/archives/976-Islamic-Rage-Boy-Parody-Roundup.html.
- ↑ lumberjack (29 June 2007). "Rage Boy". Are We Lumberjacks?. Blogger. http://arewelumberjacks.blogspot.com/2007/06/rage-boy.html.
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