Shakeel Ahmad Bhat

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Shakeel Ahmad Bhat
Born Kashmir
Occupation Muslim activist
Known for Islamic Rage Boy

Shakeel Ahmad Bhat (Kashmiri: शकील अहमद भट (Devanagari, Shakeel Ahmad Bhat), شکیل احمد بھٹ (Nastaleeq))[1][unreliable source?] (born around 1978),[1] is a Kashmiri activist.[2] 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,[3] Middle East Times,[4] France 24,[5] and The Sunday Mail[1][6][7][8][9] He has been nicknamed Islamic Rage Boy by several bloggers.[10]

Biography

He was born into a Sufi family in Kashmir,[1] India.[1] Around 1990, during a raid on his home, Indian police threw his sister Shareefa out of an upstairs window; she broke her spine and died from her injuries four years later.[1] This killing transformed him and he started participating in the Kashmiri independence movement.[1][2]

He lives in Kashmir, India, 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, Salman Rushdie, and the Muhammed cartoons.[3] He was captured and spent three years in prison.[2] He claims that he has been detained almost 300 times since 1997.[2]

As icon

He was featured in numerous blogs and articles by Christopher Hitchens,[11] Robert Spencer,[12] Kathleen Parker,[13] Michelle Malkin,[14] and others. On various blogs, he was photoshopped as Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler or as an opera singer.[15][16] His picture has also been printed on T-shirts, posters, mouse-pads, and beer mugs.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 APF: "Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he's really angry"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ France 24[dead link]
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Islamic Rage Boy: No, really, I am angry - and I do it all for Allah and Muhammad Jihad Watch
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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