Shakeel Ahmad Bhat Explained

Shakeel Ahmad Bhat
Birth Place:Jammu and Kashmir, India
Occupation:Islamic activist
Known For:Muslim Rage Boy internet meme

Shakeel Ahmad Bhat is a Kashmiri activist and former militant[1] who has become a minor internet celebrity.[2] Photographs depicting close-ups of him angrily participating in protests in Srinagar appeared in many international newspapers in 2007 and became an internet meme,[3] with several bloggers nicknaming him Islamic Rage Boy.[4] He has been featured in newspapers such as the Times of India,[5] Middle East Times,[6] France 24,[7] and The Sunday Mail.[8] [9] [2] [1]

Biography

Bhat was born into a Sufi Muslim family in Jammu and Kashmir, India, sometime in the late 1970s.[10] His father was associated with Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front[11] He claims that in 1986 during a police raid on his home, his sister Sharifa was thrown down a flight of stairs, following which she became bed-ridden. She died in 1992 at the age of 18. Bhat dropped out of school as a teenager, and in 1991, at the age of 13, he joined a pro-Pakistan militant group called Al-Umar-Mujahideen, which he remained part of until his arrest in 1994.[12] [13] He was arrested and spent three years in prison, during which he was tortured and subjected to electric shocks. A nail was driven through his jaw.[14] [15] He lives in Srinagar, where he began participating in demonstrations in 1997. Due to his angry look, he was often photographed by journalists. He took part in protests against the Indian Army, Israel, Pope Benedict XVI, Salman Rushdie, and the Muhammad cartoons.[16] According to Free Press Kashmir, he has "intermittently spent 24 years and 4 months" in different prisons across India and has 276 FIRs against him. In 2020, he got married.

In popular culture

He was featured in numerous blogs and articles by Christopher Hitchens,[17] Kathleen Parker,[18] Michelle Malkin,[19] and others. On various blogs, he was photoshopped as Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler or as an opera singer.[20] [21] His picture has also been printed on T-shirts, posters, mouse-pads, and beer mugs.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: All the rage - victim of US bloggers' cartoon hits back . Butt . Riazat . . 23 July 2007 . 28 December 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131229111317/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/23/india.digitalmedia . 29 December 2013 . live.
  2. Book: Vali Nasr. Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Hindu Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World. 15 September 2009. Free Press. 978-1-4165-9194-8. 256–. 7 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331210828/https://books.google.com/books?id=4eNp-IAeILkC&pg=PT256. 31 March 2019. live.
  3. Web site: Hussain . Ashiq . 25 February 2011 . 9th case against Kashmir's 'Islamic poster-boy' . Hindustan Times.
  4. News: Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' invites humour, mirth. Rajghatta. Chidanand. 1 July 2007. India. 16 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127222740/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-01/us/27994267_1_t-shirts-poster-boy-protests. 27 January 2012. The Times of India. live.
  5. News: Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' invites humour, mirth. Rajghatta. Chidanand. 1 Jul 2007. Indiatimes. 6 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20071028031439/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kashmirs_Rage_Boy_invites_humour/articleshow/2164387.cms. 28 October 2007. live.
  6. Web site: Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he is really angry. Wani. Izhar. 5 July 2007. Middle East News. 6 November 2010. SRINAGAR, India. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231217/http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070705-023815-9625r. 26 September 2007.
  7. http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070705024929.1cr624yt&cat=null France 24
  8. Book: Patrick French. India: A Portrait. 27 January 2011. Penguin Books Limited. 978-0-14-194700-6. 464–. 7 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331202859/https://books.google.com/books?id=bf48JIIoLVoC&pg=PT464. 31 March 2019. live.
  9. Book: Stuart Croft. Securitizing Islam: Identity and the Search for Security. 9 February 2012. Cambridge University Press. 978-1-107-02046-7. 216. 7 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190331125019/https://books.google.com/books?id=h4iRXzjHPUUC&pg=PA217. 31 March 2019. live.
  10. Web site: Zainab . 2021 . How blasphemy' gave birth to Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' . Free Press Kashmir.
  11. Web site: Hussain . Ashiq . 25 February 2011 . 9th case against Kashmir's 'Islamic poster-boy' . Hindustan Times.
  12. Web site: Wani . Izhar . 5 July 2007 . Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he is really angry . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926231217/http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070705-023815-9625r . 26 September 2007 . 6 November 2010 . Middle East News . SRINAGAR, India.
  13. Web site: Butt . Riazat . 23 July 2007 . All the rage - victim of US bloggers' cartoon hits back . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131229111317/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/23/india.digitalmedia . 29 December 2013 . 28 December 2013 . The Guardian.
  14. Web site: The sad tale of Shakeel Bhat, AKA Islamic Rage Boy..... - AR15.COM . 2024-11-16 . www.ar15.com.
  15. Book: French, Patrick . India: A Portrait . 2011-01-27 . Penguin Books Limited . 978-0-14-194700-6 . en.
  16. News: Rajghatta . Chidanand . 1 Jul 2007 . Kashmir's 'Rage Boy' invites humour, mirth . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20071028031439/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kashmirs_Rage_Boy_invites_humour/articleshow/2164387.cms . 28 October 2007 . 6 November 2010 . Indiatimes.
  17. Let's stop channeling angry Muslims. Christopher Hitchens. Slate Magazine. 25 June 2007. 17 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20110918091327/http://www.slate.com/id/2169020/. 18 September 2011. live.
  18. News: Rage Boy vs. Civilization. Parker. Kathleen. 29 June 2007. RealClearPolitics. 6 November 2010. Washington. https://web.archive.org/web/20101126220633/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/06/rage_boy_vs_civilization.html. 26 November 2010. live.
  19. Web site: Laughing at Islamic Rage Boy. Malkin. Michelle. 29 June 2007. michellemalkin.com. 6 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101120021757/http://michellemalkin.com/2007/06/29/laughing-at-islamic-rage-boy/. 20 November 2010. live.
  20. Web site: Islamic Rage Boy Parody Roundup. Ledbetter. Brian C.. 22 June 2007. Snapped Shot. 6 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101221144549/http://snappedshot.com/archives/976-Islamic-Rage-Boy-Parody-Roundup.html. 21 December 2010. live.
  21. Web site: Rage Boy. lumberjack. 29 June 2007. Are We Lumberjacks?. Blogger. 6 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708023655/http://arewelumberjacks.blogspot.com/2007/06/rage-boy.html. 8 July 2011. live.

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