Muslim student Muskan from Mandya district in the Indian state of Karnataka who hackled back at the crowd of Hindutva extremist goons with sloganeering ‘Allah hu Akbar’ bagged applause for showing courage against the slogans raised by a mob wearing saffron scarves, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Video of Muskan has stormed social media and became top trends with hashtags ‘Allah o Akbar’, ‘Sherni’, Muskan and ‘HijabRow’.
She is a star. #AllahHuAkbar #AllahuAkbar pic.twitter.com/GFAkafPNDx
— Senator Dr. Afnan Ullah Khan (@afnanullahkh) February 8, 2022
If courage had a face. I just want 1% of her courage #AllahuAkbar ☝️ pic.twitter.com/Q7urnyA7ai
— Ahmer (@koturism) February 8, 2022
The college student, identified as Muskan, told India Today TV, "I was going to college to submit an assignment. There were some people who were not allowing me to go to the college because I was wearing a burqa. They were asking me to remove burqa and then go inside," Muskan told India Today TV.
#EXCLUSIVE | Hijab-clad girl Muskan, who was heckled by right wing, narrates what actually happened with her. Also, hear out what Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh has to say about the campus hijab row. (@Akshita_N) pic.twitter.com/WNRvwUpkJP
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) February 8, 2022
"...I came in and they started shouting Jai Shri Ram, Jai Shri Ram. I was just passing. There were a lot of boys standing. Some of them were outsiders and some from the college. But our principal and every lecturer supported me," she said.
Muskan has been labelled now as fearless lioness and fighter for showing great courage and expressing patients infront of the mob students. In the video it can be seen, she patiently walked from the parking lot to the building and only responded when the saffron clad crowd chanted slogans to get her attention.
India: Watch dozens of Hindutva radicalized students at a government funded school harass and threaten this brave female Muslim student. pic.twitter.com/8UT7J8AkPI
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) February 8, 2022
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API Response: The Example Of Bravery 👑❤️#Muskan #AllahuAkbar #Muskan pic.twitter.com/UVuRk0RtjU
— Bint E islam(Official) (@BinteEslaam) February 8, 2022
Voice of Justice#AllahuAkbar pic.twitter.com/NXngi1kk79
— Afridi-prince-affu (@Afridiprinceaf4) February 9, 2022
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This is for Muskan, who walked like a lioness amid the pack of saffron jackals in Mandya, Karnataka.#muskan pic.twitter.com/yhDIpKYkG1
— Ashish Bagchi (@BagchiAsh) February 8, 2022