Video of Mufti Salman Azhari’s hate speech in Gujarat goes viral, action sought

Two persons have been arrested by Junagadh police in Gujarat on Saturday, February 3, after a video of an allegedly ‘inflammatory speech’ delivered by an Muslim preacher went viral on social media.

In the video, the preacher is heard saying, “Abhi to karbala ka akhiri maidan baqi hai…Kuch der ki khamoshi hai, fir shore ayega… Aaj kutton ka wakt hai, kal hamara daur ayega.” (The final battle of Karbala is yet to come… a moment of silence, then there will be noise again. Today is the time of the dogs, tomorrow will be our time).”

He chants, “Labbaik Ya Rasulullah (We are present Oh! messenger of Allah)” among cheers from the crowd.

Police were trying to trace the



preacher, Mumbai resident Mufti Salman Azhari, said superintendent of police Harshad Mehta. The speech was delivered at an event held on an open ground near the ‘B’ division police station on the night of January 31, he said.After the video went viral, an FIR was registered against Azhari and local organisers Mohammad Yousuf Malek and Azim Habib Odedara under Sections 153B.