Shakeel Ahmad Bhat (born around 1978) is a
Kashmiri Kashmiri may refer to:
* People or things related to the Kashmir Valley or the broader region of Kashmir
* Kashmiris, an ethnic group native to the Kashmir Valley
* Kashmiri language, their language
People with the name
* Kashmiri Saikia Baruah ...
activist.
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'',
''
Middle East Times'',
France 24, and ''The Sunday Mail''
He has been nicknamed Islamic Rage Boy by several bloggers.
Biography
He was born into a
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
Muslim
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family in
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to:
* Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent
* Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory
* Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...
,
India. 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 four years later.
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He lives in
Indian Administered Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
, 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.
He spent three years in prison.
He claims that he has been detained almost 300 times since 1997.
In popular culture
He was featured in numerous blogs and articles by
Christopher Hitchens,
Kathleen Parker,
Michelle Malkin, and others. On various blogs, he was
photoshopped
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as Aerosmith singer
Steven Tyler
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or as an opera singer.
His picture has also been printed on T-shirts, posters, mouse-pads, and beer mugs.
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See also
*Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
* List of Internet phenomena
References
External links
Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he's really angry
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Internet memes
Kashmiri people
Living people
People from Jammu and Kashmir
Rage (emotion)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian Muslim activists