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Shakeel Ahmad Bhat is a Kashmiri activist and former militant who has become a minor
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. In 2007, close-up images of him participating in protests in
Srinagar Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
were published in various international media outlets and became the basis of an
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, with several bloggers nicknaming him ''Islamic Rage Boy''. He has been written about in newspapers including the ''
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'', '' Middle East Times'',
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, and ''The Sunday Mail''.


Biography

Bhat was born into a Sufi Muslim family in
Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory since 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019 * Jammu and Kashmir (prin ...
,
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, sometime in the late 1970s. His father was associated with Jammu and Kashmir Plebiscite Front. In interviews given to different news outlets, Bhat has alleged that his sister Sharifa died as a result of injuries sustained from violence by police during a police raid on his home. The year of the police raid and her death, her age, and the exact cause of her death are uncertain, with various versions in media. 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. 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. He remained under police surveillance after his release. An injury to his right arm as a result of the torture had left him unable to lift anything, and he has relied on his brothers to support him since then, saying he feels as if he is 110 years old. He lives in
Srinagar Srinagar (; ) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary ...
, 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
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, Israel,
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,
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, and the cartoons caricaturing Muhammad. Speaking to
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about his photograph becoming viral on the internet, he said: According to Free Press Kashmir, by 2021 he had "intermittently spent 24 years and 4 months" in different prisons across India and had 276 FIRs against him. He married in 2020.


In popular culture

He was featured in numerous blogs and articles by
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,
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,
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, and others. On various blogs, he was photoshopped as Aerosmith singer
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or as an opera singer. His picture has also been printed on T-shirts, posters, mouse pads, and beer mugs.


See also

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