“Whether anybody was beaten or killed, the message to extremists is loud and clear: if you do this then it can happen to you also,” he is heard saying.Īt a press conference at the Haridwar Press Club on November 12, Rizvi reiterated that if a political party wins through the votes of Muslims, it will be a disaster and that Hindus will have to “pay the price with their blood and lives.”Īlso read: NCM Asks Ex-UP Shia Board Chief Wasim Rizvi to Apologise for His Remarks on Quran

R izvi also justified beef vigilantism and mob lynchings, calling them a strong message to ‘extremists’. I am showing a mirror to Muslims who became demons from humans 1,400 years ago,” he is heard saying. In another interview to far-right YouTuber Neeraj Atri, Rizvi claimed that any party which comes to power after getting Muslim votes will harm the country. “I am not undermining the importance of social media, however real battles are not fought on social media…real battles are fought with weapons, that’s my responsibility…murders will be done with bullets and the necks of jihadis will be cut up with swords,” Narsinghanand is heard saying in an interview with Rizvi by his side, to a Hindutva social media channel called ‘Hindu First.’ Throughout the video, Muslims are referred to as traitors and “snakes in the sleeves” who are trying to capture India and slaughter Hindus. In the viral videos, there are also dog-whistles and open calls to arms. Rizvi is also heard saying that “until Muslims believe in the Quran and the word of Mohammad, every man in this world who believes in another religion will be in danger.”Īlso read: Beyond Blasphemy: Inside Yati Narsinghanand’s Militant Hindutva Machinery “I respect you for saying this truth,” Narsinghanand is heard replying. Anybody who believes in Mohammad and Islam is the same,” Rizvi is heard saying in a video. Rizvi, in the videos, also calls upon all Shia Muslims to leave Islam. The release of the book was met with outrage amongst Muslims across India, particularly from the Shia sect, because in all his videos with Narsinghanand after the book launch, Rizvi is seen presenting himself as a Shia. Rizvi has claimed that the book will “expose Islam and its prophet” and help Muslims to “return to humanity.” He has also claimed that the book explains how terrorism was born, the ways in which extremism can be countered and that it will stop religious conversions. The book’s cover depicts a naked woman in front of a man, understood to be prophet Mohammad. The Wire has examined a copy of the book. It also claims that Mohammad wrote falsehoods in the Quran, the holy book of Muslims. The book, written in Hindi, presents prophet Mohammad as a murderer, womaniser and a madman.

New Delhi: On November 4, a former chairman of the Shia Waqf board, Wasim Rizvi, released a book titled Muhammad from the Dasna Devi temple at Ghaziabad in the presence of militant Hindutva leader, Narsinghanand Saraswati.

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