After receiving Islamist threats, Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan apologises for attending Hindu ceremony in India
Shakib Al Hasan
Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been forced to make a public apology after he received Islamist threats for attending a Hindu ceremony in neighbouring India.
The leading all-rounder is the latest victim of increasingly vocal Islamists, who also staged massive anti-France rallies in recent weeks over the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
Shakib ignited a storm of social media protests in the Muslim majority country – Bangladesh – after attending a ceremony in Kolkata dedicated to a Hindu goddess.
Islamic preachers in Bangladesh say that people shouldn’t attend ceremonies and events of other faiths.
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"I was on the stage for barely two minutes. People are talking about this and thought I inaugurated it," Shakib told an online forum late Monday.
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"I did not do this and being a conscious Muslim I would not do this. But, maybe, I should not have gone there. I am sorry for this and apologise," he said.
"As a practising Muslim, I always try to follow religious customs. Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong," he added.
Shakib spoke hours after man-made personal threats against him on a Facebook live forum for "hurting religious sentiment". The man later apologised and went into hiding.
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Police state that they are trying to nab the man and were searching for a knife that was shown during the forum.
Shakib is currently the number one all-rounder in ICC ODI Rankings. In October 2019, he was found to have breached the ICC anti-corruption code and was banned for two years with one year suspended.
In 2015, Shakib became the first cricketer ever to hold the ICC top all-rounder spot in all three formats of the game.