In a shocking bit of incident a video of a burqa-clad woman furiously throwing Ganpati idols on the floor of a supermarket in Bahrain has gone viral on social media.In the video, two burqa-clad women can be seen standing near an aisle where idols of Hindu God Ganpati are kept on the display ahead of the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival. One of the women picks up the idols and starts throwing them on the floor one by one, following which the idols shatter into pieces as the other woman records the incident on her mobile phone. The woman can be heard yelling at an attendant at the shop in Arabic.
Raising objections to the Ganpati idols being sold in a Muslim-dominant country, the woman in the video can be heard saying "this is Mohamed ben Issa's country, do you think he approved of this?""This is a Muslim country, correct?" the woman is heard saying to the man in the shop. "Let us see who will worship these statues. Call the cops," the other woman says.The Bahrain Police, meanwhile, took prompt legal action against the woman who broke the Ganpati idols into pieces.
The accused woman has been charged with disrespecting religious sentiments and rituals of a community, sources said. The development was confirmed by the Bahrain Ministry of Interior, that issued a statement and said, "Concerning a circulated video on social media, the Director-General of Capital Governorate Police announced on Sunday that a woman, 54, was summoned for intentionally damaging a shop in Juffair and breaking religious idols. Legal proceedings are being taken to refer the case to the Public Prosecution".Some Twitter users also appealed for calm and pleaded to not judge Bahrain based on incident.