Labelled ‘jihadi’, Sai Baba’s idol demolished in Delhi. Hindu hardliner exults. Devotees despair
The demolition is inspired by the same ideas that animate attacks on religious minorities, say scholars. Apr 04, 2021 · 06:30 am An idol of Sai Baba was demolished in a temple in Delhi on March 25. | Screenshots from videos circulating on social media.
First, he instructs a worker to uproot the idol with a crowbar, then he takes a hammer to it five times. “He is no god, he died in 1918,” the middle-aged man declares, looking into the camera. “He was Muslim.”
“Mullah hai,” says another voice in the background, using a pejorative term for Muslims.