A lady in Pakistan’s Lahore was taken into police custody after being mobbed for carrying apparel with prints in Arabic, which individuals allegedly mistook as verses from the Quran.
In movies now going viral, a neighborhood cop might be heard saying that the girl and her husband had gone purchasing when the mob requested her to take off the shirt she was carrying.
The cop was recognized as ASP Syeda Shehrbano Naqvi, and the Punjab Police shared a video of the incident, lauding the official who was current on the spot and who tried to pacify the state of affairs. She could possibly be seen taking the girl away from the group.
A clip of the girl sitting together with her arms on her face in what seemed to be a restaurant as a mob raged exterior was extensively shared on social media. Police encompass her, as do a number of others.
Sharing the video, an X person wrote, “This ladies would have been slaughtered within the title of faith had this ASP not rescued her on time (sic).”
In the meantime, a number of X customers got here in help of the girl and claimed that the shirt she was carrying merely contained Arabic phrases and had been Quranic verses.
“The girl was surrounded by folks as a result of there have been names in Arabic on her wristbands, some are saying verses of Qur’an. Really, it isn’t. That is simply easy Arabic phrases not relating to faith. ØÙÄÙØé means stunning, random Arabic phrases,” wrote one such person.
The identical person additionally shared an image, purportedly of the identical shirt, taken from an Instagram web page. The image posted on the Instagram web page ‘shalik_riyadh’ was captioned, “One of the best Ramadan 2022 assortment has arrived.”
Some tweets on X additionally claimed that
After the girl was taken into custody, she issued an apology saying she had no intentions of angering anybody.
A Muslim cleric who was current when the girl issued her apology, added that she has promised to not put on the shirt once more.
