{"id":2726,"date":"2021-01-26T11:07:01","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2021-01-26T11:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T11:07:01","slug":"indian-comedian-held-over-indecent-jokes-at-show-where-he-did-not-perform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/26\/indian-comedian-held-over-indecent-jokes-at-show-where-he-did-not-perform\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian comedian held over \u2018indecent\u2019 jokes at show where he did not perform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian Muslim comedian spent 25 days in a Madhya Pradesh prison for jokes he did not tell an audience, but because he suspected he was \u201cgoing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2728\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Indian-Muslim-comic-in-jail-for-weeks-for-jokes-he-did-not-tell-rapid-news-rapidnews-munawar-faruqui.jpg\" alt=\"Indian-Muslim-comic-in-jail-for-weeks-for-jokes-he-did-not-tell-rapid-news-rapidnews-munawar-faruqui\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Indian-Muslim-comic-in-jail-for-weeks-for-jokes-he-did-not-tell-rapid-news-rapidnews-munawar-faruqui.jpg 750w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Indian-Muslim-comic-in-jail-for-weeks-for-jokes-he-did-not-tell-rapid-news-rapidnews-munawar-faruqui-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mumbai-based Munawar Faruqui, 28, faces lawsuits in two states. In Madhya Pradesh, he was arrested during an Indore police show for allegedly insulting Hindu deities while rehearsing for a performance. In neighboring Uttar Pradesh, he is wanted by the police in another case of alleged insulting to Hindu deities as well as to the Minister of the Interior Amit Shah.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You can&#8217;t stop jokes and laughter. Not because comedians are performing it, but because people need to laugh. Harder you try, the more you&#8217;re going to be laughed at, now, and by history.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has ever tried to control humour, now has a category of jokes devoted to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vir Das (@thevirdas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thevirdas\/status\/1345577101781475329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOn Monday, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court reserved its order on Faruqui\u2019s request for bail. The court heard the comedian\u2019s bail application after two requests were dismissed by a lower court earlier this month.<\/p>\n<h2>Was \u2018going to\u2019 crack anti-Hindu jokes<\/h2>\n<div id=\"aljazeera_incontent_dynamic1\" class=\"fs-dynamic\" data-slot=\"complete\" data-google-query-id=\"CJXsy965ue4CFQKBUQodc4sCJQ\">\n<p data-inc=\"1\">On the night of January 1, Faruqui was heckled by Hindu vigilantes and forced to stop his performance at Indore\u2019s Monroe cafe after members of a little-known Hindu group, called Hind Rakshak Sangathan, alleged he had insulted Hindu gods.<\/p>\n<p>Faruqui along with four others \u2013 Nalin Yadav, Prakhar Vyas, Priyam Vyas and Edwin Anthony \u2013 were roughed up and handed over to the police.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Munawar Faruqui is still in custody for \u201cjokes\u201d he never told and imaginary offences . It\u2019s been a week now.<br \/>\nWhy is his bail being constantly denied? Because he\u2019s Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 do takke ke hot takes (@awryaditi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awryaditi\/status\/1347407153116622848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nSadakat Khan, a friend of Faruqui who was not mentioned as one of the accused, was arrested the next day on charges of being a co-organiser of the comedy event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MunawarFaruqi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MunawarFaruqi<\/a> &#8216;s case I&#8217;m screaming inside.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m screaming at the apathy of the Judge, at the misplaced arguments by the state and other objectors.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m screaming because this is as absurd as it gets. The Judge did not even hear the arguments of Munawar from what I gather from<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anas Tanwir (\u092c\u0941\u0915\u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0935\u0915\u0940\u0932) (@Vakeel_Sb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vakeel_Sb\/status\/1353689261103452160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAfter their bail applications were rejected twice by a lower court, Faruqui\u2019s lawyer moved to the high court, where the hearing listed for January 15 had to be adjourned because the Indore police failed to submit the case diary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That Munawar Faruqui bail hearing lasted less than 15 min.<\/p>\n<p>For a joke he did NOT crack in Indore, for an FIR that can NOT make the claim that he made the joke, for a case there is no electronic evidence for.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aishwarya S Iyer (@iyersaishwarya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iyersaishwarya\/status\/1353645765525086208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">\u201cWithout any evidence, and without conducting any primary investigations, the police have registered this case against Munawar under political pressure of the ruling party,\u201d said Faruqui\u2019s lawyer, Anshuman Tiwari. \u201cThere is no material, nothing at all which backs up these allegations. The entire case has been registered just to gain political mileage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Faruqui, a relative newcomer on India\u2019s comedy circuit, has built up a reputation for topical comedy sprinkled with satire and observational humour, drawing on politics, society and current affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">The material has angered some figures from the BJP, India\u2019s ruling party. After criticism online, he apologised for a video in which he made a joke about a Hindu god, and in December he had a show in Jaipur cancelled when a mob turned up at the venue demanding it be shut down. A police complaint has been made against Faruqui in the state of Uttar Pradesh over a video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">On New Year\u2019s Day, Faruqui was booked to perform at a small cafe in Indore as part of a standup tour. Before he could begin, he was interrupted by a group led by Eklavya Singh Gaur, the head of a local Hindu nationalist group and son of a local BJP politician.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Video footage shows Gaur accosting Faruqui onstage and accusing him of making derogatory remarks about Hindu deities and demanding that Faruqui not be allowed to perform. Faruqui can be heard defending himself, telling Gaur that his only intention is to create laughter not hurt, that he has never insulted Hinduism or any religion, and requesting that Gaur watch his show so he can judge for himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Gaur had already made a complaint to the police, who arrested Faruqui and four others involved in the show on charges of hurting religious sentiments. The police report on Faruqui also accused him of insulting the home minister, Amit Shah, despite no evidence that he made reference to government figures that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Police admit there is no basis for the case. \u201cThere\u2019s no evidence against him for insulting Hindu deities or union minister Amit Shah,\u201d police inspector Kamlesh Sharma told local media. The police superintendent Vijay Khatri said it \u201cdoesn\u2019t really matter\u201d if Faruqi made the comments or not because there was still \u201cintent\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">The bail refusals were on the grounds that the release of the five could cause a \u201claw and order situation\u201d. There are fears that if granted bail, Faruqui will not be released but instead transferred to the custody of police in Uttar Pradesh who are pursuing a complaint against him from last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Faruqui\u2019s arrest is seen as the latest assault on freedom of expression and dissent in the cultural sphere. This week a new political drama on Amazon Prime was accused of hurting religious and political sentiments and forced to censor some scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Faruqui is the fourth comedian recently to be targeted for allegedly criticising the government or Hinduism, fuelling a climate of fear on the Indian comedy circuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">\u201cComedians are worried about making any political jokes now because this is what happens,\u201d said Vishesh Arora, who runs 25 comedy venues across India and was Faruqui\u2019s tour manager. Arora said that since Faruqui\u2019s arrest, other comedians he worked with \u201chave already cancelled shows in at least six or seven cities because they are too scared to perform\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">He added: \u201cThere are people in the ruling party who are against this kind of comedy, they don\u2019t believe comedy should be used to critique the government and so try to shut down shows. Live comedy started in India as an anti-establishment medium, a place to take a stand against corruption, speak out against political parties and powerful people, but now everyone is too afraid to take such a stand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-38z03z\">Nonetheless, some of India\u2019s biggest names in comedy have come out in Faruqui\u2019s defence. \u201cThe system is not just telling comedians what they can joke about, it\u2019s also telling you what you can laugh at. The main target isn\u2019t our pen, it\u2019s your throat,\u201d tweeted the popular comedian Vir Das.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian Muslim comedian spent 25 days in a Madhya Pradesh prison for jokes he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indian Muslim Comic In Jail For Weeks For Jokes He Did Not Tell<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An Indian Muslim comedian spent 25 days in a Madhya Pradesh prison for jokes he did not tell an audience, but because he suspected\" \/>\n<meta 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