Atheist Activist Armin Navabi Who Tore Up Quran Angers Hindus By Calling Goddess Kali 'Sexy'

A Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader has filed a police complaint with Delhi Police and Mumbai Police against Twitter India for allowing Iranian-Canadian author and podcaster Armin Navabi to post derogatory comments on Hindu Goddess Kali.

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Navabi, an ex-Muslim and the founder of Atheist Republic had posted the picture a Goddess Kali on Twitter on Thursday with the caption, “Okay! I’m in love with Hinduism. I never knew you had sexy goddesses like these. Why would anyone pick any other religion?”.

The VHP leader’s complaint hits out at Twitter for allowing “such posts” and “not taking action” against such account holders.?

“We request you to book officials of Twitter India for allowing such posts and not taking action against such account holders. Also, Twitter MUST have a policy of filtering the messages which are against a region and a state,” the complaint read.

The VHP leader alleged the intent of the post by Navabi was to “incite and provoke Hindus, break peace-harmony and create unrest in the society”.

“The image he has posted is published on Twitter, a social media platform and hence the officers of Twitter are equally liable for punishment of the above-mentioned provisions,” he wrote in the complaint.

Just a few days ago Navabi had angered Muslims after he came up with a new controversial social media campaign called ‘DesecrateTheQuran’.

On Tuesday, Navabi shared a video where he was seen tearing the Arabic version of the Quran. After tearing up the Quran, Navabi also spat on the book and further tore the pages to throw it away.

Reacting to the VHP leader's complaint, Navabi said "All these legal filing against me makes me wonder what you all are going to do once I actually start my 'Sexy Hindu Goddess' art project."

He even claimed that he was surprised when his account wasn't taken down despite the mass-reporting.