The video going viral on social media these days makes one wonder — is this India or Pakistan?On Tuesday (4 August 2026), at Jaipuria Mall in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, a young man tried to attack a young woman while brandishing a large knife. In the video, he can be seen throwing the girl to the ground and raining slaps on her. The poor girl somehow managed to run away and save her life.

As an Indian ex-Muslim, watching this video causes me a double pain — one as a human being, and another as a person who comes from that very society whose image this video has become yet another dark chapter. This blog is the narration of that double pain.

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What happened — the facts of the report

According to the OpIndia Hindi report, the incident took place outside the California Burrito restaurant in Jaipuria Mall, where the victim works. The accused young man also works elsewhere in the same mall. The two had worked together at a factory in Noida Sector-62 two years ago.

It is being said that while working at the restaurant, the girl became friends with another employee — and this is what set the accused ablaze. On Tuesday, he arrived at her restaurant, picked up a knife from the kitchen, began intimidating and threatening the girl, and then beat her. Someone present there recorded the entire incident and posted it on social media. Information about the incident reached the police through the viral video at around 8 pm, after which the Police Commissionerate (Ghaziabad) immediately took cognizance and began an investigation. The police have taken the accused into custody and are questioning him. According to officials, a case will be registered under the relevant sections based on evidence, and further legal action will be taken. The accused’s name is being reported on social media as ‘Sajid’ — although this is a report that precedes official police confirmation.

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First question: Is this ‘love’ or possession?

The most shocking thing in this entire episode is that the accused believed he had a right — a right to hold possessive ownership over a girl’s life. When the girl befriended someone else, it was such a great insult to him that he picked up a knife. This is no ‘love’; this is an old, sick mentality — in which a woman is regarded not as a human being but as a ‘symbol of honour’ and ‘property’. The day he feels that someone else has cast an eye on ‘his thing’, he descends into violence.

This is the mentality of that religion — where men are taught from childhood that women are their ‘amanat’ (trust/deposit). But when this same mentality is sanctified in the name of religion, when male excess is legitimised while hiding behind words like ‘ghairat’ (honour), ‘izzat’ (respect) and ‘protection of daughters’, the problem deepens further.

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Second question: The colour of the crime and the spectacle of ‘Islamophobia’

Now comes the part that pains me the most. Whenever a video of a Muslim accused surfaces, a certain kind of people immediately come forward. People who set out to prove the innocence of any Muslim accused — they cry ‘Islamophobia’, say ‘he was framed’, call the video ‘edited’.

I am an ex-Muslim. From inside that society, I have seen how women are silenced in the name of the brotherhood’s ‘izzat’, how even when there is evidence against a Muslim accused, ‘religious unity’ is invoked first. I have seen countless cases where a Muslim woman is oppressed and those same ‘protectors’ stay silent — because the accused is ‘one of our own’. But the moment there is a Hindu victim and a Muslim accused, the same community’s ‘intellectuals’ suddenly become very ‘impartial’ — instead of justice, they start searching for conspiracy.

My pain is that I come from that community, and I know how deep this hypocrisy runs. I cannot deny the ‘truth’ visible in the video — a young man beating a young woman while holding a knife. This is not a film of ‘Islamophobia’; this is a real-life CCTV-like video, recorded by an ordinary person present there.

The double pain of an ex-Muslim

People often ask why I left my religion. I usually talk about legal rights and freedom of thought. But after this video, I can add another answer: because I do not want to be part of that system which tries to save even the one who raises a knife against a girl, calling him ‘brother’. Even when I was a Muslim, it bothered me that the moment a crime is mentioned, the concern of ‘don’t defame the whole community’ comes first — the victim’s tears come later. As an ex-Muslim, I have the right to say that this priority itself is wrong.

And yes, I also want to answer those people: the society in whose ‘culture’ such men find a place to thrive must look at itself in the mirror.

The path of law

The promptness with which the police took cognizance of the video in this case and took the accused into custody is commendable. Now it is hoped that the case will be registered under the relevant sections based on evidence, and the guilty will be punished according to the law. Brandishing a knife to intimidate someone, attacking someone — this should not be tolerated in any civilised society, regardless of the religion of the accused.

In conclusion

I stand with this girl — unconditionally. Not because of her religion, but because she is a human being who was wronged. And I also want to ask every one of those people from that community who asks me why I left Islam: when someone from among ‘your own’ raises a knife against a woman, do you stand first with the victim or with the ‘honour of the brotherhood’? Your answer is the answer to my question.

Disclaimer:

The factual information above is based on the OpIndia Hindi report (5 August 2026) and the official tweet of the Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate (4 August 2026). The accused’s name is based on social media reports; official police confirmation and the final legal outcome are still pending. The rest of the analysis is the author’s personal opinion.

Source: OpIndia Hindi — “Saw her talking to another boy, Muslim youth ran with a knife and slapped the Hindu girl several times”