Kozhikode (Kerala): A woman journalist in Kerala has been facing online abuse and her Facebook page has been temporarily blocked after she shared her account of classmates being abused at a Madrassa when she was a child.
VP Rajeena, who works with a regional newspaper run by a hardline group, said in her post that at a Madrassa she went to in Kozhikode, an Ustaad or teacher called all the boys and touched them inappropriately. "First day of first class, the ustaad called boys and unzipped them, feeling them up at the wrong places," she wrote. When the boys tried to avoid the touching, writes Rajeena, the teacher told them he was "checking the size."
"As I moved to class 4, an Ustaad groped girls and poked them during a night class if there was a power cut. A girl even burst out once and threatened to report about him to authorities," Rajeena shared.
She said several boys and girls were forced to quit because of the abuse. Her post has become controversial and has provoked strong reactions on both sides of the debate. "I am not scared of any of these vitriolic comments and threats aimed at my personal life because I have truth and Allah is on my side," says Rajeena.
Her Facebook account, flooded with messages of anger as well as support, has been blocked for several hours.
