Meanings
- IndiaPakistanIslamA slogan calling for the killing of blasphemers against Islam.
This came after protests led by Syed Abdahu Kashaf, an influencer and self-proclaimed social and civil rights activist, who has now defended using the "sar tan se juda" slogan.
2022, Indiatoday.inhttps://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/hyderabad-influencer-syed-abdahu-kashaf-sar-tan-se-juda-protest-bjp-mla-raja-singh-prophet-remark-1991562-2022-08-231 more example
2022, Firstpost.comhttps://www.firstpost.com/india/know-origin-of-sar-tan-se-juda-indias-anti-hindu-war-cry-after-nupur-sharmas-controversial-remark-on-prophet-muhammad-11024041.html ‘Sar tan se juda’ is not a new outcry in India. It was first used widely about 5 years ago, when Kamlesh Tiwari of Lucknow gave a statement about Pangbar Mohammad.
Origin
- Urduگستاخ رسول کی ایک ہی سزا سر تن سے جدا“there is only one punishment for insulting the Prophet, cut the head from the body”
- Urduسر تن سے جدا“separate the head from the body; beheading”
- Englishsar tan se juda
From Urdu سر تن سے جدا (sar tan seh judā, “separate the head from the body; beheading”), سر (“head”) + تن (“body”) + سے (se, “from”) + جدا (“separate”). Shortening of Urdu گستاخ رسول کی ایک ہی سزا سر تن سے جدا (Gustākh-e-Rasūl kī ek hī sazā, sar tan sē judā, “there is only one punishment for insulting the Prophet, cut the head from the body”).
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