When she chose to sing a Hindu devotional song for the singing reality TV show on Zee Kannada she is participating in, singer Suhana Syed, just 22 years old, thought it would be a step towards bettering the camaraderie between Hindu and Muslim communities. Her performance not only won the hearts of the audiences present in the studio, people across Karnataka but she also got a standing ovation from the judges.

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Kannada music director Arjun Janya, a judge in the show, said she stood as a symbol of unity and showed to the world how all religions can remain in peace and harmony through music.

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She was proved wrong.

After the show was aired, with Syed singing the Hindu devotional song, and after the video was shared widely on social media platforms with captions like "Muslim girl singing Hindu devotional song", religious fundamentalists from the Muslim community slammed her left, right and centre.

A page called Mangalore Muslims on Facebook said: "Suhana you have tarnished the Muslim Community by singing in front of men. Do not feel that you have achieved a great feat; people who learn to recite Quran in 6 months have achieved more. Your parents have encouraged you to show your beauty to other men, they will not go to heaven because of you. Please give up the pardah that you are wearing as you don't respect it. [sic]"

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Director, Arjun Janya told her, "Your voice is really good; you have done a great job. By singing a Hindu devotional song you have become the symbol of unity and music is a medium where people can unite."

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