Faria Abdullah has responded emotionally after facing severe trolling and abuse on social media following her recent appearance at Bonalu celebrations, Old City, Hyderabad. She offered Bonam to the deity and took part in the celebrations. Faria also danced to the beats of the drums at the temple premises, drawing attention from devotees.
Later, while speaking about Telangana culture, she became emotional. Videos from the celebrations went viral on social media. However, the response was not entirely positive.
Faria faced religious abuse from some users who questioned her participation in the Hindu festival and called her a “kafir”. She has now responded through a teary-eyed emotional video.
“My dad is a converted Muslim, bro. Do you understand what that means? He got converted to Islam because he liked the religion,” Faria said. She explained that she grew up seeing the positive side of Islam because her father had chosen the faith out of his own belief. Faria also made it clear that she does not wish hatred upon those who attacked her.
“Whoever was hating on me, whoever thinks that I am going wrong, that I am a kafir, whatever you want to say, I wish well for you, bro. I wish well for you,” she said.
“I see life in trees, I see life in rocks, I see life in butterflies, in everything,” she said, adding that seeing God’s presence in different forms should bring people closer to faith rather than create division.
“I pray for love, I pray for unity, I pray for peace,” she said. “That’s my rebellion, that’s my revolution, bro.”
She went on to say that she wants to be “aggressive” about spreading love and will continue sending love even to those currently hating on her.
Faria also recalled asking her mother about the word “Allah” and said she was told it means light. She questioned how something that represents everything could be used to exclude others.
“How can you exclude something from everything, everywhere, all at once?” she asked.
The actress’ response has now drawn attention for taking a completely different route from the hate directed at her. Instead of responding with anger, Faria chose to speak about faith, gratitude, acceptance and her belief in finding God in everything around her.
