Mohammad Kaif slammed by fanatics for playing chess with son

New Delhi, July 29: Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif under sharp attack of Muslim fanatics on social media after he posted an image in which he was seen playing a game of chess with his son.

Kaif posted the image on his Facebook account with a caption, "Shatranj Ke Khilaadi #fatherson #kabirtales #instaplay".

The cricketer's adorable image of spending quality time with this son didn't go down well with religious fanatics who slammed the cricketer for playing a game that is forbidden in Islam.

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Trolls attacked the cricketer for hurting their religious sentiments. However, there were several others who backed the cricketer and slammed all those targetting him unnecessarily.

Reacting to the cricketer's post they implied that the cricketer had committed a sin by playing chess. They stated that playing forbidden makes him and his son a sinner.

They even slammed the cricketer for not only playing but also promoting a forbidden act. Here are some of the comments that were aimed at him.

It has become a common practice over social media by self-proclaimed preachers of religion to troll cricketers and sportspersons.

India pacer Mohammed Shami and Irfan Pathan were recently slammed on social media for posting the images of their wives.

According to fanatics their wives were not wearing proper attires or covering their face in the image.

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