Harbhajan Singh faced the wrath of fans after taking a dig at Islamic countries for the religious symbol (moon) on their respective national flags. The former Indian international, while congratulating India for launching Chandrayaan 2, tried taking a sly dig at some Islamic countries with his tweet. But fans were not ready to accept his ‘derogatory’ tweet and soon started trolling him for his comments. Chandrayaan 2 Launch: Sachin Tendulkar Congratulates Team ISRO on Another Milestone, Hopes For More Such Missions in Future.

The Turbanator congratulated ISRO for the big achievement which made India the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to make a soft landing of a satellite on the moon. The launching of Chandrayaan 2 was India’s second lunar-mission – in which the satellite that will enter the earth’s orbit. Harbhajan took to Twitter to congratulate ISRO for its achievement but also ended up taunting few Islamic countries in his tweet. Chandrayaan 2 Launched! Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina and Other Sportspersons Join India in Congratulating ISRO On Landmark Event.

Harbhajan Singh Taunts Islamic Countries

But while Harbhajan may have done it for fun and his intentions were not malicious, netizens bashed the cricketer for his lack of respect towards other countries and more so for insulting a religious symbol - Many Islamic countries uses the moon symbol on their national flags and consider it to be a religious symbol.

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Not Expected From A Celebrated Cricketer

Lack of Class?

Insulting Other Countries

Bigot Spotted

Whatsapp University Graduate

Not A Way to Celebrate Success

Unexpected!!

Very Cheap

Out of Work?

Reached Moon But No Public Toilet Facility

Joke of the Year!!

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Chandrayaan 2 was launched on Monday at 2:43 pm, a week after the mission had to be aborted following a technical glitch detected just an hour before its launch. This spacecraft will be India’s first satellite that attempts to make a soft landing on the moon surface.

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