"Shakeel Bhat, 31, has been displaying his teeth and shaking his fist over anything from Salman Rushdie’s knighthood to Danish cartoons, becoming a photographers’ favourite and earning himself the nickname “Rage Boy” in online columns and blogs.
One American columnist has dismissed him as a “professional Muslim protester,” while other bloggers have also held him up for ridicule as a person who appears to be very easily enraged about anything. But Bhat, the man behind the angry face, said he could take any kind of criticism in his stride"
I have met people like this during my time in Santa Cruz, what they are really after is attention and the feeling of importance. There is the feeling that if they are loud enough, and at enough of the protests you will be seen as important and informed. Of course it only means that you have a big mouth and lots of free time.
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