Blindfolded Muslim man in India asks strangers for hugs
Mazim milla said he did this as an experiment to observe people’s reactions
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“I'm Muslim and I trust you. Do you trust me enough for a hug?" read a sign, placed in front of a blindfolded man standing in the streets of Mumbai.
Mazim Milla stood on a street in Mumbai with the placard to experiment people's reactions.
While some passersby were puzzled by his actions and walked on, others stood silently and stared and took photographs of the man.
The experiment was not all in vain however, as some people stopped to hug him and others extended their hugs to having a conversation with the Muslim man.
Read: Blindfolded Muslim in Canada asks people to 'show trust with a hug'
Milla however, is not the first man to have conducted the experiment as it was first conducted by a Muslim man in Canada. The experiment was then repeated in Stockholm and New York.
Milla said he conducted the experiment to observe how people reacted to him and saw it as an opportunity to question stereotypes.
The idea actually comes from 24-year-old Canadian Muslim Assma Galuta who initiated the ‘Blind Trust Project.’
Read: Voices of Pakistani Christians: Call for equal citizenship for non-Muslim Pakistanis
Galuta revealed in an interview that the reason for blindfolding is to convey the utmost willing to trust absolute strangers.
Many took to Twitter to share their views on the experiment:
The article originally appeared on NDTV
Mazim Milla stood on a street in Mumbai with the placard to experiment people's reactions.
While some passersby were puzzled by his actions and walked on, others stood silently and stared and took photographs of the man.
The experiment was not all in vain however, as some people stopped to hug him and others extended their hugs to having a conversation with the Muslim man.
Read: Blindfolded Muslim in Canada asks people to 'show trust with a hug'
Milla however, is not the first man to have conducted the experiment as it was first conducted by a Muslim man in Canada. The experiment was then repeated in Stockholm and New York.
Milla said he conducted the experiment to observe how people reacted to him and saw it as an opportunity to question stereotypes.
The idea actually comes from 24-year-old Canadian Muslim Assma Galuta who initiated the ‘Blind Trust Project.’
Read: Voices of Pakistani Christians: Call for equal citizenship for non-Muslim Pakistanis
Galuta revealed in an interview that the reason for blindfolding is to convey the utmost willing to trust absolute strangers.
Many took to Twitter to share their views on the experiment:
The article originally appeared on NDTV