Canada PM Justin Trudeau tweets 'Diwali Mubarak', gets trolled 

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau celebrated the Hindu festival of lights Diwali with the Indian community in Ottawa on Monday.
 
Attired in a black Sherwani, Trudeau lit the ceremonial lamp and wished the Indian Diaspora a happy Diwali.
 
Indian High Commissioner to Canada Vikas Swarup was also present on the occasion.
 
“Diwali Mubarak! We're celebrating in Ottawa tonight. #HappyDiwali!,” Trudeau tweeted.

Diwali Mubarak! We're celebrating in Ottawa tonight. #HappyDiwali! pic.twitter.com/HBFlQUBhWX

— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) 17 October 2017

The light-hearted gesture by the Canadian PM got twitterati trolling him for using the word 'mubarak' instead of 'shubh' or 'Happy'. What followed was a thread of tweets from people arguing about the origin of words like 'Hindu' and 'Mubarak' and whether they are Arabic or Urdu.

Mr Trudeau. Please don't disrespect Hindus. We would love to celebrate our most sacred festival without your Arabic "Diwali Wishes".

— Ashish (@Ak_Ashii) 17 October 2017

that's arabic, justin. but we'll let it pass because we love you

— oneli  (@OnieXOX) 17 October 2017

Word to the wise : It's "Shubh-Deepavali", (Auspicious Deepavali), and NOT "Diwali Mubarak". "Mubarak" is Arabic, not Indian. @CanadainIndia

— Truthsayer (@a_truthsayer) 17 October 2017

Justin .. are you a Muslim, It's Shubh Diwali. Do I now say Christmas Mubbarak to you ? Or what ? 

— Mr Frump (@whatthefrump) 17 October 2017

However, there were some people who appreciated the gesture and wished Trudeau, cutting some slack for him.

@JustinTrudeau Happy/Shubh Diwali to you too. Please excuse all the people getting offended by the word Mubarak. They are jobless.

— Faisal Gulam Nabi (@faisalgnb) 17 October 2017

Deepavali ki shubhkamnaayein! Wishing you a happy Deepavali!

— Neeraja Rawat Sheth (@NeerajaSheth) 17 October 2017

Last month, Canada Post and India Post had jointly issued two stamps to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights.
 
Known for embracing cultural and religious diversity, Prime Minister Trudeau had also recently celebrated and greeted the Muslim population in his country on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr in June this year.

(With inputs from ANI)