New Delhi, June 9
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), which had protested against some of Husain's paintings, also reacted stridently to news of his demise, saying that he had hurt religious sentiments.The VHP compared Husain to slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. "One was doing jihad by the brush" and the other by gun, said VHP spokesperson Prakash Sharma
Hindu rightwing outfit Bajrang Dal said the artist had insulted the Hindu community and it will oppose any move to bring his body back to India. TheBajrang Dal, an affiliate of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), however, informed media sources that Husain spent time in exile as he had insulted the country's majority community. "The portrayal of Hindu goddesses in nude is an unpardonable offence. No society will tolerate this," Bajrang Dal spokeman Vinod Bansal informed media .Global council of Indian Christians(GCIC) condemns diatribes of Neofacist organisations against India's painting Icon MF Hussain.GCIC deeply condoles the death of MF Husain.  read more »

9 Jun 2011,
India's most celebrated painter -- MF Hussain passed away in London on Thursday (June 9) morning. The noted artist died at Royal Brompton hospital in London at 2:30 a.m. local time. A recipient of Padma Vibhushan in 1991, Hussain was in indifferent health for the last month-and-a-half. Hussain, 95, died in exile from his homeland in India, having become a Qatari citizen in 2006.  read more »