Kolkata: A popular Muslim cleric lashed out at TMC Lok Sabha member Nusrat Jahan for attending Durga puja celebrations. He noted the universal Bengali film actor may still exchange her identify and religion as a result of she is "defaming Islam and Muslims" via her actions.
here is now not the first time that Jahan, a first-time MP from Bashirhat, is courting controversy. prior, she had hit headlines for sporting symbols of Hindu matrimony like 'mangalsutra and sindur' given that her marriage to a Hindu entrepreneur Nikhil Jain.
"this is nothing new. She has been providing puja to Hindu Gods youngsters that Islam orders its followers to hope best to 'Allah'. What she has finished is 'Haram' (sinful).
"She had additionally married outdoor faith. She may still exchange her identify and religion. Islam does not want individuals who expect Muslim names and defame Islam and Muslims," Mufti Asad Qasmi, a cleric associated with Darul Uloom Deoband, instructed tv news channels.
Resplendent in a saree and wearing sindur, Jahan had attended Durga puja celebrations of Suruchi Sangha with her husband on Sunday. tv channels showed her lip-syncing to hymns being recited through a priest, her eyes closed and palms folded in a solemn prayer. She additionally beat a drum and danced joyously.
Jahan had later advised journalists that she had prayed for peace and prosperity of all.
"In Bengal, we all have a good time all gala's together. I always savour being a part of the get together," she referred to.
"I do not bother about controversies. Do controversies contact me? No," the doughty actress, who has commonly insisted she represents an inclusive India, noted when requested about no matter if her celebrating Durga puja will set off a sparkling row.
Reacting sharply to the Deoband cleric's comments, Waseem Rizvi, the chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board, noted Jahan turned into free to put on emblems of Hindu marriage like sindur, bindi or mangalsutra.
"Islam does not bar her from donning these things.... there isn't any difficulty. If any follower of Islam desires to transform to another religion, they could do so, however no person can also be thrown out of Islam," he told a television channel.
Jahan become trolled by several Muslim clerics for taking oath as MP on June 25 while donning a saree and carrying sindur and mangalsutra, with Qasmi and some others calling it un-Islamic.
but the plucky actor had replied to criticism with characteristic boldness, declaring she represented an inclusive India.
I represent an inclusive India.. which is past the obstacles of caste and creed and religion.. as much as I appreciate all religions... I nonetheless remain a muslim.. and nobody should touch upon what I decide to wear.. faith is beyond apparel.. and is greater about believing and practising the priceless doctrines od all religions. Nusrat, she had stated.
(With inputs from PTI)
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