New Delhi – The Bollywood movie “Gul Makai”, based on the story of the lifeand struggle of 22-year-old Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate MalalaYousafzai, has drawn the ire of a Muslim cleric.
A Muslim cleric from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has issued a fatwa,an Islamic legal decree, against Amjad Khan, the director of a film aboutPakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzailink,who was shot by Taliban militants at the age of 14.
A poster for the film “Gul Makai” shows a girl holding a burning book inher hands with an explosion coming out of it.
The cleric alleged that the book in question is the Quran, which means, perhim, that the poster is against Islam and that the movie is showing theirholy text as well as their religion in a “bad light”.
“Darul Ifta Jama Masjid Mufti issues a fatwa against H.E Amjad Khan, thedirector of the Bollywood movie Gul Makai. The poster of the movie shows agirl holding a book and the book is Quran, hence it is against Islam andshowing their religion in bad light”, a letter issued by the Mosque read.
Speaking to Sputnik, the director of the film rubbished reports of filingany police complaint, saying:
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“The cleric is the victim of misconception. He is a religious scholar, heis thinking that the lead actress, who is depicting Malala in the film, isholding a Quran in her hands. He is assuming that because of his prejudiceand because the protagonist of the film is a Muslim, she will only hold theQuran.
The film is about girls child education, he is unable to understand this.This is not a dignified move, but I will try to talk to him and will sendhim a letter”, he added.
Khan denied taking any legal action against the cleric as he doesn’t wanthim to land in legal trouble.
The movie, slated for release on 31 January, tells the story of MalalaYousafzai, a 22-year-old woman who became the youngest recipient of theNobel Peace Prize for campaigning for girls’ education rights in 2014,Sputnik has reported.
