Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, president of the All India Muslim Jamaat, has declared the actress’s prayers at the Hindu shrine impermissible under Sharia and urged her to repent.
Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, president of the All India Muslim Jamaat, has declared the actress’s prayers at the Hindu shrine impermissible under Sharia and urged her to repent.
Fatwa, fine. What the headlines skip: this is a man with no legal authority over an Indian citizen’s religious choices, issuing a religious ruling on a Hindu shrine that isn’t his to rule on. Nobody asked the temple. Nobody asked the actress. But sure, let’s call it a story about faith.