Policenama Online Team : Mewly-elected TMC MP Nusrat Jahan’s marriage with a jain businessman and her wearing a sindoor and bangles became a subject matter of controversy. But she found a support from many politicians’ as fatwa was issued against her for being “un-Islamic”.
Fatwa-happy Dar-ul-Uloom had issued a fatwa against Nusrat Jahan for marrying a non-Muslim. Dar-ul-Uloom calls itself the largest institution for the propagation of Islam and is based in Deoband in Uttar Pradesh. Criticising her “un-Islamic” post-marriage appearance at her oath-taking ceremony in Parliament on June 25, the group of Muslim clerics had issued a ‘fatwa’ against the newly-married Member of Parliament. Responding to the fatwa, Nusrat Jahan on Saturday tweeted that she represents an “inclusive India” and would not pay heed to the comments made by “hardliners as it only breeds hatred and violence”.
A Deoband-based Muslim cleric had criticised Nusrat Jahan for marrying a Jain and wearing sindoor, calling the practices un-Islamic. “Islam says a Muslim can marry only a Muslim. I have got to know that Nusrat is a film actor and people in the cinema do not care about religious practices. They do what they have to,” said Mufti Asad Quasmi of Madrasa Jamia Sheikh-ul-Hind.
After being criticised for sporting vermilion and bangles and not wearing a ‘burqa’ in Parliament, Nusrat Jahan on Saturday said that she represents an “inclusive India”.
Paying heed or reacting to comments made by hardliners of any religion only breeds hatred and violence, and history bears testimony to that.. #NJforInclusiveIndia #Youthquake #secularIndia pic.twitter.com/mHmINQiYzj
— Nusrat (@nusratchirps) June 29, 2019
She also wrote that she “respects all religions”.”I still remain a Muslim and none should comment on what I choose to wear. Faith is beyond attire and is more about believing and practising the invaluable doctrines of all religions,” Nusrat Jahan said.