Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s recent social media post where he is seen flaunting a Diwali pooja tilak gathered the ire of a group of netizens who trolled and criticised the actor for the same.
Reacting to trolls slamming Shah Rukh veteran actor Shabana Azmi has expressed her objections and insisted on the beauty of India’s ‘Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb’.
“Appalled to read that @iamsrk Diwali greeting invites wrath of rabid Islamists, gets called a “False Muslim” for sporting a tilak!”FUNDOS get a life! Islam is not so weak that it stands threatened by what is a beautiful Indian custom.Indias beauty is in her GangaJamuni tehzeeb,” she wrote in her tweet.
Appalled to read that @iamsrk Diwali greeting invites wrath of rabid Islamists, gets called a “False Muslim” for sporting a tilak!”FUNDOS get a life! Islam is not so weak that it stands threatened by what is a beautiful Indian custom.Indias beauty is in her GangaJamuni tehzeeb
— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) October 28, 2019
Shah Rukh had shared a monochrome picture with toddler AbRam and wife Gauri Khan. The picture shows them celebrating the festival of light by wearong a ‘tika’ on their foreheads. “#HappyDiwali to everyone. May your lives be lit up and happy,” he wrote alongside the photo.
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This isn't the first time that Shah Rukh or Shabana has been criticised on Twitter for their posts.
On Ganesh Chaturthi this year, the actor was trolled for sharing pictures where his youngest son AbRam was seen worshipping Lord Ganesha.
While, Shabana was labelled “anti-national” after speaking against the government. Reacting to the trolls, she had tweeted, “So much uproar over my one remark?” Shabana tweeted. “Didn’t realise I was so important in the eyes of the right wing. Muslim fundos also passed fatwa against me 4shaving my head for @IamDeepaMehta film ‘Water’ 2which @Javedakhtarjadu response on record was SHUT UP. All fundos r mirror images of each other.”