Slaughtering of 'Bakra' does not mean Qurbani: Irrfan Khan

Irrfan told Deccan Herald, " The meaning of Qurbani is to sacrifice something which is close to you instead of any goat or sheep which you just buy to sacrifice. Before sacrificing we should share a bond with that thing otherwise just killing of an animal will not serve the purpose. Nowadays we have lost the relevance behind such religious activities and perform these rituals without knowing the meaning behind them."

While reacting to Pahlaj Nihalani's (Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification) recent objection to certain scenes in Anurag Kashyp's Udta Punjab and subsequent clearing after intervention of the court, Irfan demanded that Rule Book used by CBFC should undergo a tremendous amendment.

He told Deccan Herald, "CBFC has a power to certify a movie not to censor it. It is a statutory censorship and classification body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952 but it tries to fiddle with the creativity and takes away the artistic freedom of the director." He insisted that some of its clause are very old and obsolete and need to undergo change as it becomes a hurdle when a director tries to portray our society through films.

Irrfan criticized Bollywood fraternity for not having unity and at the same time praised south indian film fraternity who share a strong bond and tackle CBFC rules with ease. He stressed the need of forming a board within Bollywood industry. Praising South Indian Film Industry , he said, "South Indian film industry is much organised and have proper rules for film promotion. They fix the budget of the promotion according to its cost.

Whereas in Hindi film industry sometimes we end up spending 10 crore rupees on promotion of a 10 crore budget film."

Controversy erupts as actor Irrfan Khan questions practice of fasting and qurbani in Islam

Khan was quoted as saying by India Today, "Rather than fasting during Ramzan, people should self-introspect... We Muslims have also made a mockery of Muharram. It is meant for mourning and what we do? Take out (tajiya) procession

Reacting to the actor's comments, Muslim clerics slammed Irrfan and asked him to concentrate on his film career and not get involved in religious issues.

Maulana Abdul Wahid Khatri, state secretary of Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Hind said, "It would be better if he concentrates on his film career and not make random statements about our religion. He is doing this just for the publicity of his upcoming movie."

On the other hand, Sher Qazi Khalid Usmani, Jaipur's Shaher Qazi (chief jurist), was quoted as saying by India Today, "He should keep his mouth shut as he has no knowledge about the religion."

Why do they never issue Fatwas against terrorists for bad naming Islam ? 🤔

On the other hand, Sher Qazi Khalid Usmani, Jaipur's Shaher Qazi (chief jurist), was quoted as saying by India Today, "He should keep his mouth shut as he has no knowledge about the religion."


Maulanas in their truest sense would never speak this way no matter what! *sigh*

On the sacrifice part, i agree with Irfan totally.

Actually they do. Just last year over 330 Imams from all over the world gave a fatwa against ISIS and this was signed by all of them including the custodian of two holy mosques

lol, is he? I wondered. lol

Yes😆 Judging from just a line in the IV😆