NEW DELHI: Shahrukh Khan says he was mum all this time on the Mumbai terror attacks as he had "no words" to express his feelings which
were mixed with anger, disbelief and sadness.
"I've tried to keep away from commenting on this as there are no words to express a situation like this because our feelings are mixed with anger, disbelief and sadness," the Bollywood 'badshah' says.
"Being Muslim myself, I believe youngsters need to understand and respect Islam in the right way. It's such a huge waste and my appeal to all in these times and in recent years (sic) is that please can we run what we want in terms of politics, government, jobs and teaching our children with the prime motive of taking communalism out of it," Shah Rukh told BBC Asia Network in an interview to be telecast this Saturday.
"The religion our children are born with should be something they practice as a discipline and work should be developed as the new religion. I think no agenda should be attached to any kind of religion," Shah Rukh says.
"I've tried to keep away from commenting on this as there are no words to express a situation like this because our feelings are mixed with anger, disbelief and sadness," the Bollywood 'badshah' says.
"Being Muslim myself, I believe youngsters need to understand and respect Islam in the right way. It's such a huge waste and my appeal to all in these times and in recent years (sic) is that please can we run what we want in terms of politics, government, jobs and teaching our children with the prime motive of taking communalism out of it," Shah Rukh told BBC Asia Network in an interview to be telecast this Saturday.
"The religion our children are born with should be something they practice as a discipline and work should be developed as the new religion. I think no agenda should be attached to any kind of religion," Shah Rukh says.
hi shahrukh..
ReplyDeletewat u think we need to do wid pakistan after this attack?
proof r directly said involvement of pakistan..?still we need to friendship wid them like u shown in ur movie "main hun na"?
please comment on this..
Shahrukh-bhai,
ReplyDeleteOne important thing is to communicate clearly. It is sad how much time is wasted on interpreting and misinterpreting what the leaders/celebrities of India say.
I want to emphasize here that you are a Muslimor a Hindu second and an Indian first. I am sure we are all proud of our religious identity. But I would have expected that you express solidarity with the victims and do some fundraising for our armed forces.
Your comments can be interpreted to mean that all you care about is that Islam not be tarnished. That is just what we do not want to hear in this challenging moment because it casts you as the rest of the extremists.
It is sad that religion is used to polarize and to demarcate our territory (promoting the ego or 'nafs' (urdu)or 'ahem'(sanskrit)) instead of uplifting the soul.
It is up to celebrities like you to pick up the spade and address the people of India and Pakistan as also to drive charities to the Armed Forces of India. Jai Hind!
Hello SRK,
ReplyDeleteI did not like your comment on Mumbai terror attack. Today I heard your interview but I didn't get what you wanted to say. I think we should have some strong views on this sensitive matter. Next time please try to say something clearly on this matter.
Peace for peace;
ReplyDeletePeace for war;
Pieces are in Peace;
when war comes for peace;
Now if I go for peace when somebody else is declaring war, then thats another face of cowardness. Peace has ALWAYS come with expense of WAR. And I dont need to give evidences, for an educated person for that, do I? If you insist you can just scan on European History, simple as that isnt it?
I dont know what u re trying to prove by trying to have peace with Pak. Well, may be you have a soft corner for them, probably because of your religion. Please dont think that I am saying you are not Patriotic. People normally try to mix things, when they are not in first place. India has extended hand for peace many times, just Like Lord Krishna before the great war of Bharatha. and at the end of the day Peace came at the expense of WAR. Take it or NOT, Peace is just another face of the same coin, which has to be tossed to get rid of the other face of WAR.
dear shahrukh..we didnt receive any response from u regarding friendship wid terrorist country pakistan..
ReplyDeleteur response is important becoz u r one of 20 crore muslims of india..u can show them real picture..they will listen u ..they wont listen us..becoz u r also one of them..
one thing i want to tell u..if u can do movie like chak de or mr. khan..for islam..u should have dare to speak against islamic country pak also..becoz that is also truth like ur movies..
i m not against u or against muslim..i m telling u truth only..becoz the ppl like u can show real path to our muslim youth of india..and i didnt find any other muslim celebratiy bigger than u..so i wrote in ur blog..its not to hurt u..or its not against islam..its only truth from one indian
please respond