சல்மான் கான் ஒரு இந்து என்று முஸ்லீம் அமைப்புகள் அறிவிப்பு

நடிகர் சல்மான் கான் வினாயகர் பூஜைக்கு வந்ததால் அவர் ஒரு இந்துவாகிவிட்டார் என்று முஸ்லீம் அமைப்புகள் அறிவித்துள்ளன

Bollywood star branded Muslim 'non-believer' after Hindu festival
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LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan is in hot water again -- this time with some of the country's Muslim clerics.

Khan, known for playing a tough guy in his films, has been branded a "non-believer" and ordered to reaffirm his faith in Islam after participating in a festival honouring the Hindu elephant god Ganesh in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The order came from scholars at the influential Daarul-Ifta Manzare school in northern Uttar Pradesh state, which claims hundreds of thousands of followers among India's approximately 140 million Muslims.

"Be it a pauper or a king, everyone has to follow the dictates of Islam -- nobody has been given the exemption to bypass the tenants of the religion," religious scholar Nafeez Khan told AFP by telephone.

The 41-year-old actor must reaffirm his faith before an imam and two witnesses, the cleric said, describing the religious decree as "right and appropriate."

Khan was released on bail last month pending his appeal against a conviction for killing protected wildlife. He also faces charges of manslaughter after a road accident in 2002 left one person dead and four injured.