New Delhi: Taslima Nasreen, Bangladeshi writer heavily criticized Deoband’s clerics after fatwa issued against Ms. Nusrat Jahan, Trinamool Congress’ actor-turned-politician.
She tweeted, “Nushrat Jahan a Muslim married Nikhil Jain a non-Muslim.Had Hindu wedding rituals.None was converted to other’s religion. But Deoband’s clerics are angry.They want non-Muslims get converted to Islam before marrying Muslims.Fuck’em.Say YES to interfaith marriage& NO to conversion”.
Nushrat Jahan a Muslim married Nikhil Jain a non-Muslim.Had Hindu wedding rituals.None was converted to other's religion. But Deoband's clerics are angry.They want non-Muslims get converted to Islam before marrying Muslims.Fuck'em.Say YES to interfaith marriage& NO to conversion.
— taslima nasreen (@taslimanasreen) June 30, 2019
According to the report published in Times Now, Deoband had issued fatwa against Ms. Jahan. The fatwa stated that Muslim girls should only marry Muslim boys.
It may be mentioned that recently, Ms. Nusrat Jahan had got married to a businessman, Nikhil Jain. The couple got married in Turkey.
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Later, she was seen sporting ‘sindoor’ – traditionally worn by Hindu and Jain women -and a pink and white saree during her oath-taking ceremony in Parliament on June 25.