Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah's message for those cheering up for "Taliban" in India-WATCH

New Delhi: In a video message, Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah criticised sections of Indian Muslims celebrating the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.

He drew distinctions between ‘Hindustani Islam’ and what is practised in other parts of the world.

Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on August 15 after seizing control from government forces across the country, even as the United States was in the middle of the withdrawing from the country.

“The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan is a cause of concern for the whole world. However, celebration of the barbarians by some sections of Indian Muslims is no less dangerous”. Shah added that those rejoicing Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan should question themselves “if they want a reformed, modern Islam (jiddat pasandi modernity), or are content living with the old barbarism (vaishipan) of the past centuries.”

Shah spoke about his own relationship with God and added that he does not need a political religion. “May God not bring a time when it changes so much that we cannot even recognise it. I am an Indian Muslim, and as Mirza Ghalib said years ago, my relationship with God is informal. I don’t need a political religion”.

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Taliban is a curse! pic.twitter.com/Bs6xzbNZW8

— Sayema (@_sayema) September 1, 2021

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah’s message for those cheering up for “Taliban” in India-WATCH

Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan on August 15 after seizing control from government forces across the country, even as the United States was in the middle of the withdrawing from the country.

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