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Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan invited to shift to Pakistan.
'Shahrukh Khan should move to
Pakistan'
Lahore, Jan 28: In a surprising
advice to Shahrukh Khan, Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed asked the
Bollywood superstar to move to Pakistan.
The terror outfit Jamaatud Dawa
(JuD) chief Saeed, during an interview with Express News programme Takrar,
said, "Shahrukh will be welcome here (Pakistan)." Saeed asserted that
Shahrukh should move to Pakistan if he feels "insecure" in India.
The advice seems to be a response
to the Bollywood star's revelation where he explained the sufferings which he
has been facing for being a Muslim in the post-9/11 world.
In a first person account titled
"Being a Khan" for Outlook Turning Points magazine, published in
association with The New York Times newspaper, the 47-year-old actor has poured
out his agony to the readers.
The star was quoted as saying,
"I sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose
to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about
Muslims in India."
"I gave my son and daughter
names that could pass for generic (pan-India and pan-religious) ones - Aryan
and Suhana. The Khan has been bequeathed by me so they can't really escape
it," he added.
"I pronounce it with my
epiglottis when asked by Muslims and throw the Aryan as evidence of their race
when non-Muslims enquire. I imagine this will prevent my offspring from
receiving unwarranted eviction orders or random fatwas in the future."
SRK also added that he became so
sick of being mistaken for some crazed terrorist, "who co-incidentally
carries the same name as mine that I made a film subtly titled 'My Name Is
Khan' (and I am not a terrorist) to prove a point."
"Ironically, I was
interrogated at the airport for hours about my last name when I was going to
promote the film in America for the first time," he added.
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