Intolerance Issue: AR Rahman Expresses His Support To Aamir Khan, Says He Too Faced A Similar Situation
After actor Aamir Khan’s comment on intolerance kicked up a big storm, music composer AR Rahman has joined the club. He said he too faced a similar situation a couple of months ago when fatwa was issued against him after he composed the music for Iranian film ‘Muhammad: Messenger of God’, calling the movie anti-Islam. Those issuing fatwa had alleged that the title was humiliating to the Prophet.
Subsequently, in a long statement, posted on his Facebook page, Rahman quoted verses from the Quran to explain his point of view and the decision behind boarding Majidi’s movie, which is a planned trilogy on the life of Prophet Muhammad.
What Rahman said?
Rahman said the way certain intelligentsia of the country is protesting against the growing state of intolerance in the country is “poetic” as it is non-violent in nature.
“I had gone through something similar a couple of months ago. Nothing should be violent. We’re all ultra-civilized people and we should show the world that we are the best civilization,” the composer added.
The 48-year-old music director says India should set an example to the whole world as this is the land of Mahatma Gandhi, who championed the non-violent movement in India.
“We should set an example to the whole world because we come from the land of Mahatma Gandhi. He has shown the whole world how the whole revolution can be brought by non–violence,” he said.
On artists returning their awards in protest against “rising intolerance”, Rahman said, “Everything should be done classily. I feel what people are doing is very poetic. We should set an example for the world because we come from the land of Mahatma Gandhi; he has shown how a revolution can have an impact without any violence.”