Gul Makai director gets fatwa from Noida-based Muslim cleric

Ahead of the release of Amjad Khan's Gul Makai, a Muslim cleric from Noida has issued a fatwa against the director for allegedly disrespecting Quran.

Mumbai: Director H.E. Amjad Khan's film Gul Makai which is based on Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is set to release soon and the filmmaker has received a fatwa from a Noida-based Muslim cleric for disrespecting the Quran.

Khan shared that he has been getting many death threats since he started the film and now a Noida-based cleric has an issue with his film's poster.

In a recent interview with IANS, Khana said: "Ab fatwa lag gaya hai (now a fatwa has been issued) by a person from Noida. There is a poster that has Malala holding a book and standing next to a blast, and he thinks it is the Quran. He thinks we haven't shown respect to the holy book. He called me a kafir."

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He further added: "I am trying to have a word with him so that I can explain to him that it's an English book."

Speaking about registering a police case, he said: "You have to report, which I have done. I would say he hasn't been able to understand things. I am making a film on peace."

"If I file a police case then the police will bring him in, and then why am I even making the film?" he added.

The biopic on Malala Yousafzai titled Gul Makai is set to hit the biog screens on January 31, 2020. The film stars Reem Shaikh, Atul Kulkarni and Divya Dutta in pivotal roles.

With inputs from IANS.