Mumbai: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has criticised a section of Indian Muslims for celebrating Taliban's rise to power in Afghanistan and said it is a cause for concern.
The Taliban ousted the government in Afghanistan and took over the control of the country after capturing Kabul last month.
Shah, in a video that has gone viral on Twitter, said every Indian Muslim must introspect if they want "reform and modernity" in the religion or live with dated "barbarian" values.
"Even as the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan is a cause for concern for the whole world, celebrations of the barbarians in some sections of the Indian Muslims is no less dangerous. Every Indian Muslim should ask themselves if they want reform and modernity in Islam or the barbarian values of the past few centuries," Shah said in the video.
The 71-year-old actor referenced Mirza Ghalib's poem and said his relationship with the almighty is informal (betakaluff).