Kangana Ranaut’s Controversial Remarks on Muslims: Facts, Stereotypes & the Responsibility of National Television
The recent televised conversation on National Television involving Sudhir Chaudhary and actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut about Muslims religious life shows that hindutva and BJP MLA continue to the decade old task of spreading misinformation about the Muslims in India. As reported by all our media channels that Kangana made false claim about Muslims marrying their own sisters and cousins —this reflect a deeply misleading portrayal of Islamic marriage practices and risk reinforcing harmful stereotypes about an entire religious community. She as actress politician is very close to Modi and Amit Shah is continuously following the IT cell Playbook for pleasing the MODI. Islam has a clear and well-defined concept of mahram and non-mahram relationships. A Muslim cannot marry those whom Islamic law categorically prohibits, including one's mother, daughter, sister, paternal or maternal aunt, niece and certain other close relatives. Cousins, however, are generally con...