'I represent inclusive India': Nusrat Jahan on fatwa over attire

June 30, 2019 12:14

After being criticised for sporting vermilion and bangles and not wearing a burqa in Parliament, actor-turned-politician Nusrat Jahan said that she represents an inclusive India.

I represent an inclusive India which is beyond the barriers of caste, creed and religion, Jahan said in a statement that she later shared on Twitter.

She also wrote that she respects all religions.

I still remain a Muslim and none should comment on what I choose to wear. Faith is beyond attire and is more about believing and practicing the invaluable doctrines of all religions, Jahan said.

Criticising her un-Islamic post-marriage appearance at her oath-taking ceremony in Parliament on June 25, a group of Muslim clerics had issued a fatwa against the newly-married Member of Parliament.

Jahan tied the knot with businessman Nikhil Jain on June 19.

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