The Bandra police on Thursday filed a case against film star Shah Rukh Khan for “outraging religious sentiments”.
The complaint was registered by the Mumbai Aman Committee, a religious organisation, in objection to his remark in a recent magazine interview in which he listed Prophet Mohammed as one of the most unimpressive personalities in history.
If the case is proved, Khan could go to jail for three years, police said. Khan is presently in the United States and his statement would be taken when he returns; he will not be arrested immediately, said Senior Police Inspector Prakash George. He added: “We will take action after completing the probe.”
Zarar Qureshi, secretary of the committee, claimed: “Shah Rukh Khan bracketed the Prophet along with Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.”
Shah Rukh Khan has clarified that he has never said anything against Prophet Mohammed in an interview.
On Thursday, the All India Jamaitul Quresh, a local Islamic organisation, filed a case against Shah Rukh at the Bandra police station in northwest Mumbai , accusing the actor of hurting religious sentiments in an interview he granted a magazine.
Shah Rukh denied the comments attributed to him, and said the error had occurred on the part of the magazine's journalists.
In an sms message he sent the media from Los Angeles, where he is shooting My Name is Khan for director Karan Johar , Shah Rukh said, "Obviously, I think there is no figure in history more important than Prophet Mohammed."
"Also, being a Muslim and standing up for the tenets of Islam is my most important agenda... and if they have seen my interviews, etc on TV about Islam, then the people who are objecting should realise that what has appeared is a writing error not a thought or view that I believe in. Prophet Mohammed is the most important positive figure in Islam."
Shah Rukh Khan in the interview to the magazine compared the Prophet Mohammad to negative figures in history, such as Hitler. The comment was purportedly made in an interview in a magazine Time & Style.
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