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Slaughtering of 'Bakra' does not mean Qurbani: Irrfan Khan

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Slaughtering of ‘Bakra’ does not mean Qurbani the ‘traditional style of sacrifice by Muslims’, said Actor Irrfan Khan who spoke to Deccan Herald on the sidelines of the promotion of his upcoming flick Madari, in Jaipur.

Irrfan told Deccan Herald, “ The meaning of Qurbani is to sacrifice something which is close to you instead of any goat or sheep which you just buy to sacrifice. Before sacrificing we should share a bond with that thing otherwise just killing of an animal will not serve the purpose. Nowadays we have lost the relevance behind such religious activities and perform these rituals without knowing the meaning behind them.”

While reacting to Pahlaj Nihalani's (Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification) recent objection to certain scenes in Anurag Kashyp's Udta Punjab and subsequent clearing after intervention of the court, Irfan demanded that Rule Book used by CBFC should undergo a tremendous amendment.

He told Deccan Herald, "CBFC has a power to certify a movie not to censor it. It is a statutory censorship and classification body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952 but it tries to fiddle with the creativity and takes away the artistic freedom of the director." He insisted that some of its clause are very old and obsolete and need to undergo change as it becomes a hurdle when a director tries to portray our society through films.

Irrfan criticized Bollywood fraternity for not having unity and at the same time praised south indian film fraternity who share a strong bond and tackle CBFC rules with ease. He stressed the need of forming a board within Bollywood industry. Praising South Indian Film Industry , he said, “South Indian film industry is much organised and have proper rules for film promotion. They fix the budget of the promotion according to its cost.

Whereas in Hindi film industry sometimes we end up spending 10 crore rupees on promotion of a 10 crore budget film.”

When Deccan Herald asked Irrfan about the recent controversial statement by Salman Khan, he said, “Actors are human beings only so one should not expect much from them. They are no supreme powers hence slip of tongue is acceptable.”

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/555171/slaughtering-bakra-does-not-mean.html
 
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Yesterday he sang the national anthem before pkl match. Sounds like he is a shanghi
 
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Pakistanis...and even indian Muslims...should slaughter cows on Eid rather than Bakra.

:cheers:
 
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You Qurbaan something which is close to your heart and not something bought up for qurbaani from day 1 and you have no affection attach to that.
 
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He didn't said anything wrong its only the media which turned it into a 'controversial statement'.
 
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the money with which the goat/sheep/cow/camel is bought, is very near/dear to the man (the one who is giving the sacrifice), doesnt that count ?
 
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What an idiot? He is Muslim and he does not even know basics of Islam
 
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Have a glance at the post my comment was quoted to.. Do you understand the meaning of “tongue-in-cheek reply " ??

And BTW, WTH is a “universal animal" ?? :D
By universal animal, what I meant was that cows are not the product of a specific religion. They are animals and can not be
compared to holy books which are the result of a specific religion.

Just because some people decided to make the animal holy does not mean I should not eat it. Whereas holy books like geeta, bible are the products of their specific religions, cows are the product of nature.
 
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By universal animal, what I meant was that cows are not the product of a specific religion. They are animals and can not be
compared to holy books which are the result of a specific religion.

Just because some people decided to make the animal holy does not mean I should not eat it. Whereas holy books like geeta, bible are the products of their specific religions, cows are the product of nature.
It is not about product of religion or product of nature, it is about respecting the sentiments of other human beings and how far you restrict your own actions to not cause hurt to others.

I have no problems with eating beef, I don't see how it is any different to eating chicken or goats or pigs but the question is if slaughtering cows hurt another human beings sentiment then how far do we go in respect of that sentiment? Same with religious books by the way, if disrespecting a book causes hurt to a fellow human being should we restrict ourselves?

You or I cannot decide whether somebody else's feelings are legitimately hurt or not.

Those in favor of free speech says that it should be allowed, others disagree on where the line should be drawn.

My own opinion is that criticism of everything including the holy books and cows should be allowed, I think you would probably disagree and perhaps only accept criticism of others not of your own! :-)

slaughter murgi then:partay:
You know what , Muslims who live in the west don't slaughter anything because the laws don't allow killing animals in a public place. They are no worse for it and most would refuse to do anything of the sort if given the option.

I think these strict interpretations will eventually fizzle out as people modernize. Killing animals openly or even some of these other strict rules can only work in societies still living in the Middle Ages . Unfortunately in our part of the world most people have at least one foot firmly planted in the Middle Ages.

Lent which used to be a period of strict fasting for Christians is now not practiced by almost anybody. Even those that do , simply "give up sugar" or " have sushi only once a week". Or other very tame limitations compared to what they used to do in the Middle Ages.

I am sure all these things will change in our part of the world too. As for Irfan Khan, he is a wonderful actor and one of the few in Bollywood I can bear to watch! So more power to him!
 
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