19 December 2013

TV show on Taslima's writings scrapped after Muslim protests

.... The serial ran into trouble when Syed Mohammad Noorur Rahman Barkati, the Shahi Imam (custodian) of the Tipu Sultan mosque in Kolkata, raised objections about the programme.

"I spoke to CM Mamata Banerjee and told her that such a show will stir communal disturbances. Mamata also assured me that the state government would not allow anything that would disturb the communal fabric of Bengal," Barkati said, adding that banners of the show put up in Kolkata were pulled down.

"The CM has given instruction to state Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim to take necessary action," said the Imam, who issued a fatwa against the exiled author in 2007. [Daily Mail] Read more