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Bollywood star apologizes for entering Muslim shrine in burka
Indian singer-turned-actor Himesh Reshammiya apologized for offending religious sentiments after visiting a Muslim Sufi shrine disguised in a burqa, an all-covering veil worn by some Muslim women, a news report said Thursday. "If I have committed a mistake, I apologize for it," he told reporters outside a shrine dedicated to a mystic Islamic Sufi saint in the western state of Rajasthan, The Times of India reported. The Anjuman Committee that runs the shrine said that Reshammiya's apology had been accepted.Reshammiya, who is a Hindu, had gone to the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti on Tuesday to seek blessings for his debut feature film "Aapka Suroor," or "Your Intoxication," but huge crowds gathered in front of the shrine to watch him and he wasn't able to enter the shrine, the newspaper said. He returned later dressed in a burqa, an orthodox Islamic head-to-toe garment for women that has only slits for eyes, the report added. Last year actress Katrina Kaif created a controversy when she was photographed visiting the shrine dressed in a knee-length skirt. Posted by: ryuge 2007-06-29 |
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