Over 500 MNS workers protested outside Kalpana theatre at Kurla demanding the deletion of the song Marjani Marjani from the screenings of Shah Rukh Khan's latest film Billu. The workers have decided to take up cudgels on behalf of the entire Muslim universe and are objecting to the use of certain words in the song featuring Khan and Kareena Kapoor."We are fighting for the rights of Muslims all over the world. The song has hurt the sentiments of Muslims who truly believe in [edited]," says Chintoo Sheikh, Secretary MNS Mahtuk Sena. [...]According to the workers, the words 'rab ke hazoor mein kasmein bhi khaali li, duniya ki oni boni kasmein nibhadi' insult the works of [edited], the messenger of god. "How can they undermine the work of [edited] by calling the world a small place," says Sheikh. [link][edited for religious sensitivity]
Contrast this with the Times of India report. Did we tell you that TOI is the most secular newspaper?
It looks like there is a strong support building up:
Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) may have ruffled many feathers with its anti-North Indian campaign, but has found support in Mumbai's Muslim community. The growing support for the party in the megapolis's Muslim-dominated areas like Umerkhadi and Dongri, is sure to give the ruling Congress-NCP a hard time during elections. The Muslim-dominated areas saw a lower voter turnout during last year's civic body elections.More than 2000 Muslims have enrolled as party activists in the last 3-4 months, said MNS Vibhag Pramukh (unit leader), Virendra Patil, of the newly formed Mumbadevi assembly constituency after delimitation. [link]
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Compare that to their lack of interest in taking up a Hindu cause like this http://ibnlive.in.com/news/du-to-check-offending-references--to-ramayana/73921-3.html
Those books have direct clear offensive text with intent to malign God Shri Ram but no courts are not sure. But in this Marjani case it is not even a direct reference to you know who. Kya secularism hai!
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