Sharia alert. Killed for a kiss? That’s even stricter than Indonesia. “Pak actress says fatwa issued against her,” from Mid-day.com, with thanks to Twostellas:
Pakistani actress Meera has claimed that she has been getting threatening calls from a religious organisation in Pakistan for her work in a Hindi film.
Meera, who is starring in Soni Razdan’s Nazar with Ashmit Patel, refused to name the organisation, saying it might compromise her safety.
Certain film stills of Meera smooching Ashmit Patel were circulated during the Kara film festival in December last year.
“After that I began receiving calls from a man called Sher Khan who would abuse me and told me that he has issued a fatwa against me in Pakistan and that if I go back there, he will have me killed,” she says.
“They asked me how I could have kissed a Hindu?” she said. “They said why do you show your legs to Hindustan, show them in Pakistan. They don’t want me to work here,” she added.