The image is not of a Qur’an at all. “I am trying to have a word with him so that I can explain to him that it’s an English book….I am making a film on peace. If I file a police case then police will bring him in, and then why am I even making the film?”
Good point, Mr. Khan. We can only hope that you don’t end up murdered before you can drive your point home. Muslim mobs rushing to punish alleged blasphemers on the basis of mere hearsay and rumors are not unheard of.
“Gul Makai: Malala Yousafzai biopic director Amjad Khan gets fatwa from Noida-based Muslim cleric,” Indo-Asian News Service, January 29, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Director Amjad Khan’s film Gul Makai, based on Pakistani education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, is set to release soon. The filmmaker has received a fatwa from a Noida-based Muslim cleric for disrespecting the Quran.
Khan shared that he has been getting many death threats since he started the film, and now a Noida-based cleric has an issue with his film’s poster.
“Ab fatwa lag gaya hai (now a fatwa has been issued) by a person from Noida. There is a poster that has Malala holding a book and standing next to a blast, and he thinks it is the Quran. He thinks we haven’t shown respect to the holy book. He called me a kafir,” Khan told IANS here.
“I am trying to have a word with him so that I can explain to him that it’s an English book,” Khan added.
What about a police case? “You have to report, which I have done. I would say he hasn’t been able to understand things. I am making a film on peace. If I file a police case then police will bring him in, and then why am I even making the film?” he asked….