Ajmer Sharif Dargah Head Objects to Visits by Film Stars
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Ajmer: Strongly objecting to actors and producers visiting the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti to pray
for the success of their films, the religious head of the dargah has called upon Islamic intellectuals and
Ulemas to pay urgent attention to the issue.
He says that dance and films are taboo in Islam and cinema in general today is promoting obscenity,
which is a major reason behind the rapid degradation of moral values in the society. Hence visits by films
starts/director/producers for "a kind of promotion of their work" at the religious place is highly intolerable.
"The holy place must not be used as a platform for such a purpose that is forbidden and against Islamic
law but it is done by film stars repeatedly who come here to seek blessings for their films and propagate
the same through media," Dargah Dewan Zainul Abedin Ali Khan, the Hereditary Sajjada-nashin of
Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty, said in a statement here today.
"It is surprising that Islamic intellectuals, scholars, Ulemas are quiet on this issue. They should break
silence and express their views strongly as they do in other cases. I strongly condemn the visit by
anyone who has an unfair motto of coming to the holy place. Not only in Islam, but in any religion, anti-
religious activity must never be tolerated," he said.
Dewan has also called the Ulemas, who take cognisance and release orders as per the Islamic law, and
apprised them of his views before releasing his statement.
"I expressed my views to them and said that you should also take appropriate step for this genuine issue.
They said that they agreed with me because what is being done here by most film actors, actresses,
director, producers etc, is objectionable," he said.
"Films, obscenity are absolutely detestable to Islamic sense of ethics and morality and, therefore,
considered Haram (forbidden) in Islam but many film stars come here with CD/DVD of their work and
offer it while praying for the success of the film or serial, whatever it is, which is absolutely against the
Islamic law," Dewan said.
"Most of the films today are full of obscenity, double meaning words and expressions, abuses which are
casting very bad impression on society and young generation. It is hateful and sinful. I strongly condemn
and object to the visit of film actors, actresses, directors and producers to the dargah to seek blessings
for such things which are taboo.
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