Mumbai: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has reportedly become the subject of a controversy over a pendant she wore during Diwali celebrations. The pendant reportedly features Ayat-ul-Kursi, a verse from the Quran.
The controversy emerged after Abbas Hafeez, a Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesperson, reportedly issued a legal notice seeking the removal of photographs featuring the pendant and a public apology, claiming that religious sentiments had been hurt.
The jewellery is reportedly a nearly 200-year-old heirloom belonging to the former Bhopal royal family. It came through the family of Kareena’s husband, actor Saif Ali Khan. Her stylist, Rhea Kapoor, identified the emerald as a 30-carat piece that once belonged to the Begum of Bhopal.
The legal notice reportedly clarifies that the objection is not to Kareena’s choice of clothing or her celebration of Diwali, but specifically to the manner in which the sacred Quranic inscription was displayed in the photographs.
As of November 12, neither Kareena Kapoor Khan nor Rhea Kapoor has issued an official response to the notice.
The incident has sparked a wider discussion about religious sentiments, historical heirlooms, personal expression and the use of sacred inscriptions in fashion.
as per media source.
