MUMBAI, Mar 15: 42 clerics have issued a fatwa against reality singing star Nahid Afrin, who was the first runner-up of a musical reality TV show Indian Idol Junior, asking her to stop performing in public.
The fatwa has been issued against her keeping in view an upcoming event that was to be held on March 25, reports said.As the venue of the event was in the vicinity of a mosque and a graveyard, the clerics have announced to boycott her singing programmes and have asked her to stop performing in public, reports said.
"I was shocked and broken from inside at first. But, many Muslim singers gave me inspiration to not quit music. I will never do so," Naid said.(Agencies)
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