She is making a personal choice and a brave choice. We should not feel threatened by that. I don’t see any hate or intolerance but just an announcement of her views, she wishes to make a ‘clean break’ from film industry. I wish her success, I pray for her success. Reading the comments I sense that a lot of commentators are very uncomfortable with her worldview. While they accuse her of intolerance, it’s they who are intolerant
It’s her relationship with God her creator she is referring to this should unite as humankind
Applaud your courage! You have the ability to discern at such a young age. Stay true and stay blessed.
Couldn’t understand a single line of this open letter. It was more of a religious statment scripted by some maulvi.
If you want to tell then tell us what was the exact issues which effects ur religious practice.
This letter waa jist1 talking non sense. “Unwanted Gyan”.
Dear zaira Waseem, this is such an appalling letter that you have written. First of all..I don’t know whether you are aware that you are an amazing actor!! Aren’t you getting good roles in movies???.I think if good projects are coming one’s way, no committed actor would think of quitting their profession at its infancy. The reasons you have laid out for quitting is bizzzzzar. Pls understand that being an artist is not a sin.. rather it’s a blessing which not everyone is endowed with. So pls try to grow and have the boadness in your heart to understand and appreciate the world with all its diversities……thank you
Zaira…one thing I failed to point out in my previous reply was that it is very much understandable that you might have had to face some unpleasant and harsh situations in your career …and you have all the right to quit your job as and when you please..but to explain that you didn’t have to take the people through such excruciating details. If one wants to say no to something ,he or she can say it just by sheer will power and character…and there have been many instances where women have done just that ..not only in the film industry but other places of work as well.
Another Jehadi Bride in the making.
Religious fanatisicism masquerading as piety is laughable. Her ignorant ramblings about virtue and god do NOT take away from the fact that she is basically calling everyone else as “corrupt” and “hypocrites” and “deviant” from her version of God.
She is a fanatic islamist with a dangerous delusion about bollywood and unconsciously becoming a vessel for Islamic misogyny , intolerance and hatred for everything “un islamic”.
Dear zara. Keep your mind set on ISLAM. Your decision is right
There is no religion better than islaam. I will say only one thing. “Well come back to Islaam”
She has to be more specific on how Bollywood hampered her religious beliefs…otherwise she must change the misguiding title…she can keep her relationship between her faith and herself to herself, who is interested?It is difficult to cope with competition and survive… her mental position now requires peace… yoga can help
Quoting things out of context will never help anyone or yield productive dialogue. I’m not disowning the Verse from Qur’an but the context in which it is said has to be clearly understood or else it shows the hatred propaganda or a hidden propaganda one has towards a Islam. The verse quoted by Mr.Babloo is from Chapter 9 (At-Tawbah) Verse 5, we need to read the previous verses and succeeding verses to understand the context and defenition of disbelievers stated in the Verse 5. The disbelievers defined in the Verse states the disbelievers who broke the peace treaty with Prophet Muhammad (). We as Indians celebrated Abhinandan for shooting down the fighter jet for upholding peace but won’t accept the same if a Muslim say’s. This shows our level of hypocracy towards Islam. Please read the next verse which reads “And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah . Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know” (Al-Qur’an 9:6). Qur’an asks to grant protection to those who seeks even after transgressing the peace treaty, let’s be quite if we have shallow knowledge and not spread hatred.
To understand the verse listen to the short explanation from Dr Zakir Naik in YouTube by searching the verse number.
200+ years of Islamic rule couldn’t threaten Hinduism. But this Islam fears movies and cartoons. Meanwhile, all the Mullahs who issue fatwas spend plenty of time watching haraam content.
Bollywood is threatening Islam? What a joke. This is the only so-called religion in the world that is threatened by cartoons, movies, music and literally anything that most of us would consider ordinary.
And All have ranks according to what they do “Al-quran”.
Dear Zaira,
I appriciate your way of choosing a new life for better cause, many of will disregard your decision and would putt you in different thinking of paradigms but stay with your own heart and congratulations to be selected in eternal peace.
It’s to her credit that she is giving up a life of fame and notoriety. Of course, she is young and inexperienced. It wouldn’t be a surprise if she discovers that a pious and religious life is not all that it is meant to be. This is all part of personal growth.
Watch out : “kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush.”
watch out , the holy month has ended ! lol
This is an interesting story to be followed by media.. It would be worth watching how long will it take when she become dissatisfied by her religious life too. I am not discounting her returning back to Bollywood. When a person repeatedly fails and the person can’t get any help to come out of the failures, religions provide the hope and the strength to face this cruel world. Religions’ invention by humans is due to this very aspect of human life.
Next time she is seen without burqa, she should be fined. Rs. 5000 per burqa-less sighting. Let’s see how she fares.
When you pluck a 15 year old and put him/her in a harsh and competitive industry, what follows is psychological chaos. Why bring religion into it? Just leave the industry silently and join a good university. Why this attention grabbing? Why pollute others’ thought process with your dogmatism, and your family’s inability to help you cope with challenges?
Where did she says in this note that someone in Bollywood degraded her or her faith. The title of this article seems to be misleading. She is talking about her relation with her god and she feels her faith is pure. Let us leave it to her choice of what she wants to be. She would have acted in Dangal and later on would have felt that acting in movies may not be her cup of tea and wanted to quit. Better leave her alone, rather Bollywood as industry was unfaithful to her. Industry need not be faithful to her. She has to be faithful to industry, if she want to be part of the industry. Otherwise, it is her choice to quit and chase her own faith.
Very good decision.Money and fame is not everything.
Many people will misunderstand her. Actually you have to understand her religion. If you don’t know then don’t just write anything.
It’s like a Muslim trying to figure why a vegetarian does not eat meat.
He is missing out the yummy dishes!
She is making a personal choice and a brave choice. We should not feel threatened by that. I don’t see any hate or intolerance but just an announcement of her views, she wishes to make a ‘clean break’ from film industry. I wish her success, I pray for her success. Reading the comments I sense that a lot of commentators are very uncomfortable with her worldview. While they accuse her of intolerance, it’s they who are intolerant
It’s her relationship with God her creator she is referring to this should unite as humankind
Applaud your courage! You have the ability to discern at such a young age. Stay true and stay blessed.
Couldn’t understand a single line of this open letter. It was more of a religious statment scripted by some maulvi.
If you want to tell then tell us what was the exact issues which effects ur religious practice.
This letter waa jist1 talking non sense. “Unwanted Gyan”.
Pura ka pura Quoran hi likh dali sayad ?
Dear zaira Waseem, this is such an appalling letter that you have written. First of all..I don’t know whether you are aware that you are an amazing actor!! Aren’t you getting good roles in movies???.I think if good projects are coming one’s way, no committed actor would think of quitting their profession at its infancy. The reasons you have laid out for quitting is bizzzzzar. Pls understand that being an artist is not a sin.. rather it’s a blessing which not everyone is endowed with. So pls try to grow and have the boadness in your heart to understand and appreciate the world with all its diversities……thank you
Zaira…one thing I failed to point out in my previous reply was that it is very much understandable that you might have had to face some unpleasant and harsh situations in your career …and you have all the right to quit your job as and when you please..but to explain that you didn’t have to take the people through such excruciating details. If one wants to say no to something ,he or she can say it just by sheer will power and character…and there have been many instances where women have done just that ..not only in the film industry but other places of work as well.
Another Jehadi Bride in the making.
Religious fanatisicism masquerading as piety is laughable. Her ignorant ramblings about virtue and god do NOT take away from the fact that she is basically calling everyone else as “corrupt” and “hypocrites” and “deviant” from her version of God.
She is a fanatic islamist with a dangerous delusion about bollywood and unconsciously becoming a vessel for Islamic misogyny , intolerance and hatred for everything “un islamic”.
Zaira wasim , Bollywood don’t need actors like you , just go and at least feel secure in ur pants , follow ur imaan , such a dumb u r
Dear zara. Keep your mind set on ISLAM. Your decision is right
There is no religion better than islaam. I will say only one thing. “Well come back to Islaam”
It is rather difficult to succeed in films as a short plump roly poly adult.
She has to be more specific on how Bollywood hampered her religious beliefs…otherwise she must change the misguiding title…she can keep her relationship between her faith and herself to herself, who is interested?It is difficult to cope with competition and survive… her mental position now requires peace… yoga can help
Quoting things out of context will never help anyone or yield productive dialogue. I’m not disowning the Verse from Qur’an but the context in which it is said has to be clearly understood or else it shows the hatred propaganda or a hidden propaganda one has towards a Islam. The verse quoted by Mr.Babloo is from Chapter 9 (At-Tawbah) Verse 5, we need to read the previous verses and succeeding verses to understand the context and defenition of disbelievers stated in the Verse 5. The disbelievers defined in the Verse states the disbelievers who broke the peace treaty with Prophet Muhammad (). We as Indians celebrated Abhinandan for shooting down the fighter jet for upholding peace but won’t accept the same if a Muslim say’s. This shows our level of hypocracy towards Islam. Please read the next verse which reads “And if any one of the polytheists seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah . Then deliver him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know” (Al-Qur’an 9:6). Qur’an asks to grant protection to those who seeks even after transgressing the peace treaty, let’s be quite if we have shallow knowledge and not spread hatred.
To understand the verse listen to the short explanation from Dr Zakir Naik in YouTube by searching the verse number.
Allah (God) Knows Best.
Thank you
What is she talking about? Looks like some she has flipped.
200+ years of Islamic rule couldn’t threaten Hinduism. But this Islam fears movies and cartoons. Meanwhile, all the Mullahs who issue fatwas spend plenty of time watching haraam content.
Bollywood is threatening Islam? What a joke. This is the only so-called religion in the world that is threatened by cartoons, movies, music and literally anything that most of us would consider ordinary.
Great decision..
What the title should be :
Islam threatened my relationship with Bollywood: What Zaira Wasim wrote in her open letter
And All have ranks according to what they do “Al-quran”.
Dear Zaira,
I appriciate your way of choosing a new life for better cause, many of will disregard your decision and would putt you in different thinking of paradigms but stay with your own heart and congratulations to be selected in eternal peace.
stay blessed
It’s to her credit that she is giving up a life of fame and notoriety. Of course, she is young and inexperienced. It wouldn’t be a surprise if she discovers that a pious and religious life is not all that it is meant to be. This is all part of personal growth.
Watch out : “kill the idolaters wherever you find them and take them prisoners, and beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush.”
watch out , the holy month has ended ! lol
This is an interesting story to be followed by media.. It would be worth watching how long will it take when she become dissatisfied by her religious life too. I am not discounting her returning back to Bollywood. When a person repeatedly fails and the person can’t get any help to come out of the failures, religions provide the hope and the strength to face this cruel world. Religions’ invention by humans is due to this very aspect of human life.
Next time she is seen without burqa, she should be fined. Rs. 5000 per burqa-less sighting. Let’s see how she fares.
When you pluck a 15 year old and put him/her in a harsh and competitive industry, what follows is psychological chaos. Why bring religion into it? Just leave the industry silently and join a good university. Why this attention grabbing? Why pollute others’ thought process with your dogmatism, and your family’s inability to help you cope with challenges?
Where did she says in this note that someone in Bollywood degraded her or her faith. The title of this article seems to be misleading. She is talking about her relation with her god and she feels her faith is pure. Let us leave it to her choice of what she wants to be. She would have acted in Dangal and later on would have felt that acting in movies may not be her cup of tea and wanted to quit. Better leave her alone, rather Bollywood as industry was unfaithful to her. Industry need not be faithful to her. She has to be faithful to industry, if she want to be part of the industry. Otherwise, it is her choice to quit and chase her own faith.