New Delhi: Pakistani actress Hania Aamir has been deemed an unfaithful follower of Islam. Pakistanis are unfollowing her on social media and want her tied up with the devil. Her crime—wearing a bindi and wishing her followers a happy Holi on Instagram.
The actress posted pictures wearing bindis, posing along with two Indians on Saturday. She captioned it: “Wise man once spit facts; hear no evil, see no evil so I speak no evil. Also Happy Holi to everyone celebrating!”
And soon, all hell broke loose. Her post was flooded with comments on how it was an “un-Islamic” act and that the actress was trying to woo her Indian audience.
“Maturity is realising..she is doing this to gain much popularity from Indian audience,” a Pakistani wrote on Instagram, sarcastically.
Others, however, were not so mature and decided it was time to unfollow her for wearing a bindi during Ramzan.
“I don’t want to follow someone who is fully contributing to distracting our generation. So, I’m doing my part and unfollowing,” another Instagram user said.
One Pakistani, Laiba, decided to give Hania some unsolicited advice too.
“It’s forbidden in Islam to wish non-Muslim on Diwali and Christmas and other religious festivals as it’s the biggest sin (shirk) in Islam and wishing on Christmas and Diwali (like saying “happy Diwali”) implies we are greeting that “I’m really praying that you enjoy your day associating partners with Allah”. Astaghfirullah. Never do this. May Allah guide us,” she wrote.
Others have apparently given a verdict—she is an infidel who only cares about her followers.
“Chill guys.. inki audience inki khuda hai. usi ko khush kr rhi hai… allah ko manti to ye sb jahiliat nahi krtiii (chill guys, for them their audience is akin to god so they please them. Had she been a believer, she would not do this ignorant act)”
Others joined in.
“Ramzan me ye sab Hania,” an apparently concerned user asked on Instagram.
This is not the first instance of moral policing of Pakistani actresses on Instagram.
In November last year, actress Sonya Hussyn faced similar trolling for wearing a bindi and sharing pictures from a Diwali party hosted by Pakistani fashion designer and actor Deepak Perwani.
Perwani had earlier been trolled for calling India better than Pakistan at a talk show. Ironically, Pakistani users asked him to stay back in India after the designer said that Indians seem to be comparatively happier than Pakistanis.
(Edited by Aamaan Alam Khan)