Following backlash, the cleric swiftly issued a clarification saying that ‘this was all part of a propaganda campaign against him’ adding that his words have been taken out of context.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
Pakistani cleric endorsed blasphemy killings. Then he said the prophet didn’t write Quran… And is now inches from getting a taste of his own medicine.