A fatwa was issued against Tamil Nadu actor-politician Thalapathy Vijay by a Sunni Muslim body in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.

Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilly, National President of the All India Muslim Jamaat and Chief Mufti of Chashme Darul Ifta, issued the fatwa against the actor. The fatwa, issued in response to a question, states that the actor-politician is anti-Muslim, and cites his background and previous actions as “examples shown against Islam”.

It also declares that inviting “alcoholics and gamblers to Iftar” is illegal and sinful, and advises Muslims in Tamil Nadu not to trust or include such persons in their religious programmes.

“Vijay Thalapathy is using Muslim sentiments to make his way into politics from the film world when his history is full of anti-Muslim sentiment,” Maulana Razvi said. “In his film ‘The Beast’, he has linked Muslims and the entire Muslim community with terrorism and militancy. In the film, Thalapathy tries to show Muslims as ‘monsters’ and ‘devils’. And now since he is entering politics and he wants votes, he is doing Muslim appeasement.”

He also accused Vijay of violating the sanctity of Ramadan by inviting “drunkards and troublemakers” to an Iftar event. “These people were neither fasting nor following Islamic practices,” he said, adding that Sunni Muslims in Tamil Nadu had filed a police complaint over the matter.

Maulana Razvi urged Muslims to “distance themselves from Vijay Thalapathy, not attend his programmes and not invite him to their religious programmes.”

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