Nusrat Jahan gets Taslima Nasreen's support amid hardliners' attack

Writer and activist Taslima Nasreen has backed Nusrat Jahan for attending Durga Puja and furrmore, writer has gone on to give a befitting reply to those who called her out for doing so. In a tweet, Nasreen pointed out that Mamata Banerjee was called secular for wearing a burkha while Jahan is being attacked for taking part in rituals that don’t belong to her religion. While drawing a comparison between two scenarios, she said that Islamic clerics celebrated when Banerjee prayed to Allah and that y are unhappy when Jahan is w attending ceremonies of a different faith.

Her tweet came after Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan was targeted by Muslim cleric Mufti Asad Kasmi from Itehaad Ulema-hind for celebrating festival of Durga Puja with her in-laws in Kolkata. 

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Nusrat targetted by hardliner Islamic clerics

Kasmi, while speaking to media, claimed that Nusrat Jahan has performed a forbidden ("haram") act by performing Puja on occasion of Durga Puja. Muslim cleric furr went on to demand that Nusrat Jahan change her name, targeting her for marrying a n-Muslim man. He claimed that by performing Durga Puja, Trinamool MP had defamed Islam and Muslims.

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On Sunday, Jahan, along with her husband Nikhil Jain, celebrated festival of Durga Puja at Suruchi Sangha pandal of Kolkata. As MP celebrated festival in full swing, she was also spotted playing and dancing on beats of traditional Bengali instrument - a dhaak. 

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