16yr old Nahid
Afrin who was runner-up in Indian Idol junior in 2015 has found herself in the
eye of a storm after about 46 Islamic clerics came together
to issue a fatwa
against her. Her offence? Singing 'anti-sharia' songs in public.
Clerics from
the northeastern Indian state of Assam served the religious ruling against the
teenager after she performed songs in Arabic, with locals claiming that the clerics
were displeased with the 'anti-ISIS' lyrics.
Part of the fatwa read:
'If anti-Sharia acts like musical nights are
held on grounds surrounded by masjids [mosques], idgahs [places of public
prayer], madrassas and graveyards, our future generations will attract the
wrath of Allah.' The teen says the affair has left her 'speechless'. She said:
'I was shocked and broken from inside at first. But, many Muslim singers gave
me inspiration to not quit music.
'I will never
do so. My singing is a gift of God I believe it must be properly utilised - not
doing so is ignoring God'. The Indian public has come out in an overwhelming
show of support for the teenage rising star.
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