Bareilly: National president of All India Muslim Jamaat Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi while expressing concern over the screening of the movie 'The Kerala Story', said that the film is "fictitious" and it has "no connection with the reality". Although people are free to make such films. And those who are interested to watch the movie should not be stopped. But I appeal to people belonging to the Muslim community not to watch the film, said Razvi, adding, "Movie 'The Kerala Story' will vitiate the atmosphere in the country. Although, everyone has the right to watch the film."
The film talks about the conversion and subsequent radicalisation of 32,000 non-Muslim girls. The movie also speaks about the terrorist organisation ISIS responsible for such a large-scale conversion and radicalisation. In such a situation, what was the Kerala government doing? The Kerala government officials have become mute spectators and doing nothing to prevent this. How come the international terror group ISIS sneaked into Kerala? How it was possible? Stringent action should be taken against such terror outfits, said Razvi.
"What was Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan doing? He remained a mute spectator to the incident, or it was a fictitious story on which a film was developed. Hence, people should avoid watching false and distorted films. The movie will create a rift in society. The chasm between Hindu and Muslim communities will be further widened."
On people watching 'The Kerala Story', he said, "Our Constitution guarantees freedom of expression. Hence, people are free to express themselves and watch films. Anybody can make films and ask others to watch them. You cannot stop people from watching movies."
