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Actor Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub said that he is equally against Hindu and Muslim religious fundamentalists, as he responded to a question about facing brickbats from both sides. Zeeshan was caught in the centre of a controversy after certain scenes featuring him in the web series Tandav were singled out, on the grounds that they were offensive to a certain community’s religious beliefs.
In an interview with the Lallantop, he was asked about the conflict he finds himself in, and how it has shaped his politics. Zeeshan is married to actor Rasika Agashe, and also has his own religious identity to contend with. He was also asked about the attacks he faced after Rasika wrote about their interfaith marriage in response to a commercial, and he was also targeted after he participated in the CAA-NRC protest.
He said in Hindi, “My political ideologies are clear. I’m slightly left of centre. But the basic foundation of my politics is this: it doesn’t matter if you are a Hindu or a Muslim or a Sikh or a Jew, or even an atheist, if you don’t value the lives of others, or their human rights, I will stand between you till my dying breath. It’s simple.”
He said that he hasn’t experienced some great trauma in life, but he can’t keep quiet even if he sees a violent altercation on the street, or if he sees a man raise his hand on a woman in public. “I will intervene,” he said. He continued, “I will oppose the Muslim fundamentalists who are trying to influence people’s minds, and I will also fight against the Hindu fundamentalists who are trying to restrict opposing views. But my fight isn’t only against the Hindu fundamentalists who are anti-Muslim. I will oppose anybody who oppresses others. You make fun of an overweight person, I’ll stand with him. If you oppress poor people, I’ll side with them; you oppress the LGBTQIA+ community, I’m with them…’
Zeeshan said that it is wrong to associate a religious identity with a person, based only on their name. “It’s possible that a man named Zeeshan doesn’t want to be identified as a Muslim…” The actor was most recently seen as the idealistic journalist Imran in Hansal Mehta’s Scoop, for which he received praise.
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