Shah Rukh Khan says the negative comments attributed to him in Time'N Style-Luxury resulted from a "writing error," a contention that the magazine readily acknowledges. Photo Credit: Sawf NewsJune 19, 2009, (Sawf News) - Shah Rukh Khan says the negative comments attributed to him in Time'N Style-Luxury resulted from a "writing error," a contention that the magazine readily acknowledges.
What was printed in Time'N Style suggested Shah Rukh counted Prophet Mohammad amidst the most unimpressive personalities in history along with Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill.
His comments prompted Mumbai Aman Committee (MAC) to file a First Information Report (FIR) at the Bandra police station on Thursday.
"Obviously I think that there is no more important figure in history than Prophet Mohammad in the most positive way possible. Also, being a Muslim and standing up for the tenets of Islam is my most important agenda. If they (MAC) have seen my interviews on TV about Islam and Prophet Mohammad, they would know it's a writing error and not a thought or view that I believe in," Shah Rukh told IANS in an SMS message.
"For all practical purposes, Prophet Mohammad is the most important positive figure in Islam," he added.
Acknowledging its error the magazine published a clarification in Mumbai newspapers on Thursday.
"This is with reference to the interview with Shah Rukh Khan that featured in Time'N Style-Luxury Vol-1 issue: The answer to question 'According to you (Shah Rukh) who is the most impressive figure in history?' should have appeared as: 'There are lots of them. Some negative ones like Hitler. Then Napoleon, Winston Churchill were impressive.
" 'If I can call it history then most impressive, positive figure Prophet Mohammad and from recent times there are the nice ones like Nelson Mandela, Gandhiji and Mother Teresa.' This is a clarification and the error is deeply regretted."
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