{"id":452,"date":"2014-08-14T18:55:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T18:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melangedmaculateme.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/14\/an-ngo-petitioned-to-have-the-movie-banned-because\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T16:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T20:26:12","slug":"an-ngo-petitioned-to-have-the-movie-banned-because","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2014\/08\/14\/an-ngo-petitioned-to-have-the-movie-banned-because\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/tumblr_nab8jstkw01qdd1i8o1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/tumblr_nab8jstkw01qdd1i8o1_500.jpg 497w, https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/tumblr_nab8jstkw01qdd1i8o1_500-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An NGO petitioned to have the movie banned because of nudity and potential offense to religious sentiment. <a href=\"http:\/\/m.ndtv.com\/article\/india\/supreme-court-rejects-plea-to-ban-aamir-s-pk-says-don-t-watch-it-575874?pfrom=home-lateststories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Indian Supreme Court denied it<\/a> &hellip;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t like it, don&rsquo;t watch the film. Don&rsquo;t bring religious facets here,&rdquo; Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha, said, adding, &ldquo;These are matters of entertainment.  If you restrict it, it will affect others&rsquo; rights. Everything is on the internet.  What will you hide?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An NGO petitioned to have the movie banned because of nudity and potential offense to religious sentiment. The Indian Supreme Court denied it &hellip; &ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t like it, don&rsquo;t watch the film. Don&rsquo;t bring religious facets here,&rdquo; Chief Justice &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2014\/08\/14\/an-ngo-petitioned-to-have-the-movie-banned-because\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1000,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/06\/08\/new-jersey-muslims-sue-to-protect-their-rights\/","url_meta":{"origin":452,"position":0},"title":"New Jersey Muslims sue to protect their rights from NYPD spying","author":"aslam","date":"June 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties Ayesha Kazmi: The US was founded upon religious freedom and pluralism, but now eight Muslim Americans must sue New York City to prove it\u2026 See on guardian.co.uk","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1396,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2011\/10\/29\/trader-joes-locks-the-doors-to-rabbis-and\/","url_meta":{"origin":452,"position":1},"title":"Trader Joe&#8217;s Locks the Doors to Rabbis and Ministers","author":"aslam","date":"October 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties When a social-justice group accompanied by religious leaders showed up to present a letter asking the grocery chain to sign a Fair Food Agreement, no one would open the door\u2026Show original","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1021,"url":"https:\/\/melange.dmaculate.me\/home\/2012\/05\/18\/united4iran-united-for-iran-condemns\/","url_meta":{"origin":452,"position":2},"title":"United4Iran. |    United for Iran Condemns Religious Ruling to Kill Iranian Rapper","author":"aslam","date":"May 18, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"See on Scoop.it - Rights & Liberties The fatwa was issued in response to the May 7 release of Najafi\u2019s song, a social and political commentary on conditions inside Iran. 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