{"id":552492,"date":"2026-07-16T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552492\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:23:08","slug":"aamir-khan-faces-backlash-after-fatwa-and-love-jihad-claims-over-his-marriage-to-gauri-spratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552492\/","title":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan faces backlash after fatwa and \u2018love jihad\u2019 claims over his marriage to Gauri Spratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aamir Khan\u2019s marriage to Bengaluru entrepreneur Gauri Spratt on 5th July has sparked a sharp religious and political backlash. <\/p>\n<p>The controversy escalated after Maulana Ibrahim Hussain, the Shahi Chief Mufti of the Muslim Personal Darul Ifta, issued a fatwa declaring the interfaith union \u201cimpermissible\u201d, stating: \u201cMuslim mard ke liye, iman walon ke liye, gair Muslim se shaadi karna haraam hai.\u201d His remarks triggered wider criticism, with some Hindu groups accusing the actor of \u201clove jihad\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Aamir responded firmly, clarifying that none of his wives \u2013 Reena Dutta, Kiran Rao or Gauri Spratt \u2013 ever converted to Islam and that all three marriages were civil. He also noted that Gauri is Christian, \u201cnot even a practising Christian\u201d, countering claims she is Hindu. He described his family as \u201cinclusive\u201d, pointing out that several relatives are married across faiths.<\/p>\n<p>The debate continues to dominate headlines, fuelled by religious commentary and political rhetoric surrounding interfaith marriages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan\u2019s marriage to Bengaluru entrepreneur Gauri Spratt on 5th July has sparked a sharp religious and political&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-552492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}