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Saba Pataudi says Sharmila guided children towards Islam
Saba Pataudi has said her mother, actor Sharmila Tagore, guided her and siblings Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan towards Islam after converting following her marriage to former cricket captain Mansoor…
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Saba Pataudi has said her mother, actor Sharmila Tagore, guided her and siblings Saif Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan towards Islam after converting following her marriage to former cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Speaking to YouTube channel Big Bollywood Buffs, Saba said she feels connected to Islam but that neither parent imposed a faith on the children.
Saba said the family celebrated Christmas, Diwali and Holi, and that each child was free to decide what to follow. The Times of India reports that she described faith as personal and referred to her siblings’ interfaith marriages. Sharmila has previously said conversion was neither easy nor very difficult, and recalled hostility after the couple’s marriage was announced.
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This account should not be reduced to a neat story about either religious conversion or celebrity liberalism. Saba describes a specific family practice: Islamic instruction at home, festivals from several traditions and room for personal choice. Claims that interfaith families must erase one identity, or that public celebration proves deep religious harmony, go beyond what she said. The useful test is simpler: whether children in such families can question, practise or change faith without pressure.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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