Salim Khan on Dhaka terror attack: If terrorists are Muslim, then I am not

The recent terror attack on Bangladesh’s capital city Dhaka has sent a shock wave across the world. Veteran actor-screenwriter Salim Khan is deeply saddened by the incident and tweeted to express his grief over it.

“To be a Muslim one has to follow the Prophet and Quran. I don’t know what these people are following but they are not following Islam at all,” he wrote.

Dhaka -The people involved with these acts at regular intervals all over the world call themselves Muslims.

— Salim Khan (@luvsalimkhan) 3 July 2016

To be a Muslim one has to follow the Prophet and Quran. I dont know what these people are following but they are not following Islam at all.

— Salim Khan (@luvsalimkhan) 3 July 2016

At a cafe called Holy Artisan, a group of gunmen took hostage of a bunch of people who were dining there. The convicts were asked to chant Quran and prove that they are Muslims. Those who could, got away with their lives while the ones who could not were stabbed to death with sharp weapon. Around 20 people lost their lives, including an Indian woman named Tarishi Jain.

“If they are muslims for any reason I am not.The Prophet said “killing one innocent human was equivalent to killing the humanity”, [sic] Khan further wrote.

If they are muslims for any reason I am not.The Prophet said “killing one innocent human was equivalent to killing the humanity”

— Salim Khan (@luvsalimkhan) 3 July 2016

He also urged the Muslim community to come forward against such heinous acts and said that the Eid prayers will remain incomplete without condemning them.

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