Javed slams Muslim cleric for cow slaughter on Bakrid remark
Slamming Muslim cleric Tanveer Hashim for saying cows will be slaughtered during Bakrid festival in Karnataka, Javed Akhtar tweeted, "This irresponsible cleric...should immediately be arrested for trying to create communal tension in Bengaluru." He added, "Secularism doesn't mean...tolerating minority communalism." Hashim made the remark in Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister's presence.