Indian actor Aamir Khan on Monday said that he has been "alarmed and shaken" by the number of incidents related to extremism in India, Indian news agency PTI reported, according to a private TV channel. Addressing an audience at the Ramnath Goenka journalism awards, the actor known for his unique and outstanding on-screen work said that the growing insecurity in the country has alarmed him and he and wife Kiran Rao do not feel the country is safe for their children.
"My wife Kiran Rao even suggested we should probably leave India," Aamir told the audience. Aamir Khan claimed that his sense of insecurity has increased in the past few months and laid stress upon the people in power to strongly condemn such incidents. The 'Rang De Basanti' actor voiced support for intellectuals, writers, academics and filmmakers who had returned their awards to protest against growing extremism in India, saying that it is one non-violent way to send your message across and he supports all non-violent protests.
The 50-year-old actor also said that religion should be dissociated from acts of terrorism saying that after an act of terror, the first mistake people make is labelling the terrorists as 'Islamic' or ' Hindu'. He was of the view that terrorists should be just called 'terrorists' and the religion tag shall be removed for good.
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