I
think
there
is
a
stigma
attached
to
the
marital
life
in
general
and
the
religious
life
in
particular
of
the
trinity
of
Khan
actors
like
Aamir
Khan,
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Shahrukh
Khan.
All
three
of
them
had
ended
up
marrying
their
ladylove
or
childhood
sweethearts
albeit
belonging
to
the
Hindu
community.
So
you
had
the
coupling
of
Aamir
Khan
-
Reena
Dutta,
and
now
Aamir
Khan
–
Kiran
Rao,
Saif
Ali
Khan
–
Amrita
Singh,
then
Saif
Ali
Khan
–
Rosa
Catalano
(Not
married)
and
now
Saif
Ali
khan
–
Kareena
Kapoor
(This
couple
is
yet
to
tie
the
knot)
and
above
all
Shahrukh
Khan
–
Gauri
Chhibber.
Of
course
both
Aamir
Khan
and
Saif
Ali
Khan
have
allegedly
divorced
their
first
wives
Reena
Dutta
and
Amrita
Singh
respectively.
The
reason
for
retracing
their
marital
history
is
simple.
It"s
due
to
the
marital
status
of
these
stars
that
religious
discords
in
their
lives
had
taken
place
and
perhaps
even
made
the
choices
difficult
for
them
as
it
happened
in
case
of
Baadshah
Khan,
who
has
admitted
in
this
column
earlier,
of
not
only
following
his
own
Islamic
religion
but
also
his
wife
Gauri"s
Hindu
religion
too.
While
Aamir
Khan
had
made
it
very
clear
that
he
and
his
ex
-
wife
Reena
Dutta
had
chosen
to
follow
their
own
individual
religion
right
from
the
beginning.
Now
let"s
see
what
particular
kind
of
dilemma
Saif
Ali
Khan,
as
told
to
this
correspondent,
had
faced
while
he
was
leading
a
blissful
married
life
with
his
ex
-
wife
Amrita
Singh.
What
does
religion
in
general
and
Islamic
religion
in
particular
mean
to
you?
The
entire
Pataudi
clan
has
always
considered
giving
equal
status
to
all
God
created
religions,
mind
you
God
created,
not
man-made.
My
entire
Khandaan
believes
more
in
National-integrity-oriented
Communal
Harmony
rather
than
creating
differences
of
opinion
by
praising
our
own
religion
to
sky
high
and
thereby
berating
other
universal
religions.
No,
we
do
not
believe
in
idol
worship
at
all,
no,
not
even
my
mom,
who
has
been
seriously
following
only
the
Islamic
religion
after
being
converted
to
Islam
as
Ayesha
Begum.
We
may
not
practice
what
we
preach,
but
we
definitely
do
respect
all
the
universal
religions.
As
for
the
Islamic
religion,
the
entire
Pataudi
clan
is
very
pious,
devout
to
the
point
of
being
labeled
as
fanatically
extremists.
So
it"s
but
natural
that
we
follow
all
the
rituals
and
tenets
of
the
Islamic
religion
as
prophesized
by
our
Huzoor
Mohammed,
in
the
Holy
Koran
like
'Namaaz"
(Prayer),
'Roza"
(Fasting),
'Zakaat"
(2.5%
of
the
net
income
to
be
given
to
the
needy
and
poor
widow),
'Fitra"
(Protection
of
life
and
its
longevity
to
be
given
to
the
needy
and
poor
people)
and
'Hajj"
(Pilgrimage
to
the
Holy
City
of
Mecca
and
Medina)
And
I
don"t
think
that
anyone
in
our
entire
Khandaan
(Joint
family)
ever
wishes
to
end
up
as
'Allah
Miyans" most
'Gunahgaar"
banda
(Sinful
person).
Your
mom
did
follow
Islamic
religion
out
of
her
own
choice,
but
rumours
insist
that
it
was
not
the
same
in
case
of
your
ex
-
wife
Amrita
Singh.
Right!
Yes.
It"s
very
much
true.
Dingy
(Amrita
Singh)
was
never
compelled
to
either
convert
herself
as
a
Muslim
neither
was
she
ever
forced
to
practice
and
follow
Islamic
religion.
So
right
from
the
beginning
in
our
case
it
was
like
'To
each
his
own
religion"
and
even
when
my
kids
Sara
and
Ibrahim
were
in
their
growing
up
stage
I
strictly
followed
the
same
principle.
So
when
Dingy
used
to
go
for
her
regular
prayer
visits
to
the
Gurudwara
(Temple
of
the
Sikh
Community)
I
used
to
baby
sit
and
even
later
on
found
time
to
look
after
them
on
all
such
occasions.
But
when
we
separated,
I
was
more
worried
about
Sara
and
Ibrahim,
who
were
then
in
Dingy"s
custody
but
of
course
I
had
trusted
her
enough
and
was
very
sure
Dingy
will
never
try
to
influence
them
in
any
which
way
and
certainly
not
as
far
as
our
religion
is
concerned.
Do
you
recall
the
times,
before
your
marriage,
when
you
were
said
to
have
been
celebrating
the
Holy
month
of
Ramazan
in
great
style?
Yeah!
But
those
Nawabi
traditions
are
still
being
followed
by
us.
The
'Saheri"
(Morning
meal
when
we
keep
the
fast),
the
'Iftar"
(Evening
meal
when
we
open
the
fast)
,
the
'Taakraats"
(The
Holy
Prayer
Nights)
and
finally
even
the
EID
is
really
celebrated
with
great
aplomb
not
only
by
the
entire
'Mahal"
(Palace)
inhabitants
but
also
by
all
the
awaam
(Public)
invitees
staying
in
and
around
us.
And
in
between
you
were
all
set
to
marry
a
Christian
girl
Rosa
Catalano
and
now
a
Hindu
Punjabi
girl
Kareena
Kapoor…..?
So
what?
It
never
made
any
difference
then
and
it"s
not
at
all
going
to
make
any
difference
now
as
far
as
my
firm
religious
beliefs
are
concerned.
Period!