The actor denies the charges, says he has been misquoted

"If someone is saying that he has not made statements [against the Prophet], then what is the need to issue a fatwa," a spokesperson of the Markazi Darul Ifta, Maulana Shahbuddin said.

Darul-Uloom Deoband spokesman Ashraf Usmani said, "We have no plans to issue such fatwa. The fatwa issued against Shahrukh is not significant."

Another cleric Maulana Yaseen Misbahi said, "Such kind of fatwa should not be issued on the basis of media reports."

Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind spokesman Maulana Abdul Hamid Noamani echoed the Darul-Uloom Deoband spokseman Usmani, saying, "When Khan himself is saying he has not issued such statement, then what is the point in issuing such a fatwa."— PTI