On the same day, a criminal complaint was also filed by the Secretary of Raza Academy, Mumbai, with the Commissioner of Police seeking action against the petitioners, taking down the video and preventing it from being broadcast, she had said.
She had said the entire controversy had resulted in the filing of several criminal complaints, while the FIR arose from the lyrics of the song, which is a Mappila song or a traditional number from the Malabar region of Kerala.
Her plea had said the claims that it hurt religious sentiments of Muslims were "without any basis and what is hard to fathom is that a song which has been in existence for the past 40 years, which was written, sung and cherished by the Muslim community in Kerala is now being treated as an insult to the Prophet and his wife."
"It is submitted that a song, which .... has been cherished by more than one crore Muslim population of Kerala, cannot suddenly offend the religious sentiments of the Muslim community," it had said.
The plea had stated that criminal complaints and registration of FIRs in multiple states were filed on the basis of complaints by "fringe elements who have misunderstood the lyrics of the song which they claim allegedly offended their religious sentiments and that of their community has adversely affected the petitioners right to life, liberty and freedom of expression under the Constitution."
