Article: Azmi recieves International Gandhi Peace Prize.

Azmi recieves International Gandhi Peace Prize

London, Oct 26 (PTI) Versatile Bollywood actress and social activist Shabana Azmi today depricated as "unjust and untrue" the tendency of equating Islam with terrorism as she received the prestigious International Gandhi Peace Prize from her hero for many years, British actress Vanessa Redgrave.

Recieving the award at the House of Commons in the presence of a distiguished gathering, Azmi said, "terrorism is being equated with Islam - This is both unjust and untrue. Myths are being perpetuated in the name of religion." Islam, she said, is not a monolith. "Islam resides in more than 50 countries in the world ...

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