Article 5NANB Bollywood’s Kareena Kapoor subject to online abuse over baby’s name

Bollywood’s Kareena Kapoor subject to online abuse over baby’s name

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Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi
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Supporters say attacks over choice of name similar to 17th-century Muslim Mughal emperor rooted in prejudice against inter-faith marriage

Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor has received abuse online from extremists over her new baby's name.

Kapoor has been attacked on social media for calling her second son Jehangir, the imperial name of the 17th-century Mughal emperor, which means conqueror of the world". Kapoor, a Hindu, and her husband, Saif Ali Khan, a Muslim and also a Bollywood star, have faced abuse for their marriage.

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