Kareena Kapoor who is married to Nawab Saif Ali Khan, a Muslim, has been facing threats from some religious groups.

The controversies erupted after a a magazine by a women’s wing published a picture of of Kareena’s face half covered with a niqab and the other half with a bindi and sindoor. Claiming the picture is morphed; Saif has come in rescue of his beloved wife.

Upset about making her the centre of a religious controversy he says, she has not converted into a Muslim. She should be respected for being a symbol of a strong modern individual, he says. she should be treated with respect for the good things she has done for the nation in the form of her contribution to cinema and society and her work for women's rights and health, he further added.