'There's one god...': Saif on teaching religion to kids

'There's one god...': Saif on teaching religion to kids 

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan recently opened up about his approach to raising his younger children, Taimur and Jehangir, with a broad-minded perspective on religion.

At the London edition of We The Women, he said that he tells them "there's one god and he has many names."

Notably, Khan shares the boys with actor Kareena Kapoor Khan.

'My mother taught me, and I taught my kids...'

Khan said, "It's a conversation I love having with them. Because I myself am not the most religious of people."

"My mother taught me, and I taught my kids, that there's one god and he has many names. It's as simple as that. You worship him in different places."

"And if your religion talks about love and forgiveness to your fellow men, then that's it."

Khan's interfaith background

Khan's views are influenced by his own upbringing in an interfaith household.

He is the son of the late cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and veteran actor Sharmila Tagore, who had an interfaith marriage.

He also had two interfaith marriages, first with actor Amrita Singh and then with Kapoor Khan. Khan is the father of adult children Sara and Ibrahim, too.

His experiences in Christian institutions

Khan shared his experiences of growing up in Christian institutions as well. He recalled spending time in churches and attending schools that began the day with a chapel.

"I've grown up in churches, in schools which start with being at chapel," he said.

He humorously recalled trying to skip chapel by claiming to belong to a different religion, but it backfired when they brought a maulvi (Islamic scholar) to talk to them.