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Published Wednesday, Jan 23 2013, By Priya Joshi Shah Rukh Khan has described what it means to be a Muslim post-9/11. In an emotive first-person article titled 'Being Khan' featured in Outlook Turning Points magazine, the actor said he feels he has been used by political leaders as a " symbol of what is wrong about Muslims in India ". " I sometimes become the inadvertent object of political leaders who choose to make me a symbol of all that they think is wrong and unpatriotic about Muslims in India ," explained the 47-year-old actor. " There have been occasions when I have been accused of bearing allegiance to our neighbouring nation rather than my own country - this even though I am an Indian, whose father fought for the freedom of India. Rallies have been held where leaders have exhorted me to leave and return to what they refer to as my original homeland ." The star said he was prompted to make the film My Name is Khan " to pro...