Speaking for the first time after the furore over the all-girl rock band, its guitarist Aneeka Khalid said she never knew that their band would generate so much controversy.



She told Mail Today on Tuesday that she doesn't feel threatened "but I am no longer interested in music or in the rock band. I have given it up," she said.



"I respect grand mufti Bashir-u-Din and his advice and have decided to quit music," she said.



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Khalid blamed the media for the controversy more than the comments on Facebook. "As long as the issue was confined to Facebook things were not so bad. But I think media has given it too much hype," she said on phone from Bangalore. "I have come to Bangalore for a trip," she said.



Khalid along with Farah Deeba and Noma Nazir were studying in the same school in Srinagar.



"All of us had interest in music and we decided to learn it. Then we went to a music institute and formed a band. It was our interest that made us to form the band," she said.



She, however, said that she has no plans to go outside the state to learn music or perform anywhere.



Khalid, who is studying in class 10, said she knew their band has got huge support from lot of people within and outside the state.



"Say thanks to all those who have supported us, but we are not going outside the state to learn music or perform in any show. We have given up music," she insisted.



On December 24, Khalid along with her friends Farah Deeba, and Noma Nazir - are all Class 10 students - performed in a function at Indoor Stadium here. Their performance was appreciated by the audience.



However, two days after their public performance, a Facebook page Kashmir News posted a photograph of all band members with caption stating: "Personally, I consider them as shameless and spoiled brats?"



The girls felt threatened and decided not to perform. Subsequently, when the grand mufti, Mufti Bashir-u-Din issued fatwa asking them to desist from the music, they disbanded the band.

