MUMBAI: After he was trolled on social media and criticised by maulvis (clerics) for worshipping Lord Ganesha and chanting "Ganpati Bappa Morya" during a visit to a pandal in the city last week, All India Majlise Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and Byculla MLA Waris Pathan released a video on Tuesday apologising for his "un-Islamic act".In the video which Pathan released on social media, he said: "A few days ago I did something which was wrong. I, in the name of Prophet Muhammad , seek Allah's forgiveness for this and promise that I will never do this again." He further said that "he was just a human and humans are bound to commit mistakes and this mistake will not be repeated".Last Friday, while visiting a Ganpati pandal, Pathan had invoked Lord Ganesha for bringing prosperity and joy to the people and even raised the popular chant of "Ganpati Bappa Morya" .The video went viral and Pathan received flak from a section of Muslims, especially clerics. Idol worship is prohibited in monotheistic Islam.Earlier, Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan had courted controversy when, on September 16, he shared a picture of his son AbRam seeking blessings from Ganpati 'Pappa' on his social media handles. After Khan captioned the picture "Our Ganpati 'Pappa' is home, as the lil one calls him," the actor was trolled by many of his Muslim fans. One of his fans had described his act as a "big sin".The newly-appointed Maharashtra minority commission chairman Haji Arafat Shaikh too was slammed by a section of Muslims recently for sharing a picture of him worshipping at a Ganpati pandal.