The strict Muslim father and brother of “Harry Potter” actress Afshan Azad have been charged with threatening to kill her because she has a Hindu boyfriend.

Azad, 22, fled the suburban English home she shared with her father, Abdul, 54, mother, Nilofar, and three brothers after the bizarre incident on May 21, authorities said.

A spokesman for prosecutors said her brother Ashraf, 28, physically attacked her and both he and their father threatened to kill her because of her relationship with an unidentified Hindu man.

(Editor’s note: Media outside the US are referring to this as an ‘honor’ or ‘izzat’ crime, and that they are a growing problem in Britain, mostly involving Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims; Azad is of Bangladeshi descent)

They confronted her in her bedroom and left her “badly bruised” when she refused to stop seeing the man, the Daily Express said.

Afshan, who appeared in four Potter movies, is believed to have taken refuge at the London home of friends.

Both of the accused men appeared in Manchester Magistrates’ Court and were ordered not to travel to London while the case was adjourned until July 12. Their bail conditions also required them to observe a curfew of 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. and not to contact an unnamed man, believed to be the boyfriend.

No other details of the incident were disclosed. But Ashraf (the brother) told the Daily Telegraph that the family will suffer as a result of the scandal.

“We are going to get trouble from the community now,” he said. “It is bad news for our safety, her safety.”

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