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The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind passed the fatwa on Vande Mataram during its 30th general session held at the Islamic seminary in Deoband on Tuesday by contending that some of the verses of the song are against the tenets of their religion.
Reacting to this dictum, the agitated VHP activists burnt an effigy of the Muslim organisation for raking up an issue that could hurt sentiments of the Hindu community.
The VHP activists demanded that the central government should take measures to check instances of insulting the national song.
"Again and again commenting on Vande Mataram and creating an issue of it is not acceptable. We condemn this because this has provoked sentiments of Hindus and the people of the country. If they have to stay in the country then they have to recite Vande Mataram, as it is a national song," said Dharmendra, a VHP leader, Lucknow.
VHP activists also criticised the presence of Home Minister P Chidambaram at the Deoband convention.
Meanwhile, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, founder of the ''Art of Living'' and a spiritual guru said that Vande Mataram was respecting the land of the country and should not viewed as a song that could divide two communities in the country.
Addressing a function at Dehradun, Shankar also mentioned that he would be talking to Islamic scholars to help ease the issue over singing of Vande Mataram.
"It is surprising to note that after 62 years why this issue has sprung up. Such issues shouldn't be taken up as it divides two communities. We should be working on uniting people. I will be meeting Islamic scholars. Vande just doesn't mean Puja it has different other meanings. Vandarpan, meaning thanks giving and thanking the land and doesn't just mean worship the land. We need to look at it from different angles," he said.
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NO OTHER COMMUNITY HAS CREATED CONTRAVERSIES IN THE NAME OF RELIGION MORE THAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THEY EVOKE SOMETHING WRITTEN OR SAID THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO WHICH IS EITHER IRRELEVANT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW. SUCH CHAUVANISTIC AND EVEN JINGOISTIC ATTITUDE HAS ALIENTATED MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN THE WORLD TODAY. THEY ARE LIKE THE PROVERBIAL CAMEL IN THE ARAB TENT. THEY GET IN AND THEN THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER AND WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO FOLLOW THEIR RELIGION AND CUSTOMS. IN SAUDI ARABIA OR PAKISTAN THEY WANT US TO FOLLOW THEIR RULES, BUT WHEN THEY VISIT OTHER COUNTRIES OR EVEN LIVE IN OTHER COUNTRIES THEY DO NOT WANT TO ADAPT AND ADOPT TO THEIR CUSTOM OR SYSTEM. THIS KIND OF RIGID ADHERENCE TO ANY DOCTRINE WITHOUT ACCOMODATION IS A DEATH KNELL FOR THE FOLLOWERS.
THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY IS TRYING ITS BEST TO ALIENATE ITSELF FROM THE REST OF THE INDIA. IT IS ONE THING TO KEEP ONE'S CULTURE AND TRADITIONS AND ANOTHER TO DEFY AND ESCHEW EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF RELIGION. I WONDER IF LIVING IN INDIA IS ISLAMIC OR AGAINST ISLAM! ALSO, IS IT ISLAMIC TO USE LOUDSPEAKERS TO CALL FOR NAMAZ? THIS WAY ONE DAY THEY WILL FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT A COUNTRY AND WILL BE FORCED TO MIGRATE TO THEIR BELOVED PAKISTAN OR AFGHANISTAN OR SUCH PLACE WHERE THEY CAN KEEP THEIR RELIGION!
The principles of Islam are very clear , Fatwa or no Fatwa - Bowing in front of anyone except God or Allah is forbidden, Muslims don't bow to their parents and can't equate the motherland to the same status as God.The whole controversy is immaterial.