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Muslim clergies dictum on Vande Mataram evokes protest | Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a mass protest here against the Muslims clergy for issuing fatwa, asking the Muslims not to sing India's national song
Vande Mataram. 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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