4/5/2016

DarulUloomIssuesFatwaAgainstChanting'BharatMataKiJai'

DarulUloomIssuesFatwaAgainstChanting
'BharatMataKiJai'
AllIndia|PressTrustofIndia|Updated:April01,201619:36IST
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Thefatwastatesthatonlyahumancangivebirthtoahuman,sohowcanthecountrybecalled'mother'.

Saharanpur:ThelargestIslamicseminaryinIndia,theDarulUloomofDeoband,hasinafatwaaskedMuslimsnotto
chant'BharatMatakiJai',sayingitis"notinconsonancewithIslam".
"WereceivedthousandsofqueriesontheissuesoDarulUloomDeobandhasissuedafatwasaying'BharatmatakiJai'
isnotinconsonancewithIslamandwewillnotsayit.Butweloveourcountryimmenselyandwecanraisesloganslike
'HindustanZindabad'and'MadreVatan(motherland)',"theseminarysaidinastatement.
"ItisnotallowedinIslamtorepresentthecountryasaGoddess'idolandraisesloganshailingher,"AshramUsmani,a
spokespersonoftheseminary,explained.
Thefatwa,orreligiousedict,questions:"Onlyahumancangivebirthtoahuman,sohowcanthecountrybecalled
mother?"
HyderabadparliamentarianAsaduddinOwaisiprovokedacontroversyrecentlywhenhedeclaredatapublicmeeting
thathewouldnotchanttheslogan"evenifyouputaknifetomythroat".
MrOwaisi,aleaderoftheAllIndiaMajliseIttehadulMuslimeenorAIMIM,madetheremarksasaripostetoMohan
Bhagwat,thechiefoftheRashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh(RSS),whohadsaidthattheyoungpeopleofIndiahadtobe
taughttochantslogansinsupportofthecountry.
Butearlierthisweek,theRSSchiefsaidnooneneedstobeforcedtochanttheslogan.
""WehavetocreatesuchagreatIndiawherepeoplethemselveschant'BharatMatakiJai'...itneednotbeimposed,"Mr
Bhagwatsaidatanevent.
StoryFirstPublished:April01,201618:52IST

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