Deoband (UP)/New Delhi, November 03: A top Muslim body today asked members of the community not to recite ‘Vande Mataram’ on the grounds that some verses of the national song are against the tenets of Islam, sparking condemnation from the BJP.
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind opposition to the recitation of the song came when it supported seminary Darul Uloom’s ‘fatwa’ (edict) which opposes any prayer involving the song.
“The fatwa of Darul Uloom (opposing recitation of Vande Mataram) is correct,” said one of the 25 resolutions passed today at its 30th general session in Deoband in the presence of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.
Darul Uloom’s fatwa department had issued the edict in 2006 describing recitation of Vande Mataram as anti-Islamic.
Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said the resolution is not acceptable and it is against Constitutional provisions.
“During the freedom struggle, it was a motivational song.
–Agencies