Ahmedabad:
There seems to be no end to the Vande Mataram controversy. After the Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind urged Muslims not to sing the national song, the Gujarat DGP - a Muslim - says singing the national song is not un-Islamic.
"It is equally important to know that saying 'Vande Matram' is not against Islam. Based on my understanding of Islam and the Holy Quran, I would say that singing Vande Matram should be a matter of pride for all Indian Muslims, an action of respecting the values of Islam," he said.
The Jamiat, one of the largest groups of Muslim clerics in the country, had recently endorsed the decree of Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband asking the Muslims not to recite Vande Mataram as it went against the tenets of their faith in monotheism.
The Jamiat move has come in the backdrop of some states like BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh introducing singing of Vande Mataram in government-run schools.
"It is equally important to know that saying 'Vande Matram' is not against Islam. Based on my understanding of Islam and the Holy Quran, I would say that singing Vande Matram should be a matter of pride for all Indian Muslims, an action of respecting the values of Islam," he said.
The Jamiat, one of the largest groups of Muslim clerics in the country, had recently endorsed the decree of Darul Uloom seminary at Deoband asking the Muslims not to recite Vande Mataram as it went against the tenets of their faith in monotheism.
The Jamiat move has come in the backdrop of some states like BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh introducing singing of Vande Mataram in government-run schools.
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