No going back on Vande Mataram fatwa, says Darul
Islamic seminary Darul Uloom on Tuesday said it had no plans to reverse its 12year-old fatwa or edict, decreeing national song Vande Mataram as un-Islamic, a day after Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar claimed top clerics at the Muslim school had "softened" their stand on the issue.
"Contrary to claims that we have changed our view, we clarify that there is no change in our stand on Vande Mataram," Darul Uloom vice-rector Abdul Khaleque Madrasi told HT.
Darul Uloom in western Uttar Pradesh's Deoband wields considerable influence over India's majority Sunni Muslims, who account for over 90 per cent of the country's more than 130 million Muslims.
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"Contrary to claims that we have changed our view, we clarify that there is no change in our stand on Vande Mataram," Darul Uloom vice-rector Abdul Khaleque Madrasi told HT.
Darul Uloom in western Uttar Pradesh's Deoband wields considerable influence over India's majority Sunni Muslims, who account for over 90 per cent of the country's more than 130 million Muslims.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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