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Vande Mataram Issue
<b>Deoband washes hands off fatwa</b>
Posted online: Monday, September 04, 2006 at 1726 hours IST
Updated: Monday, September 04, 2006 at 1737 hours IST
Deoband, September 4: Steering clear on the Vande Mataram issue, a leading centre of Islamic learning -- the Darul Uloom Deoband -- has said it has no 'role to play' in the controversy.
The Darul Uloom Deoband also said that it has been dragged into it 'unnecessarily'.
Deoband on Monday categorically stated that it had not issued any fatwa (decree) on Vande Mataram and had also not directed Muslim children to skip classes on September 7 to protest against its mandatory recitation in the BJP-ruled states.
Accusing 'communal forces' of maligning the 130-year-old Islamic institution, Mohatamim (rector) Maulana Margoobur Rehman said that it had neither issued any fatwa nor appeal on this issue after the Human Resource Development Ministry issued a directive to all schools to recite the national song on September 7 which marks the centenary of the song.
"The Darul Uloom is being unnecessarily dragged into the Vande Mataram controversy," he said, adding that Muslims are true patriots and there was no need to questions their patriotism.
Terming it unfair to target the ulema of the Darul Uloom, Deoband without ascertaining facts on the issue, the Maulana said they did not wish to be party to any 'political controversy'.
"Ours is purely religious centre, concentrating on the teachings of Islam, which also supports peace and harmony," he added.
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<b>Deoband washes hands off fatwa</b>
Posted online: Monday, September 04, 2006 at 1726 hours IST
Updated: Monday, September 04, 2006 at 1737 hours IST
Deoband, September 4: Steering clear on the Vande Mataram issue, a leading centre of Islamic learning -- the Darul Uloom Deoband -- has said it has no 'role to play' in the controversy.
The Darul Uloom Deoband also said that it has been dragged into it 'unnecessarily'.
Deoband on Monday categorically stated that it had not issued any fatwa (decree) on Vande Mataram and had also not directed Muslim children to skip classes on September 7 to protest against its mandatory recitation in the BJP-ruled states.
Accusing 'communal forces' of maligning the 130-year-old Islamic institution, Mohatamim (rector) Maulana Margoobur Rehman said that it had neither issued any fatwa nor appeal on this issue after the Human Resource Development Ministry issued a directive to all schools to recite the national song on September 7 which marks the centenary of the song.
"The Darul Uloom is being unnecessarily dragged into the Vande Mataram controversy," he said, adding that Muslims are true patriots and there was no need to questions their patriotism.
Terming it unfair to target the ulema of the Darul Uloom, Deoband without ascertaining facts on the issue, the Maulana said they did not wish to be party to any 'political controversy'.
"Ours is purely religious centre, concentrating on the teachings of Islam, which also supports peace and harmony," he added.