09-06-2006, 01:11 AM
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Pioneer.com
Staff Reporter | New Delhi
Senior BJP leader Arif Mohammad Khan has criticised political leaders who allow the Muslim Personal Law Board to hold the country to ransom. Speaking in a discussion held at the Faculty of Arts of Delhi University over the controversy surrounding national song Vande Mataram, Arif targeted the board for imposing its decision on the community since its formation.
Raising objections against the Board issuing fatwa against those who would sing Vande Mataram on September 7, the senior BJP leader said, "I request people not to give respectability and credibility to those who raise separatist voices. Who has given the right to these people to declare 'fatwa' against those who wish to sing the National Song? They have no right to do so. Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana have been the national song of this country since the formation of the constituent assembly. How can these people ignore this fact?"
Article 51 A (a) of the Constitution says that every citizen of this country should abide by the constitution and respect its institution, be it the National Anthem or the National Song. Highlighting the fact Arif said, "These organisations have been engaged in misleading the Muslim community. If the Board has any objection to the national song, why is it imposing it on the whole community."
According to <b>Arif, Mohammad Ali Jinnah objected to the singing of Vande Mataram as he felt that it was a conspiracy of the Indian National Congress to force a Hindu country on the Muslim community</b>. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"Jinnah in 1938 had said that the problem of independence cannot be solved unless the Congress intends to solve the issues that encourage communal thoughts. Post-independence, the Muslim Personal Law Board has been following the ideology of Jinnah."</span>
Recalling the interview of the then chairman of the Muslim Personal Law Board in 1985 in Nadwa to a newspaper Tamir-e-hayat "Muslim ko apna vajan is mulq mein saabit karna hoga. Kisi bhi kaum ka vatan tab mahan hota hai jab wo nafe ke alaawa nuksan bhi pahucha sakta ho."
The senior BJP leader said, "What can one understand by this statement of the Board's chairman. It is quite obvious that these people are misleading the Muslim community. <b>Its high time that the people of this country think beyond the contemporary party politics and should help in the growth and the prosperity of this country,"</b> added Arif.
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Pioneer.com
Staff Reporter | New Delhi
Senior BJP leader Arif Mohammad Khan has criticised political leaders who allow the Muslim Personal Law Board to hold the country to ransom. Speaking in a discussion held at the Faculty of Arts of Delhi University over the controversy surrounding national song Vande Mataram, Arif targeted the board for imposing its decision on the community since its formation.
Raising objections against the Board issuing fatwa against those who would sing Vande Mataram on September 7, the senior BJP leader said, "I request people not to give respectability and credibility to those who raise separatist voices. Who has given the right to these people to declare 'fatwa' against those who wish to sing the National Song? They have no right to do so. Vande Mataram and Jana Gana Mana have been the national song of this country since the formation of the constituent assembly. How can these people ignore this fact?"
Article 51 A (a) of the Constitution says that every citizen of this country should abide by the constitution and respect its institution, be it the National Anthem or the National Song. Highlighting the fact Arif said, "These organisations have been engaged in misleading the Muslim community. If the Board has any objection to the national song, why is it imposing it on the whole community."
According to <b>Arif, Mohammad Ali Jinnah objected to the singing of Vande Mataram as he felt that it was a conspiracy of the Indian National Congress to force a Hindu country on the Muslim community</b>. <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>"Jinnah in 1938 had said that the problem of independence cannot be solved unless the Congress intends to solve the issues that encourage communal thoughts. Post-independence, the Muslim Personal Law Board has been following the ideology of Jinnah."</span>
Recalling the interview of the then chairman of the Muslim Personal Law Board in 1985 in Nadwa to a newspaper Tamir-e-hayat "Muslim ko apna vajan is mulq mein saabit karna hoga. Kisi bhi kaum ka vatan tab mahan hota hai jab wo nafe ke alaawa nuksan bhi pahucha sakta ho."
The senior BJP leader said, "What can one understand by this statement of the Board's chairman. It is quite obvious that these people are misleading the Muslim community. <b>Its high time that the people of this country think beyond the contemporary party politics and should help in the growth and the prosperity of this country,"</b> added Arif.
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