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Muslim clergies dictum on Vande Mataram evokes protest

Lucknow, Nov 6 (ANI): Activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a mass protest here against the Muslims clergy for issuing fatwa, asking the Muslims not to sing India’s national song Vande Mataram.

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind passed the fatwa on Vande Mataram during its 30th general session held at the Islamic seminary in Deoband on Tuesday [...]

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Jamiat downplays Vande Mataram issue

New Delhi, Nov 4 (ANI): The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind, which issued a fatwa (legal pronouncement in Islam) against singing of India’s national song Vande Mataram by Muslim community, down played the issue on Wednesday.

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind passed the fatwa on Tuesday during its 30th general session at the [...]

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Controversy over ‘Vande mataram’ irrelevant: Javed Akhtar

Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood scriptwriter and lyricist Javed Akhtar believes the controversy over the national song ‘Vande mataram’ is obsolete and those who have any objection to it should simply not sing it.

He was referring to the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind Tuesday asking Muslims not to sing the song on the grounds that some of its [...]

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Muslim clerics support fatwa on ‘Vande Mataram’

Deoband (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 3 (IANS) The Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind, one of the largest organisations of Muslim clerics in India, Tuesday supported a decree against the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ on the ground that some of its lines were ‘against the religious principles of Islam’.

The resolution asking Muslims not to sing the ‘Vande Mataram’ was passed at [...]

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