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Vande Mataram: Soul of our Nation and Nationalism
B R Haran
07 Nov 2009
Vande Mataram
Mother, I salute thee!
Rich with hurrying streams,
Bright with orchard gleams,
Cool with thy winds of delight,
Green fields waving Mother of might,
Mother free.
Glory of moonlight dreams,
Over thy branches and lordly streams,
Clad in thy blossoming trees,
Mother, giver of ease.
Laughing low and Sweet!
Mother I kiss thy feet,
Speaker sweet and low!
Mother, to thee I bow.
- Sri Aurobindo (from his English translation of Vande Mataram)
Muslim Clergy against Vande Mataram
During the centenary of (singing of) Vande Mataram in September 2006, Darul Uloom, the foremost seminary of Muslims at Deoband, gave a decree that the National Song is un-Islamic and that Muslims must not sing it. This decree was upheld on 3 November 2009 by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, which passed a resolution saying, "The fatwa of Darul Uloom opposing recitation of Vande Mataram is correct."
The Home Minister, who went there on an invitation from Jamiat, condemned the demolition of the disputed structure over Bhagwan Ram's Janmasthan. Though the disputed structure was not in use by the Muslim community, the secular brigade has been repeatedly lying that it was a 'Masjid' and Chidambaram repeated the same lie and described the demolition of this religious affront to the Hindu community as "a manifestation of religious fanaticism and an act of extreme prejudice."
While Chidambaram praised the Darul Uloom for issuing a fatwa against terrorism in February 2008, he conveniently kept quiet on the Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad blasts and the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack which happened after issuance of the so-called fatwa. Although the continuing terror acts proved that the fatwa was nothing but the Islamic game of "Taqiya", Chidambaram sought ulema cooperation in the fight against terror. The Jamiat for its part condemned suicide bombings and killings of innocents as 'unpardonable sin', but termed "Jihad" a "constructive phenomenon" without explaining what 'constructive' means.
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2 comments:
Re: the fatwa against terrorism, the Muslim leaders did disallow the ritual burial of slain terrorists. However, that could be typically Islamic too as the Hindus do not show disrespect for the dead and are proud of the fact that the enmity ceases with the death of the enemy.
Yes, the Ulema need to denounce and actively sanitise the hate sermons from Mosques. That is not happening and they just deny that this happens. The police also cannot really furnish concrete evidence as mosques typically have known faces and strangers are immediately spotted. With the reputation that Islamic fanaticism has earned, meeting the same fate as Daniel Pearl is easily possible, so difficult if not impossible to gather evidence.
Chicken and egg. Why not break the egg and fry an omelette? No point in being chicken, is there?
There is no limit to the cussedness of Islamist bigots. The temerity of them to pass this latest Fatwa after the Congress Dhimmis under uber dhimmi Mohamdas edited the national song to the satisfaction of the skullcaps in the early 20th century. I'm afraid we're witnessing a repeat of the ignominous Congress history circa 1917-1947, a precursor to another partition. I don't fault the mullahs - they're savages who have tasted blood. Docile behaviour by Hindus and their leaders is to blame.
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