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New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Hours after BJP sought an apology from Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Vande Mataram issue, Congress today said the matter is a sensitive one involving religious sentiments and no controversy should be raked up over it.
"This is a very sensitive issue. It is our national song.
And there are also religious sentiments attached. Keeping in mind all these facts, the issue should not be made controversial," party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad told reporters here.
He was responding to queries regarding Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind's resolution at Deoband yesterday asking members of the Muslim community not to recite 'Vande Mataram' on the grounds that some verses of the national song are against the tenets of Islam.
This was one of the 25 resolutions passed at its 30th general session in Deoband which was addressed by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram yesterday.
The word "namaste" is a synonym of "vande". The meaning of "namaste" is, I bow to you (which is to say, I bow to the divine in you). Is the act of saying "namaste" therefore an act of worship? May Deoband pass a Fatwa on this question.
http://www.ptinews.com/news/362163_-No-controversy-should-be-raised-over-Vande-Mataram-#2
New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI) Hours after BJP sought an apology from Home Minister P Chidambaram over the Vande Mataram issue, Congress today said the matter is a sensitive one involving religious sentiments and no controversy should be raked up over it.
"This is a very sensitive issue. It is our national song.
And there are also religious sentiments attached. Keeping in mind all these facts, the issue should not be made controversial," party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad told reporters here.
He was responding to queries regarding Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind's resolution at Deoband yesterday asking members of the Muslim community not to recite 'Vande Mataram' on the grounds that some verses of the national song are against the tenets of Islam.
This was one of the 25 resolutions passed at its 30th general session in Deoband which was addressed by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram yesterday.
The word "namaste" is a synonym of "vande". The meaning of "namaste" is, I bow to you (which is to say, I bow to the divine in you). Is the act of saying "namaste" therefore an act of worship? May Deoband pass a Fatwa on this question.
http://www.ptinews.com/news/362163_-No-controversy-should-be-raised-over-Vande-Mataram-#2
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