India | Updated Nov 03, 2009 at 01:10pm IST

Vande Mataram un-Islamic: seminary

Agencies

New Delhi/ Deoband (Uttar Pradesh): Scholars of an Islamic group in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday passed an edict banning Mataram, India’s national song, saying it is against their religious belief.

The Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind (JEU) passed a resolution at its national convention in Deoband, saying Muslims should not sing the national song as some verses of it are against the tenets of Islam.

Kamal Farooqi, a member of the Mulsim Personal Law Board, told CNN-IBN from Deoband that the fatwa (edict) was consistent with their view that the national song has religious connotations.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram is to address the convention at Deoband on Tuesday.

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