Deoband: Three days before the centenary celebration of Vande Mataram, the Muslims bodies seem to be taking a mid-path on the controversy.
The Darul Uloom Deoband -- a leading centre of Islamic learning -- steered clear of the issue, saying it has no 'role to play' in the controversy and it has been dragged into it 'unnecessarily'.
The Darul Uloom Deoband on Monday categorically stated that it had not issued any fatwa (decree) on Vande Mataram and nor directed Muslim children to skip classes on September 7 to protest against its mandatory recitation in the BJP-ruled states.
Accusing 'communal forces' of maligning the 130-year-old Islamic institution, Mohatamim (rector) Maulana Margoobur Rehman said that it had neither issued any fatwa nor appeal on this issue after the Human Resource Development Ministry issued a directive to all schools to recite the national song on September 7 which marks the centenary of the song.
"The Darul Uloom is being unnecessarily dragged into the Vande Mataram controversy," he said, adding that Muslims are true patriots and there was no need to questions their patriotism.
Terming it unfair to target the ulema of the Darul Uloom, Deoband without ascertaining facts on the issue, the Maulana said they did not wish to be party to any 'political controversy'.
"Ours is purely religious centre, concentrating on the teachings of Islam, which also supports peace and harmony," he added.
On the issue that taking of life insurance policy by a Muslim is 'un-Islamic act', he said the Darul Uloom has not issued any decree, but given its comments in the light of Islamic law.
"The fatwa cannot be forcibly implemented," he noted.
(With UNI inputs)
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