‘Muslims have never bowed down, will never bow down’: JUH chief Arshad Madani
New Delhi:Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind President Maulana Arshad Madani has said that Muslims are being targeted in India and said communal forces are spreading hatred with government backing.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Maulana Arshad Madani speaking at a two-day working committee convention organised at Jamiat’s headquarters in New Delhi, said Muslims “have never bowed down and will never bow down.”
Expressing concern over what he called rising communalism, Madani claimed that peace, unity, and brotherhood in the country were being harmed for political purposes.
“The current situation in the country, the rising communalism, the silence of constitutional institutions, the increasing measures against Muslims and Islamic symbols, and politics based on hatred are extremely alarming,” Madani said while sharing the declaration adopted at the convention.
He said, “Muslims have never bowed down and will never bow down. They may bow out of love, but they can never be subdued through force, threats, or oppression.”
During the convention, the Muslim body criticised recent government measures and alleged there was a planned attempt to transform the country into an “ideological state.”
Madani questioned moves to make Vande Mataram compulsory in some BJP-ruled states and said the organisation would challenge the decision legally if necessary.
“Giving Vande Mataram a status equal to the national anthem and making it mandatory is against the original spirit of the Constitution,” Madani said. “If the government does not withdraw the decision, we will go to court.”
The Jamiat declaration also alleged that mosques, shrines, and madrasas were being targeted in different parts of the country and linked issues such as the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists, and actions against Islamic institutions to what it described as a wider ideological agenda.
“Politics rooted in hatred has now turned into politics of intimidation,” the declaration stated, alleging that Muslims were being made to feel they would have to live under imposed conditions.
