{"id":189501,"date":"2025-12-04T13:46:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=189501"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:46:21","slug":"indias-central-state-govts-misusing-jihad-to-target-muslims-says-juh-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/04\/indias-central-state-govts-misusing-jihad-to-target-muslims-says-juh-chief.html","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s central, state govts misusing \u2018Jihad\u2019 to target Muslims, says JUH chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bhopal: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Maulana Mahmood Madani has said that the Modi-led Indian government and several state administrations are deliberately giving a negative meaning to the term \u201cJihad\u201d to malign Muslims.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at his organisation\u2019s National Governing Body meeting, he said India\u2019s central and state governments propagate phrases such as \u201clove jihad,\u201d \u201cland jihad,\u201d \u201cspit jihad,\u201d and \u201cvote jihad\u201d to vilify the entire Muslim community.<\/p>\n

\u201cJihad is a pious struggle against injustice, wrongdoing, and terrorism. Linking it to violence and crime is wrong and highly planned,\u201d Madani said. He emphasised that Muslims are increasingly being treated as fasaadi (troublemakers) rather than jihadi (those resisting injustice), citing growing government-led harassment, including bulldozer actions, mob lynching, economic boycotts, and hate campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Jamiat chief also criticised the judicial system, alleging that Supreme Court verdicts on issues like the Babri Masjid demolition and triple talaq reflect government pressure, raising serious questions about the courts\u2019 independence. He said Muslims continue to face systemic barriers in education, employment, and social mobility despite being equal citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bhopal: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Maulana Mahmood Madani has said that the Modi-led Indian government and several state administrations are deliberately giving a negative meaning to the term \u201cJihad\u201d to malign Muslims. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking at his organisation\u2019s National Governing Body meeting, he said India\u2019s central and state governments propagate phrases such as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":189502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t