{"id":191070,"date":"2025-12-24T18:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=191070"},"modified":"2025-12-24T18:14:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:14:24","slug":"jamiat-ulama-i-hind-chief-criticizes-rss-leaders-call-for-muslims-to-worship-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/24\/jamiat-ulama-i-hind-chief-criticizes-rss-leaders-call-for-muslims-to-worship-nature.html","title":{"rendered":"Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief criticizes RSS leader\u2019s call for Muslims to worship nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New Delhi: Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, has sharply criticised RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale\u2019s recent remarks suggesting that Muslims should worship the sun, rivers, and trees for environmental protection.

According to Kashmir Media Service, in a statement, Madani said Hindus and Muslims have lived together in India for centuries, and the Islamic belief in Tawhid \u2014 the oneness of God and worship of Him alone \u2014 is neither obscure nor unknown to any educated person.

He expressed deep regret that, despite holding key positions, Hosabale and other senior RSS functionaries have shown little seriousness in understanding Islam and the religious beliefs of Muslims.

Explaining the Islamic position, Madani said the belief in Tawhid and Prophethood forms the very foundation of Islam. Any deviation from worshipping God alone, he stressed, would exclude a person from Islam. He emphasised that love for the land, nature and environment, and efforts to protect them, are entirely different from religious worship.

Madani reiterated Jamiat\u2019s commitment to communal harmony through mutual respect and dialogue, warning that disregarding core religious doctrines could strain that coexistence.

Hosabale, speaking at a Hindu conference in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, had argued that respect for nature transcends religious boundaries and that Muslims would \u201close nothing\u201d by worshipping rivers, trees, and the sun to promote environmental conservation. He specifically questioned what harm it would cause if Muslims, who perform namaz, also worshipped rivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Delhi: Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, has sharply criticised RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale\u2019s recent remarks suggesting that Muslims should worship the sun, rivers, and trees for environmental protection.According to Kashmir Media Service, in a statement, Madani said Hindus and Muslims have lived together in India for centuries, and the Islamic …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191069,"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-191070","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