Vandi Mataram - Do not recite, but at least stand shoulder to shoulder

Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Vande Mataram - do not recite, but at least stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the rest
I must congratulate one of our bloggers Mr. Ashram Prasad for raising the point that Muslims have no compunction about reciting the Azan 5 times a day, 365 days a year, thereby forcing the Hindus also to compulsorily hear it. But they are not willing even for once to stand in line with the Hindus while Vande Mataram is being recited.
Indeed, if singing the Vande Matram is tantamount to worshiping another instead of Allah, is listening to it being sung as bad?
I think Muslim school children ought to at least be instructed by their elders to attend to the function and stand with the others while the song is being sung, even if not actually reciting it themselves. This way Muslim children will eventually come to appreciate Vande Mataram.
Is this asking too much of the Muslims of India?
11:48:07 PM
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