JuH endorsement of Vande Mataram fatwa unacceptable: Khursheed

Describing the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (JuH) decision to endorse the 'fatwa' on Muslims from reciting Vande Mataram as "waste of time", minority affairs minister Salman Khursheed today said the resolution is "unacceptable".

"I don't think it's a controversy. They (JuH) wasted their time passing the resolution. It is unacceptable," the minister said when asked to comment on the issue.

Addressing a media interaction here, Khursheed said he sings the song "with passion and full involvement" and that he sings it better than many others.  He had earlier described the resolution as counter-productive, saying "It is not good for our society, our country and for Muslims".

The minister had also cast a doubt whether the resolution was the view of the entire Jamiat, claiming the organisation is divided into two factions. The JuH, largest organisation of Sunni Muslims, in its
resolution endorsed a 'fatwa' issued by Darul-Uloom of Deoband in 2006, which had declared recital of 'Vande Mataram' as un-Islamic.