What is their problem? Why can’t they just be normal?

The pseudo intellectuals and so called secularists tend to bring in the point of Durga as an objection to the acceptance of the song by the muslims. This is not valid as the version of the song we are speaking of is the truncated one with out those lines on Durga.
The next objection would be to the very words ‘Vande Mataram’ which translates to ‘Salute to Mother’. Even this is not acceptable to our spiritual muslim brothers, and the entire nation is expected to give them concessions again on this.

This shows how ossified the psyche of the community has become to the text of their religion. This shows that they are more passionate about the nitty gritty of religion than about bettering their community by taking to modern education and lifestyle. This attitude of muslims is encouraged by the visionless politicians who attach the tags of ‘sensitive issue’ and ‘religious sentiment’ to it and baulk from taking a tough stand. To cap it there are these writers who for the sake of appearing all ‘secular’, ‘intellectual’, ‘minority caring’ write to get printed in the biased section of the print media. All their ‘intellect’ and ‘secular thought’ is but a big nonsense. They blithely ignore what harm their nonsense can do to the future of this country.

The fatwas issued by the congregation are more in the talibanization trend than progressive. The real fatwas are covered in the most acceptable fatwa of “Call against terrorism”. Can anyone object to this call against terrorism and what significance does that have? What effect have such diktats issued in earlier congregations made? It just doesn’t mean anything, but acts as a sweet coating to all other abominable stances they clergy takes. These include ‘No tv and cinema’, ‘No womens education/reservation’ etc..

Such thoughts are the breeding ground for more radical and fundamental interpretations of the book and which would finally lead to the demand for the implementation of the Sharia in their regions.

The idea of Pakistan had received immense support from these ‘devout’ muslims of UP. Sixty years later, do we see something brewing here again?