Mahmood Madani, the president of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, stated that India belongs to him just as much as it does to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐๐: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ
At the opening plenary session of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind held at Ramlila Maidan in the capital city, Maulana Madani stated, "India is our country. This country belongs to Mahmood Madani as much as it belongs to Narendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat. Neither Mahmood is an inch ahead of them nor are they one inch ahead of Mahmood." He added that Islam is the oldest religion in the country. "This land is the first homeland of Muslims. Saying that Islam is a religion that came from outside is totally wrong and baseless. Islam is the oldest religion among all religions. India is the best country for Hindi Muslims," Madani said.
The chief of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind stated that they oppose forced religious conversions but pointed out that even those who are converting voluntarily are being falsely accused and jailed.
๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐
He said, "We are against religious conversion driven forcibly. Freedom of religion is a fundamental right. We are also against conversion by force, fraud and greed. There are many examples of agencies targeting the Muslim community, such as the ban on Namaz, police action on them, and bulldozer action."
The three-day plenary session of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind began on Friday in Delhi.
According to Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Uniform Civil Code, religious freedom and Muslim personal law and autonomy of madrassas are among some issues that will be discussed in the convention. Further, it said a proposal can be brought to provide reservation for socio-economically backward Muslims.
In the 34th session of Jamiat, the steps being taken to strengthen religious brotherhood and initiatives to prevent hate campaigns are also part of the agenda.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ-๐ถ-๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind is a century-old organization committed to safeguarding the civil, religious, cultural, and educational rights of Muslims. It claims to be the largest Muslim organization, and it remains focused on addressing the socio-political and religious issues affecting the Muslim community. The Jamiat subscribes to the Deobandi interpretation of Islam.
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