Complaint against Muslim leader, his nephew for ‘hurting religious sentiments’
The Hindu Sena on Monday lodged a police complaint against Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani and his nephew, Maulana Mahmood Madani, over their recent remarks that triggered massive controversy.
In his letter to Delhi Police Commissioner, Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta alleged that statements of Maulana Mahmood Madani and Maulana Arshad Madani have hurt sentiments of Hindus.
The letter also stated that the remarks made on the second and third day of the 34th general session of the Jamiat at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi could cause an “environment of instability” in the country. The right wing group even urged Delhi Police to register a case of religious frenzy in the matter.
While speaking at the annual general session of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Mahmood Madani faction), Maulana Mahmood Madani claimed that India is the birthplace of Islam and asserted that country belongs to him as much as it does to Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat.
He said that it is wrong to suggest that Islam came from outside, while claiming that the “first Prophet of Islam, Adam, descended here”.
The senior leader also appealed to the RSS to urge its affiliates to shun “hate and enmity” and jointly work for making the country the most developed in the world.
This is our country. As much as this country belongs to Narendra Modi and Mohan Bhagwat, it belongs to Mahmood. Neither Mahmood is one inch ahead of them nor are they one inch ahead of Mahmood,” he said.
“The last Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, came to complete the same religion… So, I have no qualms in saying that India is the best place for Hindi Muslims,” Madani added.
WHAT MAULANA ARSHAD MADANI SAID
In a speech, Maulana Arshad Madani claimed that ‘Om’ and ‘Allah’ were the same God worshipped by ‘Manu’. Manu is a term found in religious texts, referring to the first man or the progenitor of humanity.
The Muslim cleric, who heads the Arshad Madani faction of the outfit, said that he asked the “dharma gurus” as to who was worshipped when there was no Shri Ram, Brahma or Shiva.
“I asked who is Om, many said ‘it is just air, it has no form, it has no colour and it is everywhere, it made the sky and land’. I said this is what we call Allah, you call Ishwar, those speaking Persian call Khuda and those speaking English call God,” Madani said.
“This means that Manu, that is Adam, used to worship one Om, that is one Allah,” he said.
