We should have courage to proudly say we are Muslim and this should be evident from our own life. The world should know that Muslims do not tell lies, they are not dishonest, they do not deceive, they do not take interests, they do not assault women and they keep from immoral acts. These were the views expressed by Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Omari, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, while addressing a programme organised by Shahadat-e-Haq Human Welfare Trust at Moti Masjid in Bhopal on 15 November.
Talking about unrest and anarchy in the world, he said disobedience of Allah lies at the root of the problems.
“Anarchy has erupted in the world and the Muslim Ummah is on the target everywhere. Many hold Islam responsible for the anarchy. The actual reason of anarchy in the world is disobedience of Allah. Man has become God or has made others God,” the Jamaat leader said.
Maulana Omari and JIH Secretary General Nusrat Ali were in the city to attend the three-day programme of Arkan of Jamaat in Madhya Pradesh.
In an interview to Nadeem Urdu daily published from Bhopal, the Jamaat chief lashed out at the attempts of Sangh Parivar to absorb minorities in the Hindu culture.
“It appears as a strategy of RSS that on one hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi says Muslims are loyal to the country; they live and die for the country, but at lower levels of Sangh Parivar, efforts are on to absorb Muslims in the Hindu culture. It is unconstitutional to call all citizens of the country Hindu. They should be called Hindustani or Indian. Muslims and other minorities have been recognised in the Constitution too. The Constitution has also recognised various religions and their Personal Laws,” he said in the interview published on 15 November.
Maulana Omari said RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s statement that all citizens including Muslims of India are Hindu is absurd and against the Constitution.