http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Fatwa-issued-against-Vande-Mataram/articleshow/5191847.cms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vande_Mataram
A fatwa has been issued to Muslims in India that the Indian national song Vande Mataram is unIslamic.
It is a very interesting debate. Nationalists say that the members of a nation should worship the nation.
The infamous German nationalist Hitler himself said that the Germans should worship Germany.
Muslims are told not to worship anything but God, so there is a clear conflict.
Methinks there is room for manoeuvre here.
What these Hindu Nationalists want is the assurance that Muslims Indians would give up their life for their country if called upon to do so, like any other loyal Indian citizen.
They just have to say yes because that is all that is required of a loyal citizen. If there are Indian Muslims in the Armed Forces and Indian Muslims who have died while serving in the Indian Armed Forces, then that requirement of being prepared to lay down one's life for one's country, is certainly already satisfied.
It would certainly help inter-communal relations if the Indian government said words to this effect.
THE VOICE OF REASON Solon, (born c. 630 BCE—died c. 560 BCE), Athenian statesman, known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece (the others were Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Periander of Corinth). Solon ended exclusive aristocratic control of the government, substituted a system of control by the wealthy, and introduced a new and more humane law code. He was also a noted poet.
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