All-India Muslim Personal Law Board objects to making ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in Bengal madrasas

New Delhi – The Bengal government has made it mandatory for all students to recite all the stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ in the morning prayers in government schools and government recognized madrasas. The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has opposed this. The board said that this decision is a violation of fundamental rights. This notification should be withdrawn immediately or at least Muslim students should be exempted from it.

🚨 All India Muslim Personal Law Board objects to making Vande Mataram compulsory in madrasas in Bengal.

❓If an organization opposes the singing of Vande Mataram, should its registration continue to enjoy official recognition?

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Board spokesperson S. Q. R. Ilias said in a statement –

1.   This decision is against the spirit of the Constitution and is a hindrance to India’s secular and democratic traditions. (This is an attempt to promote one’s own religious fanaticism in the name of the Constitution. Therefore, declaring India a Hindu Rashtra through the Constitution is the only solution – Editor).

2.   Forcing any student to recite a text or song, that is against their religious beliefs, is a violation of constitutional rights under Articles 19, 25 and 28(3).

3.   No citizen can be forced to participate in any national or religious ceremony contrary to his religious or moral beliefs.

4.   According to many Muslims, some of the stanzas in ‘Vande Mataram’ are incompatible with the Islamic doctrine of ‘Tawheed’ (monotheism), and forcing their recitation is an attack on their religious identity and constitutional freedom.

5.   A secular state should not impose the religious or cultural practices of one community on another. Since independence, the Union government has not made singing this song mandatory in educational institutions, but has considered it a matter of individual conscience.

Editorial Perspective

• It would be appropriate for the Union government to deregister such boards and expel their
• office bearers from India.
• It is necessary to expel to Pakistan those Muslims who are living in India and making anti-
• India demands, despite having been granted Pakistan on the basis of religion.