Hindus seek fatwa declaring India a friend of Islam
Leaders of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, or World Hindu Council) dispatched a letter to several Muslim groups asking them to issue a fatwa declaring India a friend of Islam against which jihad should not be waged. They also included another, even more bizarre, request.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has sent a letter to 13 prominent Muslim organisations in India with a curious request — that they declare, in a fatwa, India to be a “friend” of Islam, or a Dar-ul-Aman, therefore making jihad against India and Indians invalid.
The Dharm Raksha Manch, a congregation of Hindu leaders, also asked the Muslim leadership to declare that Hindus were not “kafirs” and therefore should not be targets of jihad.
VHP head Ashok Singhal sounds downright presumptuous about the whole thing.
“We are expecting the said organisations to respond to this appeal in a positive manner. We firmly believe that till the time Islamic leaders do not condemn religion inspired violence, terrorism in this country will not come to an end,” Singhal said. “If Islam is a religion of peace, as they propagate, then we expect them to issue a fatwa clearing these views,” he added.
Cheeky but brilliant. “If Islam is a religion of peace, as they propagate …” Non-Muslims should use that line more often.