‘Wrong to expect mainstream parties to fight only for Muslims’: Jamiat chief Madani takes on Congress — watch | India News
NEW DELHI: Jamiat president Mehmood Madani on Wednesday said that it was “wrong to expect mainstream parties to fight only for Muslims”. He went on to take a jibe at Congress, saying that the grand old party was not even “able to raise its own issues”.“It is wrong to expect any mainstream political party to fight only for Muslims or raise only their issues. I do not want to keep such expectations from any party. Right now, the Congress is not even able to raise its own issues — how will it raise anyone else’s?” he said.This comes after Madani’s remarks on ‘jihad‘ created a political uproar with not just BJP, but also the community leaders, differing from his opinions. After the row, he clarified that “jihad is a pious word” and “Centre has decided anything negative is Jihad.”“The entire ministry, be it centre, or be it state, have decided that if anything negative related to Muslims comes to light, it will be called Jihad. Jihad is a pious word. We are fighting for the real meaning of jihad. Jihad is a pious word. We are fighting for the real meaning of jihad. The term jihad is being used to abuse Islam in a very planned manner,” he said.The Jamiat president also took responsibility for his other remarks, saying it was his duty to avoid being misunderstood — but insisted that, taken in context, his remarks were not problematic.“It is correct that some confusion has been created, but if you see it is context then you won’t misunderstand it, to make sure that no misunderstanding happens was my responsibility, and I could not fulfill that responsibility, you can blame me for that,” Madani said.“But if you hear my full statement, then three statements have been said. One is that in India Jihad has multiple meanings…The biggest jihad is to have a clear vision of your aim and work on yourself. If there is injustice, raise your voice against it; this is also jihad,” he added.
