Moradabad: As the Uttar Pradesh government announced that singing ‘Vande Mataram’ will be made mandatory in all schools and educational institutions across the state, Samajwadi Party leader S.T. Hasan on Monday asked why it is being linked with patriotism.

Speaking to IANS, former MP Hasan said: “Muslims have been opposing ‘Vande Mataram’ for the past 150 years. The reason is that it contains ideas that go against Islam. We cannot worship anything other than Allah. In ‘Vande Mataram’, the land is being worshipped. If we worship anything other than Allah, it means including someone else in Allah’s divinity, which is strictly prohibited in our Holy Quran.”

“God has created human beings and, to assist them, He has created the air, sky, and sea. That is why we cannot worship them. If in Vand

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