RSS chief Bhagwat is ‘Rashtra-pita’ & ‘Rashtra-Rishi’: Muslim cleric

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New Delhi, Sep 22: Chief Imam of All India Imam Organisation Dr Umer Ahmed Ilyasi on Thursday known as RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat the ‘Rashtra-pita’ and ‘Rashtra-Rishi’ after he visited a Masjid and Madarsa in Delhi on Thursday.

“Mohan Bhagwat Ji visited on my invitation right now. He is ‘Rashtra-pita’ & ‘Rashtra-Rishi’. A very good message will exit from his go to. Our methods of worshipping God are totally different, however the largest faith is humanity. We consider nation comes first”, tweeted Dr Ilyasi.

The RSS chief together with senior Sangh functionaries met Umer Ahmed Ilyasi at a mosque, taking ahead his outreach to the Muslim group. The closed-door assembly, which lasted for greater than an hour, was held at Kasturba Gandhi Marg mosque the place the workplace of the All India Imam Organisation is positioned.

Through the assembly, the RSS chief had raised the problem of utilization of the phrase “kafir” for Hindus which, he mentioned, doesn’t ship out a very good message.

On their flip, the Muslim intellectuals objected to some right-wing activists calling the Muslims “jihadi” and “Pakistanis”. The Muslim intellectuals additionally advised Bhagwat that the actual intent behind the utilization of ‘kafir’ was one thing totally different, however in some quarters now, it’s getting used as an “abuse”, PTI reported.

The RSS chief acknowledged the apprehensions of the intellectuals and underlined that the ‘DNA of all Hindus and Muslims are similar’.

Responding to Bhagwat’s assembly with Muslim leaders, RSS Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambedkar mentioned, “Sarsanghachalak meets folks from all walks of life. It is part of the continual common ‘Samvad’ course of.”

The All India Imam Organisation is the consultant voice of the group of Indian Imams and claims to be the most important imam organisation on the earth. It was fashioned to undertake in any respect ranges the socio-economic points which instantly affect the earnings of Imams, their standing in society and the expectations that the group and state have from them.

Bhagwat was accompanied by senior Sangh functionaries — joint common secretary Krishna Gopal, Ram Lal and Indresh Kumar.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief has been holding discussions with Muslim intellectuals for strengthening communal concord. He had lately met Delhi’s former Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, former chancellor of Aligarh Muslim College Lieutenant Basic Zameer Uddin Shah, former MP Shahid Siddiqui and businessman Saeed Shervani.