People loyal to Madani claim that the discussion centred on mob lynching, insecurity among Muslims and discrimination faced by them. The Bhagwat side claims that his meeting with Madani on August 30 in Delhi was reportedly to discuss the issues of national unity and nationalism. The term Nationalism which is used by the RSS is very much different from patriotism. While patriotism fundamentally means affection for one’s country and willingness to defend it, nationalism is a more extreme, unforgiving form of allegiance to one’s country.

 Anyway since we do not know what exactly transpired between the two leaders it is better not to speculate. We do hope that nothing personal was discussed. However, one thing is quite clear that the perception of the Muslim community is divided about this meeting. While no Muslim leader is prepared to say anything on record, out of respect as well as due to the clout enjoyed by the Jamiat chief; many people are extremely unhappy and off the record, they fumed and made no secret of their uneasiness.

One thing is sure that the meeting would erode the respect and authority of the Jamiat chief. Perhaps that will suit RSS. Since Maulana Madzni was quite vocal in opposing the BJP. Last year in a meeting held in Firozabad town of Agra, where thousands of Muslims had gathered to hear Maulana Madani, he had attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing the right-wing party of creating communal tensions in the country.

In my personal opinion, talks with RSS shall be only on contradicting their hatred towards Muslims and Islam by showing them the true principles of Islam. Maulana could ask Bhagwat to arrange a meeting with various religious scholars of both sides to discuss this issue. All other problems are the result of the hatred which have been spread by the ruling party to get votes.
 
 Professor Mukhtar Ahmad is former professor of Electrical Engineering AMU Aligarh.

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Jamiat took decision to launch voter’s list movement in the wake of revelation made by Centre for Research and Debates in Development Policy (CRDDP) that names of several lakhs Muslims have been missing from the voter’s lists that is affecting electoral and social strength of community. In order to rectify the anomaly, The National Working Committee has issued advisory to all its local branches in various states to take up this work on war footing. They have also been advised for creating mass awareness about the same.

The members of (JUHWC) also expressed their deep concern over the decision of Uttrakhand’s High Court for banning issuance of fatawa by Islamic institutions.  However they expressed satisfaction over stay intervention by the Apex Court.

The members of (JUHWC) also reviewed Jamiat’s committee report about ongoing reform measures undertaken by the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They have asked the committee members to submit exclusive resolution in the next meeting of (JUHWC).
The JUHWC has decided to hold its concluding centenary conference in November, 2019 at Deoband which was earlier scheduled to take place in the Month of February 2019.

In the meeting of (JUHWC) a detailed report on Jamiat’s relief and rehabilitation efforts in Kerala was also presented. The members of (JUHWC) expressed their satisfaction over this report.  It is to be noted that till now Jamiat has spent more than five crore rupees on relief and rehabilitation work in Kerala. At present, Jamiat is engaged in construction of 100 houses and repairing 100 damaged houses after flood devastation.

The meeting was attended by nearly 40 members and special invitees representing across the country.

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