Muslims Will Always Have A Place And Respect In India And Idea That Islam will Not Remain Is Not Hindu Thinking Says RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

Muslims Will Always Have A Place And Respect In India And Idea That Islam will Not Remain Is Not Hindu Thinking Says RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said Islam will always have a place in India and made a strong pitch for Hindus and Muslims to have mutual trust in each other.

Addressing a question and answer session to mark the centenary celebrations of the RSS, Bhagwat said the Sangh does not believe in attacking anyone, including on religious grounds, and has always extended a helping hand to everyone during calamities such as the Kerala floods and the Gujarat earthquake.

The RSS chief said he believed religion was a matter of individual choice and there should be no allurement or force in this matter.

“Hindus and Muslims are the same… so there’s no question of unity between them; only their form of worship has changed. We are already one. What is there to unite? What has changed? Merely the method of worship has changed; does it really make a difference?” Bhagwat asked.

He said Islam has been in India since time immemorial and has stayed on till date, and will remain in the future as well.

“The idea that Islam will not remain is not Hindu thinking. Both Hindus and Muslims need to have mutual trust in each other,” Bhagwat said.

On the issue of changing the names of roads and towns bearing Muslim names, the RSS chief said his only insistence was that roads or towns should not be named after invaders.

“Invaders’ names should not be there. I did not say there should be no Muslim names… APJ Abdul Kalam, Abdul Hameed’s names should be there,” he said.