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| Amid uproar, Azad forced to clarify his statement on Indian Muslims | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 19: As some political parties and religious groups mocked former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad for his statement on Indian Muslims, the ex-leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha sought to end the controversy by clarifying his position.
Seeking to clarify his position on his recent statement, the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam said that his entire speech was not recorded and that what has surfaced is a portion of the entire speech in which he discussed his “viral” statement in depth.
In a video posted on social media, Azad explained, “My full video was not recorded due to which it was misinterpreted by people. I was talking about Hindu-Muslim relations in India. And I talked about a few people who say that Muslims came from outside. There are two things in this respect, firstly, there are very few Muslims who came from outside, a larger chunk of the population lived in India only. Secondly, neither in the world nor in our country, Islam did not come using weapons. It came through the message of love and peace.”
He said that his full speech was not recorded and only a portion was released and posted on social media.
“I also talked about the fact that in India, Hinduism is evident since ancient times, and this is true because Islam wasn’t born here in this country, Islam spread and reached this region. But this statement of mine was not recorded,” Azad continued.
Azad recently stated on that the majority of Indian Muslims have converted from Hinduism. He said an example of this can be found in the Kashmir Valley where a majority of Kashmiri Pandits converted to Islam. “All other Muslims converted from Hinduism in India. An example of this can be found in Kashmir. Who were the Muslims in Kashmir 600 years ago? All were Kashmiri Pandits. They converted to Islam. All are born into this religion,” Azad said.
PDP chief Mehabooba Mufti on Friday took a jibe at Ghulam Nabi Azad over his ‘Indian Muslims were Hindus’ remark, saying he can find some monkeys among his ancestors if he looks in the past.
“I don’t know how much knowledge Azad has about his ancestors. He should have gone back further in the past, and he might find some monkeys in his family history,” Mehbooba said. |
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