Jamaat defends ties with RSS - The Times of India: "Guwahati: Amid criticism by Congress and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), the Jamaat-e-Ulema Hind on Friday said there was nothing wrong in having ties with RSS.
Recently, both the ruling Congress and AIUDF had alleged that Jamaat was propagating RSS ideology in Assam. While Congress minister Siddique Ahmed had said RSS was using Jamaat to make inroads in the Muslim community, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal had charged the Muslim organization of working to ensure political benefits for BJP ahead of the 2016 assembly election.
State working president of Jamaat, Abdul Jalil Khan, said, "We are working in close partnership with RSS. We are for Hindu-Muslim unity. There is nothing wrong it."
The Jamaat, in association with RSS-affiliate Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), is working to bring Assam's Muslims closer to the saffron organization. National president of the organization Suhaib Qasmi had last month said the objective of his organization was to dispel mistrust about RSS among Muslims.
Qasmi will hold a series of meetings in the Muslim-dominated districts of lower Assam from November 26 during a five-day tour of the state. The Jamaat has also called a public meeting here in January next year. It said Muslim leaders from different parts of the state will take part in the meeting to convey that RSS and BJP are not antagonistic to the community's interests.
The Jamaat had worked closely with MRM in wooing Muslim voters of Jammu & Kashmir ahead of the assembly election there earlier this year."
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Recently, both the ruling Congress and AIUDF had alleged that Jamaat was propagating RSS ideology in Assam. While Congress minister Siddique Ahmed had said RSS was using Jamaat to make inroads in the Muslim community, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal had charged the Muslim organization of working to ensure political benefits for BJP ahead of the 2016 assembly election.
State working president of Jamaat, Abdul Jalil Khan, said, "We are working in close partnership with RSS. We are for Hindu-Muslim unity. There is nothing wrong it."
The Jamaat, in association with RSS-affiliate Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), is working to bring Assam's Muslims closer to the saffron organization. National president of the organization Suhaib Qasmi had last month said the objective of his organization was to dispel mistrust about RSS among Muslims.
Qasmi will hold a series of meetings in the Muslim-dominated districts of lower Assam from November 26 during a five-day tour of the state. The Jamaat has also called a public meeting here in January next year. It said Muslim leaders from different parts of the state will take part in the meeting to convey that RSS and BJP are not antagonistic to the community's interests.
The Jamaat had worked closely with MRM in wooing Muslim voters of Jammu & Kashmir ahead of the assembly election there earlier this year."
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