Banday Mataram generates Hindu-Muslim tension in India : BBC

ISLAMABAD: India’s opposition Hindu nationalist and Muslim groups are at loggerheads over a controversial move to have all Indians sing the national song (Banday Mataram) on the centenary of its adoption on September 7, BBC Television reported.
The Hindu BJP backs the idea as a patriotic gesture while the Muslim groups say the song is in praise of Hindu goddess and singing would go against the basic tenets of Islam, the report said.
Earlier this month the Indian government ordered students at all schools including Muslim religious schools to sing the song on September 7 to mark its centenary but it backed down after protests from Muslim groups.
Banday Mataram literally means “bow to the mother”, and the Muslim leaders say their religion does not permit them to worship any one other than Allah Almighty, the report adds.
Quoting a Muslim leader the report said that authorities know very well that no Muslim will follow this order as this is against the religion of Islam.