BJP is not anti-Muslim since Modi sports beard, says Mohsin Raza

Lucknow | Wednesday | 4th July, 2018

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Had BJP been an anti-Muslim party, PM Modi would have not had a beard. "An environment has been created by people where BJP is considered an anti-Muslim party. A beard is generally considered to be a pious Islamic and Muslim symbol," Raza said.He quoting a dialogue from a Bollywood film: "Islam mein dhaadi hai, dhaadi mein Islam nahi" (There is provision for a beard in Islam, but a beard does not mean Islam. LUCKNOW: Mohsin Raza , the only Muslim minister in the BJP government, on Tuesday said that the BJP was not an anti-Muslim party since Prime Minister Narendra Modi sports a beard which is generally considered an Islamic symbol.Raza, who is a junior minister for haj and waqf , was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the haj training and vaccination camp at the Ali Miyan Memorial Haj House in Lucknow on Tuesday. It is not true..