Politicians and religious leaders always strive to divide our nation so that they can rule effortlessly. Thats why people like Arjun Singh rake up controversial issues. I must say he has succeeded as I see in this forum a lot of distrust between ordinary peace loving Hindus and Muslims. Vande Mataram is just a peotry which has been given a cult status. Even though am a Bengali Hindu I have never sang Vande Mataram because it may be a beautiful poem but it never gives me that sense of patriotism which is provided by Jana Gana Mana, which unifies and binds the whole of India together rather than dividing it. Its not necessary that if Muslims do not sing Vande Mataram they become less patriotic whereas if a Hindu sings it he becomes more. I am sure there are a whole bunch of unpatriotic Hindus (one notable example being Sadhu Yadav and his clan), similarly there are patriotic or unptriotic Muslims, Sikhs, Christians. What I mean to say is that patriotism is individual matter and let us not judge an entire community with the presence or absence of it. else we will continue playing in hands of politicians like Arjun Singh and our country will go to dogs.
