vande mataram means i worship the mother. only a true patriot can see the country as a mother. are people opposed to singing this saying that "this is not my mother land". are they living in india on a contract basis. the problem is islam is a religion that does not have roots over here. the parsis, the sikhs, the budhists, the jews, even the christians do not have this problem. why is shahi imam cynical? when abdul kalam can say vande mataram, why can't you? asfqullah, maulana abul kalam, abdul hamid, irfan pathan, zaheer khan, are they not bonafide muslims. the very song vande mataram was made popular by a r rehman a devout muslim. the shahi imam has started playing his dangerous game of divide and rule