| | Additionally, 34 Ulemas(councils of Islamic scholars) issued fatwas declaring India as Dar ul Harb. | | Additionally, 34 Ulemas(councils of Islamic scholars) issued fatwas declaring India as Dar ul Harb. |
| − | However despite Islamic extremist bigots like Dehlavi, the vast majority of Indian Muslims considered themselves as culturally Indian and not Arab. For instance, Wajid Ali Shah of the Kingdom of Awadh, was well known for composing and singing Radha Kanhaiyya Ka Kissa(Tale of Radha and Krishna).<ref>https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/8548/When-Lucknows-Wajid-Ali-Shah-Directed-a-Play-on-Krishna-and-Radha-in-1843</ref> Additionally, there was Mir Taqui Mir, an Urdu poet who wrote, "What do you ask Mir of his faith and religion? Since long he as put on janew(sacred thread of Hindus), sit in the temple and has given up Islam. <ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=wVr_f_gXOX4C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=mir+taqi+mir+why+do+you+ask+what+religion+is+mir&source=bl&ots=_WxVAO6ufx&sig=ACfU3U2C67dlMwDerQ3eaJ6MSeVztugAJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmncKyztLoAhXghHIEHTUZAYEQ6AEwA3oECAsQNg#v=onepage&q=mir%20taqi%20mir%20why%20do%20you%20ask%20what%20religion%20is%20mir&f=false</ref> | + | However despite Islamic extremist bigots like Dehlavi, the vast majority of Indian Muslims considered themselves as culturally Indian and not Arab. For instance, Wajid Ali Shah of the Kingdom of Awadh, was well known for composing and singing Radha Kanhaiyya Ka Kissa(Tale of Radha and Krishna).<ref>https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/8548/When-Lucknows-Wajid-Ali-Shah-Directed-a-Play-on-Krishna-and-Radha-in-1843</ref> Additionally, there was Mir Taqui Mir, an Urdu poet who wrote, "What do you ask Mir of his faith and religion? Since long he as put on janew(sacred thread of Hindus), sit in the temple and has given up Islam." <ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=wVr_f_gXOX4C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=mir+taqi+mir+why+do+you+ask+what+religion+is+mir&source=bl&ots=_WxVAO6ufx&sig=ACfU3U2C67dlMwDerQ3eaJ6MSeVztugAJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmncKyztLoAhXghHIEHTUZAYEQ6AEwA3oECAsQNg#v=onepage&q=mir%20taqi%20mir%20why%20do%20you%20ask%20what%20religion%20is%20mir&f=false</ref> |