Srinagar, Sept 24: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday strongly defended the use of the slogan ‘I Love Muhammad,’ saying that only people with a “bankrupt mentality” can oppose it. He argued that Muslims, like adherents of other faiths, have every right to express their love and reverence for their Prophet, and that no one should view the slogan as offensive.

Speaking to reporters in Srinagar, Omar Abdullah said there was nothing wrong in writing or displaying the slogan. “If you go outside Kashmir, you will find our Hindu brothers and sisters portraying the images and slogans of their Bhagwans, and the same is done by our Sikh brothers in honour of their Gurus. When and how does it become wrong when Muslims express their faith by writing ‘I Love Muhammad’? It is bankruptcy of ment

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