By: Express News ServiceUpdated: November 9, 2025 10:00 PM IST 3 min readRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said most Muslims in India oppose ‘love jihad’ and Ghazwa-e-Hind but acknowledged a section of fundamentalists within the community. (Express Photo by Manoj Dhaka)Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said on Sunday that majority of Muslims in the country did not approve of ‘love jihad’ or Ghazwa-e-Hind (an alleged holy war against India), but there was also a sizable section of ‘kattarpanthis’ (fundamentalists) in the community. “Good people, we have to segregate from the mob of bad people,” he said in Bengaluru while responding to questions during the ‘New Horizons’ lecture session held to mark the centenary year of the RSS.“…the ‘sanskar’ in our households, the ‘maryada’ of behaviour… Giving them to our children is our responsibility. We have faltered and the result is (the) success of ‘love jihad’. Secondly, don’t put everybody into (a) single bracket,” he said, adding that there is a section among Muslims that deplores the perpetrators of Ghazwa-e-Hind and ‘love jihad’.“We should know them. We should keep them in contact,” Bhagwat said. The RSS chief said even as there is a “sizeable section of fundamentalists”, we put the entire Muslim community in one bracket whenever instances of ‘love jihad’ or other such happenings surface. “That is not good. We are Hindus, we don’t think like that,” he said, adding that the number of fundamentalists increases if the entire community is blamed.“‘Sama neeti’ (policy of conciliation) is required. We have to fortify ourselves, so, ‘dand neeti’ (policy of punishment) is also required… Good people, we have to segregate from the mob of bad people… There should be a distinction between the good and the bad. They should be separated. We can’t treat everyone equally. Treatment should be different for different people. We should do this,” he told the gathering.He brushed aside the recent controversy over RSS registration in Karnataka. This is not the first time the question is raised, he said, asking whether anyone expected it to register with the British government in 1925. “After Independence, the laws did not make registration compulsory. We are categorised as (a) body of individuals. We are (a) recognised organisation,” he said.Recalling a court judgement after the Income Tax Department asked RSS to pay taxes, he said that the court recognised it as “a body of individuals and our ‘guru dakshina’ was exempted from the income tax. We were banned thrice. Each time courts dismissed the ban and recognised RSS as a legal organisation,” Bhagwat said.On Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge’s recent pitch for regulating RSS activities in the state, Bhagwat said: “We need not answer them. We have other important work to do… The criticism makes us more famous. We have just witnessed (it) here in Karnataka. We will encourage them to raise more questions.”Story continues below this adOn whether the RSS would hold outreach programmes for minorities, he said, “No Brahmin is allowed in Sangh. No other caste is allowed in Sangh. No Muslim is allowed… No Christian… No Shaiva… Only Hindu is allowed. People with different denominations, Muslims… Christians can come to Sangh… Your speciality is welcome. But, when you come inside ‘Shakha’, you come as the son of ‘Bharat Mata’…. a member of the broader Hindu society,” he said.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt Ltd