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Thousands gather at Bhiwandi for Personal
law convention
Warn the govt against
interference in sharia laws, framing of Muslims in false terror
cases
Friday May 11, 2012 08:24:04 PM,
IANS
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Thane: Muslim leaders
Friday came down heavily on governments and courts for what they
termed as "interference" in the Muslim personal law, a
spokesperson said.
Thousands gathered at Bhiwandi, around 45 km from Mumbai, for a
convention on Muslim personal law.
In his keynote address, Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan of the Muslim
Personal Law Board said a recent Supreme Court observation seeking
to mandate registration of "nikaah" was an example of
interference.
"This cannot be tolerated. Moreover, it goes against the
government's assurance that it will not interfere or tamper with
Muslim personal laws," Khan thundered amid applause.
He added that some recent judgements and observations of the
courts as well as government policies go against the spirit of the
assurances given by the government.
Khan added that many innocent Muslim youths arrested across the
country have been forcibly linked to terror cases.
Citing the example of the Malegaon blasts of 2006, he said that
innocent Muslims were picked up and released after many years in
prison.
Renowned Islamic scholar Allama Qamruzzaman Khan Azmi said a
proposed bill by the Maharashtra government was seeking to make
all married women equal partners in their husband's property.
Azmi said the move had hurt the sentiments of Muslims and that the
bill contravened the existing legislation on Muslim women's
rights.
There was also a demand to let Muslims offer namaaz in all the
religious shrines and mosques controlled by the Archaeological
Survey of India.
The speakers asked the government to ensure that the Right to
Education Bill did not interfere with madrassa education.
Other prominent speakers included Sayed Khwaja Gulam Kibriya Sahab
Chishti, Sajjad Nasheen, M. Saeed Noori and Maulana Yaseen Akhtar
Misbahi.
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