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Muslim body to move SC

October 17, 2010 10:49:15 AM

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Pioneer News Service | Lucknow



The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) executive committee that met at Nadwatul Uloom on Saturday decided to move Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue.



AIMPLB spokesperson SQR Ilyas said that Mohd Hashim Ansari, the oldest litigant in the title suit, had also agreed to accept the Board’s decision. “The reconciliation efforts are his personal endeavours and the AIMPLB is not involved in them in any way. Ansari has communicated to us that he will abide by the Board’s decision,” Ilyas said.



The Board said the judgement delivered by the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court contained many infirmities and so an appeal in the apex court was necessary. “It (the verdict) was delivered on the basis of the faith of the majority group while the evidence and even the faith of the minority group were overlooked,” said Yousuf Hatim Muchala, a member of the AIMPLB executive committee, while pointing out that the Indian Constitution guaranteed equality to all.



To a query that [color="#FF0000"]Islam also relies on faith and so the claims of Hindus cannot be ignored, Muchala remarked: “Islam is a Qabil-e-Ehtiram religion and is based on facts. It is not Qabile-e-Ibadat (based on faith). We cannot gift the land of any mosque or demolish it to construct a temple.”[/color]



However, AIMPLB assistant general secretary Maulana Abdul Raheem Qureishi said the Board was never against moves for reconciliation. [color="#FF0000"]“The only condition is that the proposals should be within the parameters of the Indian Constitution and Shariah and should uphold the dignity of Muslims,”[/color] he said.



Qureishi ignored another query regarding the support extended by Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on this issue. “The AIMPLB is a non-political body and does not take into account any such statements. Our domain is limited to social issues and [color="#FF0000"]Shariah[/color],” he said.



Qureishi, however, decried the recent incident involving New Delhi’s Shahi Imam Sayyed Ahmed Bukhari wherein he reportedly instigated his supporters to assault a scribe. “No one has the right to assault anyone and we condemn such incidents. However, as Imam Bukhari is not a member of the AIMPLB, we did not discuss this issue,” he remarked.



Earlier, the AIMPLB executive committee meeting, chaired by its president and rector of Nadwatul Uloom, started at 11 am in Lucknow on Saturday. Heavy police bandobast was made outside the Islamic seminary by the district administration. No journalist was allowed inside the meeting hall.