New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Indian Muslims for Civil Rights (IMCR) on Monday expressed profound grief over the demise of eminent Islamic scholar, thinker, author, and orator Maulana Syed Salman Husaini Nadwi, describing his passing as an immense and irreparable loss not only for the Muslim community in India but also for the wider Muslim world. In a condolence statement, the IMCR said that Maulana Nadwi symbolised Islamic scholarship, intellectual awakening, social reform, and the spirit of un…
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New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Malik Motasim Khan, on Tuesday said that the decision of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to launch a nationwide movement against “social and political marginalisation of Muslims and the demolition of mosques and madrasas” will also include Hindus.Speaking to IANS, Malik Motasim Khan said, “The Muslim Personal Law Board is an important institution. Even if they had not made this announcement, this work still ha…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday decided to launch a nationwide movement against “social and political marginalisation of Muslims and the demolition of mosques and madrasas”.The Executive Committee of the Board constituted an Action Committee to coordinate with democracy-loving and peace-loving sections of society for the movement to highlight the “promotion of hatred and hostility, the damage to communal harmony, attacks on the life. pro…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Calling it a violation of fundamental rights, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has sought withdrawal of a West Bengal government’s order making recitation of all stanzas of Vande Mataram compulsory during morning assemblies in government schools and government-recognised madrasas across the state. The Board demanded that the notification be withdrawn immediately or, at the very least, that Muslim students be exempted from its application.The West Bengal…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Saturday announced its support for a panel that plans to challenge in the Supreme Court the Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict in the Bhojshala Kamal Maula Mosque dispute The High Court, in its verdict on Friday, declared the mosque complex a Saraswati temple.Board’s spokesperson S.Q.R. Ilyas said that the Kamal Maula Mosque Committee will challenge the verdict in the Supreme Court, and that the Board will extend every p…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said on Monday that it may approach the Supreme Court if the Uttarakhand High Court does not grant relief in pleas challenging certain provisions of the state government’s law on madrasa registration.Alleging that there appears to be a concerted attempt to undermine Islamic seminaries, the Board, in a statement, said that the Uttarakhand government has introduced a law making it mandatory for all madrasas to register w…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday strongly opposed the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) initiatives in Uttarakhand and Gujarat, terming them constitutionally flawed, legally untenable, and violative of religious freedom and civil liberties.Addressing a press conference here, senior Board members said the UCC Bill passed by the Gujarat Legislative Assembly — currently awaiting the Governor’s assent — has raised serious constitutional, legal, and demo…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Tuesday appealed to the Indian leadership, the UN and the international community to take immediate, serious and practical measures to stop the aggression carried out by the US and Israel against Iran.A statement issued by AIMPLB Spokesperson S.Q.R. Ilyas strongly and unequivocally condemned the aggression, seeking an immediate stopping of war.Ilyas said that at such a critical and decisive moment, our country could ha…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani, strongly condemned the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israel airstrikes, calling the action “completely unacceptable” and a serious threat to world peace.Speaking to IANS, Rahmani said, “The way the United States and Israel have demonstrated aggression, and the continuous attacks by Israel on Gaza and Palestine, with growing confidence, pose a serious que…
Bhopal, Feb 14 (IANS) Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Madhya Pradesh government has announced the implementation of the Union Home Ministry’s directives on the mandatary recitation of the national song – ‘Vande Mataram’, the leaders of the Muslim community, including religious personalities, have strongly objected to the decision.The religious priests of the Muslim community from different parts of Madhya Pradesh have started opposing, terming the Centre’s new guidelines as “unc…