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MPLB not involved in issuing fatwas
BE IT Sania Mirza?s tennis court dress or swimming suits for women, all such dresses are anti-Shariat, said All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary, Maulana Syed Nizamuddin, here today.
BE IT Sania Mirza’s tennis court dress or swimming suits for women, all such dresses are anti-Shariat, said All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary, Maulana Syed Nizamuddin, here today.
“However with clarity in Shariat on such issues there is no need for fatwas (edicts)”, the Maulana told Hindustan Times on Wednesday. People should know about it.
Clarifying that the AIMPLB was not involved in issuing fatwas, he said, “Since the Shariat’s position on all women issues including their dresses were crystal clear there was no need to repeatedly rush through edicts.”
Laying stress on the purdah system, the Maulana said, “Uryaniyat” (nakedness) was completely forbidden in Islam.”
While Nizamuddin opposed women visiting markets for shopping, there are few takers of his arguments in the board that fair sex should not go for shopping.
“When the husband is in office there is no harm in wife visiting market,” said a senior board cleric.
Interestingly, while the board, which had summoned a meeting of conveners involved in Islahe Mashra (social reforms) programmes to review the situation, failed to send a message to the people about the programmes as Nizamuudin’s comments on other issues hogged the limelight.
The board members are quite unhappy over the development. While Islahe Mashra (social reforms) was pushed to the back burner, Nizamuddin’s comments about women visiting markets and resorting to modeling took the lead.
The board members were also shocked over his statement demanding abrogation of Article 44 regarding common civil code under the Directive Principles of State Policy.
“The whole issue of social reforms was diverted to common civil code,” said a board member. He said the issue was not discussed at the meeting. “It would give handle to communal forces to take on the board,” he added.
Though the board had long been opposing common civil code it never demanded deletion of the constitutional provision under directive principles.
“The board has certainly opened a new front,” commented another member.
Even though the board has been demanding amendment in UP Zamindari Act for providing inheritance right to wife and daughter it has so far not been able to convince the Mulayam Singh Yadav government on the issue. Despite several reminders the state government has so far not taken up the issue with the board members.
