AGRA: A day after the Congress introduced it's going to scrap the triple talaq law if it used to be voted to energy in Lok Sabha polls, a gaggle of Muslim intellectuals in Aligarh wrote to party chief Rahul Gandhi urging him not to intrude or scrap this law for votes.
In a letter to Rahul Gandhi, Islamic scholar and national president of Bhartiya Samaj Sevak Sangathan (BSSS), Chaudhary Ifrahim Hussain, stated, "If you are really concerned about the welfare of Muslim community then implement the recommendations of the Sachar committee, restore the minority character of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), give equal rights to Muslims that were deprived by the Congress party and remove the religious ban on Dalit-Muslim reservation."
He stated that Congress party will not get the support of the group just by announcing its intent to scrap the triple talaq law. "This bill was passed to end Talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq on the directions of the apex court with the suggestions of ulema (a body of Muslim scholars who are recognized as having specialised knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology)," he stated, adding that this used to be required to end this crime.
Talking to TOI, Hussain stated, that punishment is required for fighting any crime and triple talaq must be considered as a crime. This law isn't in opposition to the group, in truth it supplies justice to ladies. The punishment is for those, who devote the crime. He stated, he isn't supporting any chief, however appreciates the step taken by the federal government in favour of ladies.
"If the Congress party really wants to make some law for our community then they should provide freedom to Indian Muslims to adopt the laws like Saudi Arabia which is based on Quran," he stated, adding that this will be the real sympathy for the group.
On Thursday, speaking on the AICC minority department national convention in Delhi, where Congress chief Rahul Gandhi used to be additionally provide, MP Sushmita Dev had stated, "The Congress party stood up and opposed it (triple talaq bill) in Parliament. I promise you people that the Congress government will come in 2019 and scrap this law. But it is also certain that whatever law is brought for women's empowerment, by whichever government, the Congress will support it."
The BJP government had ultimate month re-promulgated the ordinance banning the practice of instant triple talaq, which attracts a prison term of 3 years for the husband. While the ordinance makes it a "non-bailable" offence, an accused can manner a Justice of the Peace even sooner than trial to hunt bail.
In a letter to Rahul Gandhi, Islamic scholar and national president of Bhartiya Samaj Sevak Sangathan (BSSS), Chaudhary Ifrahim Hussain, stated, "If you are really concerned about the welfare of Muslim community then implement the recommendations of the Sachar committee, restore the minority character of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), give equal rights to Muslims that were deprived by the Congress party and remove the religious ban on Dalit-Muslim reservation."
He stated that Congress party will not get the support of the group just by announcing its intent to scrap the triple talaq law. "This bill was passed to end Talaq-e-biddat or instant triple talaq on the directions of the apex court with the suggestions of ulema (a body of Muslim scholars who are recognized as having specialised knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology)," he stated, adding that this used to be required to end this crime.
Talking to TOI, Hussain stated, that punishment is required for fighting any crime and triple talaq must be considered as a crime. This law isn't in opposition to the group, in truth it supplies justice to ladies. The punishment is for those, who devote the crime. He stated, he isn't supporting any chief, however appreciates the step taken by the federal government in favour of ladies.
"If the Congress party really wants to make some law for our community then they should provide freedom to Indian Muslims to adopt the laws like Saudi Arabia which is based on Quran," he stated, adding that this will be the real sympathy for the group.
On Thursday, speaking on the AICC minority department national convention in Delhi, where Congress chief Rahul Gandhi used to be additionally provide, MP Sushmita Dev had stated, "The Congress party stood up and opposed it (triple talaq bill) in Parliament. I promise you people that the Congress government will come in 2019 and scrap this law. But it is also certain that whatever law is brought for women's empowerment, by whichever government, the Congress will support it."
The BJP government had ultimate month re-promulgated the ordinance banning the practice of instant triple talaq, which attracts a prison term of 3 years for the husband. While the ordinance makes it a "non-bailable" offence, an accused can manner a Justice of the Peace even sooner than trial to hunt bail.
Don’t intervene in triple talaq law just for votes, Muslim scholars to Rahul Gandhi
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