Muslim bodies in the State have raised voice for closure of liquor shops for one day on the occasion of community’s festival Eid-e-milad un Nabi scheduled to be observed on Thursday December 24.
All India Muslim Tehwar committee AIMTC, Minority Youth Forum of India (MYFI), Minority Forum of India (MFI) and other Muslim organizations have demanded from the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to order closure of liquor shops for one day on the occasion of Eid-e-milad un Nabi. AIMTC has also submitted a memorandum in support of its demanded for the closure of liquor shops in the state on the occasion of Eid-e-milad un Nabi.
In a memorandum submitted to the chief minister of Shivraj Singh Chouhan, AIMTC Chairman Ausaf Shahmiri Khurram stated that just like the Government orders closure of all Mutton and Beef shops on the occasion of major Hindu festivals and auspicious days of the Hindu and Jain communities to respect their sentiments, the Government should also order closure of all the liquor shops of the sate considering the sentiments of over two crore Muslim community of MP on the occasion of birth anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed.
Khurram said that liquor is strictly banned in Islam and considering the religious sentiments of the community the government should impose a ban on alcohol, in the State. The Chief Minister assured the delegation of sympathetically considering their demand.
MYFI secretary Khan Ashu said that seeing the sizeable number of Muslim population in the State the Government should accept our demand and chief minister should order closure of liquor shops of the State on the occasion of birth anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed.