Maulana Syed Mohammad Rabey Hasani Nadwi has been unanimously re-elected president of the All India Muslim Personal law Board, (AIMPlB) on Sunday in its 23rd annual conference held in Ujjain.
Maulana Rabey, rector of the Nadwatul Ulema, a famous Islamic university in Uttar Pradesh capital lucknow, will head the AIMPlB, which is an apex body of Muslims and was formed four decades ago to protect the "Shariah" or the Islamic laws.
This will be his fifth consecutive term. He was first elected in April 2002 following the death of Qazi Mujahid-ul-Islam Qasmi in Hyderabad.
Maulana later picked his team for the fifth term wherein he nominated his old panel which included Maulana Syed Nizamuddin as General Secretary of AIMPlB, Advocate Abdurrahim Qureshi as assistant General Secretary, Maulana Syed Wali Rahmani as secretary and other office-bearers of the outgoing team.
A 40-member executive body was unanimously elected wherein all the members who had completed their three year term were re-elected. A few new members of the executive committee were elected in place of those who had passed away in last three years.
The highlight of the executive Committee election was that for the first time representation from Madhya Pradesh was given when Congress leader Arif Masood of Bhopal was elected.
later, Maulana Rabey will nominate 10 members to the Executive Committee of AIMPlB to make it 50-member body. There was no contest for any post and also for the executive body.
Meanwhile, eight members who included Maulana Abul Qasim of Islamic seminary at Deoband, P Rafeeq Ahmad of Chennai, Habeeb Bandvi (UP) etc. were elected unanimously among the 102 founder members category in place of those who have left for their heavenly abode. Vacancies arise due to resignation or death of any founder member.
Six members were elected to the periodical member for 3 years category. They are: Maulana Saeed-ur-Rahman Azmi Nadwi, Principal Nadwatul Ulema; Peerzadah Sheikh (Andhra Pradesh); Mateen Qadri (Hyderabad) Zaheer Qazi (Maharashtra); Hafiz Qari Mohammad Taqui (Ujjain, MP) and Prof. Haleem Khan (Indore, MP).
Maulana Rabey is the fourth president of the board, which represents Islamic scholars of all schools of thought and prominent Muslim leaders.