The All-India Shia Muslim Personal law Board has termed the triple talaq as Rsanti Islam’ and has supported the ban on it. Shia board has also welcomed the observation of the Supreme Court for the out of court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute through dialogues. The board has demanded that the Supreme Court should be party in the negotiated settlement of the dispute. The Shia board said triple Talaq is not a Shia Sunni issue and its support for the ban of triple talaq would cause no rift between the two sects.
“There is no confrontation with the All India Muslim Personal law Board over the triple talaq and we had talks with their leaders on the issue and have conveyed our opinion,” said Shia board spokesperson Maulana Yasoob Abbas here after the meeting of the executive committee of the Shia law board here on Wednesday.
“Shia law board is against the suffering and exploitation of the muslim women through this unconventional triple talaq which has no religious basis. If required, the Shia law board would file an affidavit before the Supreme Court,’’, said Yasoob Abbas. He said the triple talaq should be banned like the Government had done in the case of Sati and other evil social practices. He said even Prophet Mohammad had never supported such anti-women practice.
Maulana Yasoob Abbas said why the woman should always bear the brunt of divorce. It is not only the woman and her children that face the trauma. Islam treats men and women as equals then why this discrimination. He said that with the advent of new technology, women were being given divorce through the Internet and SMS by their husbands who work in other countries.
“Even a peon is given an opportunity to explain his position if suspended by the government, but muslim women do not have this luxury to explain her point of view,” he said. The practice of triple talaq is prohibited in Shia community as they go for three stages covering at least three months for any talaq. All India muslim personal law board which represents the all the sects of muslims has opposed the judicial intervention in muslim personal law and triple talaq and also alleged that Government and judiciary were trying to interfere into their faith matters.
The meeting of the executive committee of the Board also demanded from the Centre to ban the cow slaughter.
Shia board said RsRs the board feels that the ban on cow slaughter would help the cause of peace and social harmony hence government should ban the cow slau
The Shia law Board also rejected the Sacchar committee report on the status of muslims in the country with alleging that it had totally ignored the 60 million Shia communities in the country. Demanding from the central government to set up a new commission to assess the status of the Shias in the country, Maulana Yasoob abbas said that Shia’s want their rights to be protected and the Narendra Modi government should intervene and help the Shia community.
The Shia law board also supported the action against the illegal slaughter houses taken by the Yogi Aditynath Government. “We welcome to the BJP government for taking action against the illegal slaughter houses. The strike in protest by the butcher by closing their shops has only brought a bad name to the msulim community,” said Maulana Yasoob said.
Of the total 60 members of the executive c committee of the Shia law board 45 members attended the meeting which discussed different issues of the community. The meeting was chaired by Board’s chairman Maulana Mirza Mohammad Ashfaq and Secretary Zahir Abbas.