Interference in religious issues, will go to court, says AIMPLB

Lucknow/New Delhi: All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPB) disapproved of the Uniform Civil Code after the Bill was tabled in the Uttarakhand State Assembly during its ongoing four-day session.
Executive member of AIMPLB, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, voiced his concern questioning the nature of the “uniform code” if any community is exempted.
“As far as UCC is concerned, we are of the opinion that uniformity cannot be brought in every law and if you exempt any community from this UCC, how can it be called a uniform code?” he said, adding that there was no need for any such code.
“A law should be implemented on each and every citizen of the state,” he said. He said the legal team of AIMPLB would thoroughly examine the draft and decide the course of action.
President of one of the two Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind factions, Maulana Arshad Madani, in a strong statement said, “We cannot accept any law that is against Shariah. Because a Muslim can compromise with everything, he can never compromise with Shariah and religion.” “If Scheduled Tribes can be kept outside of the purview of this law under one section of the Constitution, then why religious freedom cannot be given to us under Sections 25 and 26 of the Constitution, recognising the fundamental rights of citizens,” he said.
The Board has all along held that Uniform Civil Code is “unacceptable” to it.