Radiance News
Hyderabad, Jan. 19:
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has voiced its concern over new disputes being created in lower courts over Gyanvapi Masjid and Shahi Eidgah.
The Board said it is concerned with regard to the developments in the lower courts in the Gyanvapi case in Varanasi and Shahi Eidgah case in Mathura.
It reiterated the significance of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, saying it had closed doors for changing the nature of places of worship.
The Board at its executive body meeting held here on January 18 passed various resolutions.
The meeting, presided over by AIMPLB president Moulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, felt that with the law of 1991, the legislature of the country had closed the doors for any change in the status of places of worship.
The meeting felt that the appeals of Muslims in Gyanvapi Masjid and Shahi Eidgah cases were being ignored by the Supreme Court, which had cited the 1991 law while pronouncing its verdict in Babri Masjid case to say that it closed the doors for new disputes.
The executive meeting voiced the apprehension that if the doors for new disputes are not closed, the communal forces will create new problems.
On the Mathura Eidgah issue, the AIMPLB stated that the Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust and Shahi Eidgah had solved the dispute through an agreement in 1968.
The resolution said the AIMPLB expects that the apex court will leave no room for creating new disputes to ensure peace and rule of law in the country.
The Board noted that NDMC was planning to demolish Sunheri Masjid in Delhi on the pretext of traffic problems but the court stayed it. The Board, however, felt that Sunehri Masjid and six other mosques in Linton zone are on the target of miscreants. The meeting made it clear that these mosques are included in the list of 123 Waqf properties on which there is a court stay. Sunheri Masjid and other mosques are heritage structures and any attempt to tamper with them amounts to damaging the country’s heritage, said the resolution.
On Uniform Civil Code, the Board once again made it clear that such a law was not suitable for a country like India that has several religions and cultures. Any attempt to bring about UCC would go against the spirit of the Constitution.
About controversies over Waqf laws, the Board condemned any attempt to repeal the Waqf Act. It demanded that the Waqf laws be strengthened and powers be given to Waqf Boards to remove encroachments.
It also cautioned mutawallis of Waqf institutions against the misuse of Waqf properties.
The meeting was attended by AIMPLB Secretary Moulana Mohammed Fazlur Raheem Mujadiddi, Vice President Syed Sadtaullah Husaini, Secretaries Moulana UmreenMehfuzRaehmani, Moulana Wali Faisal Rehmani, Moulana Dr Yaseen Ali Osmani, Treasurer Professor Riyaz Omer and members of the Executive Committee.