The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has taken objection to Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily’s observation that bigamy is against the tenets of Islam and asserted that a Muslim man can marry up to four women. In a press release issued in Hyderabad on August 9, assistant general secretary of the board Abdul Rahim Quraishi said it was unfortunate that the Law Commission had come to a conclusion without understanding the Qur’ān and the traditions laid down by the Prophet (may Allah bless and greet him). “Sometimes a man needs to take another woman as wife and, in certain conditions, will be forced to do so in the interest of the society.” Quraishi said that Indian Muslims did not follow any other country and the Law Commission’s argument that some Islamic countries had banned polygamy did not have a binding on them. He wondered why the commission took up the subject and recalled the commission’s statement in the past that bigamy was not rampant in India. The Muslim Law Board assistant secretary demanded that the government consult the Muslims before making a law on bigamy.
AIMPLB FLAYS MOILY’S REMARKS
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has taken objection to Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily’s observation that bigamy is against the tenets of Islam and asserted that a Muslim man can marry up to four women.
