Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) and Vice President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said banning triple talaq will hardly serve the purpose. The problem of divorced Muslim women has been blown out of proportion and an atmosphere is being created as if in every household one were to hear talaq, while the figures available say that it is very less as compared to other religious communities. Maulana Umari was speaking at the monthly press meet at JIH headquarters on 11 May.
Muhammad Jafar, National Convener of the recently concluded Muslim Personal Law Awareness Campaign after briefing about the highlights, achievements and overwhelming support during the campaign said that the issue of Talaq has now become so important that the court is hearing the case during holidays. According to him, even after the ban society will not accept it.
Mohammad Salim Engineer, Secretary General of the organisation, while welcoming the death sentence to four culprits in Nirbhaya gang-rape case by the Supreme Court, said that the same capital punishment should also be given in Bilkis Bano gang-rape case which was even more brutal than that of Nirbhaya. He also said if such sentences are given at public places, the impact would be more effective. The Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind also expressed concern over the state of lawlessness particularly in Uttar Pradesh and in the rest of the country.
“Jamaat has always been demanding that very harsh punishment must be awarded in such a heinous crime as it acts as a deterrent for the people with criminal mentality and they are bound to refrain from such heinous crimes simply because of the fear of possible harsh punishment like the death penalty,” said a statement issued by the Jamaat.
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, while replying to a question, said India is a democratic country and anyone can meet the Prime Minister. Muslim organisations have met him earlier, they are meeting now, some are already in their fold but it would have been proper to meet together including all organisations in order to make it more effective and convincing. On the question of declaring cow as a national animal, he said we are not opposed to it if the law is made for it across India but it seems to be impractical because the Government itself has different yardsticks on it in Goa and in the Northeastern states.