Tag: AIMPLB

BJP urges AIMPLB to give up ‘rigid’ stand on triple talaq

Uttar Pradesh’s ruling BJP unit on Monday urged the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to give up its “rigid and archaic stand” about triple talaq and join the voice of thousands to give Muslim women equality, security and their honour. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state President Mahendra Nath Pandey said that to ensure...

December 26, 2017

AIMPLB to request Modi to withdraw triple talaq bill

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday said that it will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withhold and withdraw the proposed bill that criminalises the practice of instant divorce. Criticising The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, AIMPLB spokesperson Sajjad Nomani said: “After observing the provisions mentioned in the bill,...

December 24, 2017

Solution to Ayodhya dispute will be in national interest: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

On day two of his Uttar Pradesh tour to mediate in the contentious Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Friday said he was confident that the solution to the dispute will be in national interest. Addressing the media after meeting members of the All India Muslim Personal Law...

November 17, 2017

Constitutionality of ecclesiasticism

In pronouncing their judgment on triple talaq, which has been universally hailed as a landmark judgment for striking down a 1,400- year old abhorrent practice of Islam prevalent in our country, the Hon’ble judges of the Supreme Court (SC) ought to have carried their inscrutable logic one step further. The majority judgment in the case...

September 10, 2017

Men resorting to triple talaq will face social boycott: Muslim law board

Men resorting to triple talaq will face “social boycott” and an advisory will be issued to ‘qazis’ to advise bridegrooms not to resort to triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) submitted this in an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday. “The husband shall not say talaq thrice in one sitting. This is an...

May 22, 2017

Towards Liberation~II

Sensing the direction of the wind, the AIMPLB has now changed tack. In a desperate attempt to protect its monopoly, it is now advocating that the nikah-nama, which is a contract for marriage between consenting adults can have clauses for invoking the triple talaq by both husband and wife. Apart from the question of how...

May 21, 2017

Muslim women can opt out of triple talaq, AIMPLB tells SC

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to issue an advisory to Qazis to give an option to Muslim women to opt out of instant triple talaq before giving consent for nikaah. The five-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice Kurian Joseph,...

May 18, 2017

Can a woman say no to triple talaq: SC asks Muslim Law Board

The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) if a woman has an option to say 'no' to triple talaq at the time of execution of 'nikahnama'. Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar asked senior counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for the AIMPLB, if it was possible to give bride...

May 17, 2017

Triple talaq can’t be unconstitutional: Sibal tells SC

Arguing for the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), senior lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Tuesday said triple talaq is a matter of faith being practiced by Muslims for the last 1,400 years and hence the question of constitutional morality and equity did not arise. “Who are we to say that triple...

May 16, 2017

Triple talaq and myopic leaders

Espousing the cause of triple talaq at their two-day Lucknow meet recently, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) president, Maulana Rabey Hasan Nadvi, warned the state not to interfere. Simultaneously, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister, while addressing the BJP national executive at Bhubaneshwar, firmly stated, “When we speak of social justice, our Muslim...

April 19, 2017

Following Shariah laws Muslims’ constitutional right: AIMPLB

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday told the Law Commission that majority of Muslims do not want any interference in Shariah laws and that the constitution gives them right to follow Shariah laws. The Muslim body also submitted to the Law Commission copies of 4.8 crore signatures, including those of women,...

April 13, 2017