Don't interfere please: Over 5 crore Muslim men and women sign declaration supporting triple talaq
Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani, General Secretary of the AIMPLB told Mail Today that a total of 4 crore 83 lakhs 47 thousand 596 of signatures were received from across various states.
At a time when the debate on validity of triple talaq has hotted up, the All India Muslim Personal Board (AIMPLB) wants to submit to the Law Commission two truckloads of declarations -nearly five crores- signed by men and women belonging to the community supporting the controversial practice and urging the panel not to interfere with their personal law by proposing a uniform civil code. Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani, General Secretary of the AIMPLB told Mail Today that a total of 4 crore 83 lakhs 47 thousand 596 of signatures were received from across various states.
The Law panel has embarked on a gigantic exercise of inviting public opinion on the contentious UCC though a detailed questionnaire and has already received more than 40,000 responses During a recent meeting with Law Commission Chairman Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan, a AIMPLB delegation headed by Rahmani handed over a hard disk containing the scanned copies of all the signed survey forms with details of all signatories. Rahmani offered to submit the originals of all declarations by transporting them in two trucks.
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