AIMPLB to set up centres to advise against triple talaq
New Delhi : The All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, an advocacy group that campaigns for shariah law among Muslims, will set up arbitration centres called Darul Qazas in every district of the country, Zafaryab Jilani, a senior member of the board, told HT Sunday.
Darul Qaza centres traditionally deal with matters allowed under The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. Individuals could bring matrimonial and property disputes before such centres.
Shariah refers to Islamic law based on the Quran and the teachings of Prophet Mohammed, known as Ahadith.
“These centres would also advise couple against instant triple talaq as it is both bad in Islam and also now banned by the law,” Jilani said.
Triple talaq is the Muslim practice of divorce put into effect by uttering the Arabic word for divorce, talaq, three times at one go.
Many cities, such as Lucknow, Guwahati, Patna and Hyderabad, already have such arbitration centres, whose main function is to advise, counsel and administer shariah laws.
Jilani said, according to a past Supreme Court judgement, these centres were legally permissible and did not amount to a “parallel legal system” that contravened the Constitution. “These are not courts, but centres of Islamic jurisprudence. That’s what the SC had ruled,” he said.
According to Jilani, one Vishwa Madan Lochan in 2010 had petitioned the Supreme Court to quash these centres on the grounds that they clashed with the judiciary.
“We explained the Darul Qaza system before the court. The court order was that these were not courts.”
The influential Muslim seminary Darul Uloom in Deoband was one of the parties, along with the personal law board, in that case.
“Essentially, they (Darul Qazas) counsel parties on what shariah says on a particular matter,” said Noor Qazi, a New Delhi based Islamic scholar. Around 50 Darul Qaza centres are functioning currently in various states.
courtesy : hindustantimes.com
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
