Muslim group lauds SC's verdict, slams Jamiat

The Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) on Thursday applauded the Supreme Court verdict terming instant triple talaq unconstitutional. In a press conference on Thursday, the group said that the verdict breached the hegemony of ulemas.

The meet was chaired by IMSD's Javed Anand, Feroze Mithoborwala, senior Urdu journalist Hasan Kamaal, Suraiya Shaikh of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan and Haseena Khan of Bebaak Collective among others.

"What the Jamiat Ulema-E-Hind has done is contempt of court and incited people to continue the practice of triple talaq. They have also added fuel to the Islamophobic propaganda that Muslims don't respect law of the land," said Anand.

Questioning the functioning of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Kamaal said, "They should dissolve themselves and reconstitute the board. They have not been able to codify Muslim personal law because they do not agree with each other."

Also, while Kamaal slammed the Jamiat for saying that petitioners were instigated, he also said that, "Similarly, it can't be said that the verdict is because of the government; it's because of the Supreme Court. Had the right wing being so concerned of women's rights, they would have done something about the 20 lakh divorced women in the Hindu community," said Kamaal.