Indian Union Muslim League denounces Uniform Civil Code

KOZHIKODE: Indian Union Muslim League national secretary E.T. Mohammed Basheer MP said on Saturday that implementing the uniform civil code is against the Muslim personal law and that the issue would be taken up in Parliament. Discussions would be held with other Muslim organisations against the move. Recently, the central government had asked the Law Commission to examine the issues in implementing the uniform civil code, he said.

Addressing a press conference at League House, Mr Basheer said that the plan was communal and against the secular character of the country. All the religions in the country have the right to practise their religious culture. “If women Muslim organisations have any complaint regarding the practice, their issues should be discussed,” said Mr Basheer.

“The BJP is carrying out its communal agenda one by one. This will be intensified due to the Uttar Pradesh elections. Already, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has announced the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. They are campaigning that the people should vote for those who support the temple construction. Mr Amit Shah’s theory that communal card will gain political mileage will destroy the values in the country,” he said. There was no politics behind the murder of a man in Mankada after moral policing, he said and added that action would be taken against the accused if IUML workers were involved in the murder.