Lucknow. All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani has expressed “sorry and dismay” at the Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutions. The cleric told reporters that the board would soon hold an online meeting to discuss the way forward on the issue, apart from placing the matter in an offline meeting to be held at the end of March.
The AIMPLB has earlier expressed its intention to move the Supreme Court in the matter.
Rahmani called Tuesday’s order “discriminatory towards Muslims”, drawing comparisons with some governments changing laws to allow certain groups and communities to use their religious symbols.
He also refuted the claim that the hijab is not essential to Islam, saying that banning it violates the constitutional rights of Muslim citizens.
He further said, “Islam and Sharia have imposed certain things on Muslims as obligatory (duty) and wajib (compulsory) and it is lasim (pre-requirement) that they be followed. Hijab is an obligation which is necessary. If Some Muslims do not observe Namaz or Roza because of their ignorance and laziness, they cannot be rejected from Islam but they commit sins. Similarly, if some Muslims do not observe Hijab, it is an act for Islam. Doesn’t make it unnecessary.”
He added, “It is the constitutional right of every person to wear what he thinks is appropriate. There are religions that use religious symbols and some governments go out of their way to bear the expenses and alert aviation laws to their performance. Huh.”
In this sense, this order is discriminatory. “Schools have the right to decide on uniforms but it has come to our notice that the matter that went to court was not related to schools, but to colleges, where uniforms cannot be made for uniforms,” he said.
Meanwhile, Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has also said that it disagrees with the Karnataka High Court’s decision on the ban on hijab in educational institutions.
It urged Muslim societies and NGOs to approach the Supreme Court to challenge the decision.
Darul Uloom Deoband Vice Chancellor Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani said, “Not only Muslims but all religions have freedom in India. In a democratic system any government or government recognized organization should not make any law which is in the spirit of be against. No such code of conduct should be enforced which is against any religion.”
—AnyTV News
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