AIMPLB calls for curbs on hate, opposes Uniform Civil Code

Lucknow, Feb 5: The AIMPLB on Sunday appealed to the “highest authorities” to place stringent measures to control “hatred being spread” in the country even as it passed resolutions against the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, and razing of people’s properties.
Meeting here in Lucknow, the board also urged the judiciary to take a serious note of “injustice” being meted out to the weaker sections and the minorities.
“Houses built for decades are getting razed. Those holding peaceful demonstrations are framed under the most stringent of laws and put behind bars indefinitely,” said the All India Muslim Personal Law Board in a statement.
“Lawlessness, whether on the part of the citizens or the rulers, is condemnable and all citizens and stakeholders must oppose it strongly,” it said. The reference was apparently to the bulldozing of allegedly illegal properties in UP, actions which critics say targets Muslims.
In its appeal to the “highest authorities,” the board urged them to control the spread of hate “before irreparable damage was done to the fabric of our nation’s harmony.” The board passed several resolutions in the meeting, organised at the Islamic Seminary Nadwatul Ulama here, including against “illegal” appropriation of the waqf properties and demanding the proper implementation of the Places of Worship Act. (PTI)