Calling AIMPLB a terrorist organisation funded by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the UP Central Shia Waqf Board has demanded a ban on it
Hardening its stand on Babri-Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi issue, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in its plenary meeting on Sunday decided to expel its member Maulana Salman Nadvi for speaking against the Board's stand in the case.
The move comes following the decision of a disciplinary committee formed by the Board to look into Nadvi's repeated assertions that there should be an out-of-court settlement in the Ayodhya case.
"The Board reiterated its uncompromising stand on Babri Masjid issue. Salman Nadvi is still speaking against the Board stand. So the Board was left with no other option. The committee has unanimously decided to remove him," said Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, AIMPLB member.
Soon after the decision, Shia Central Waqf Board Chairman, Wasim Rizvi termed the AIMPLB as one of the subsidiaries of terror groups operating in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
"Terrorist organisations of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia take major decisions related to Muslims in India. Muslim Personal Law Board is a branch of such terrorist organisations that is spoiling the atmosphere of the country by following their ideologies," said Rizvi in an official statement.
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, who was roped in by Nadvi to take part in an out of court settlement, expressed surprise over Nadvi's expulsion.
"Maulana Salman Husaini Nadwi's expulsion from the AIMPLB comes as a surprise, as several members of the board have met with me & expressed their commitment to foster amity amongst Hindus & Muslims & to peacefully resolve this issue," he said in a tweet.
Hinting at an out of court settlement, Nadvi had earlier said, "The courts do not join people's heart as the verdict is always in favour of one and against the other."
Referring to Nadvi's meeting with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, AIMPLB Chairman, Zafaryab Jilani said that the land of the mosque cannot be given or gifted to anyone.
Meanwhile another Shia cleric and Vice President of AIMPLB, Maulana Syed Kalbe Sadiq said that in his opinion a Vidyamandir should be constructed in Ayodhya. He refused to comment on expelled member Nadvi's suggestion of shifting the site of the Babri masjid.
BAN IT: SHIA BOARD
- Calling AIMPLB a terrorist organisation funded by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the UP Central Shia Waqf Board has demanded a ban on it.
- Reacting to expulsion of Maulana Nadvi, Board chairman Dr Waseem Rizvi asked why he was not expelled from the AIMPLB when he had sent a letter to ISIS Chief Abu Baqar Baghdadi congratulating him for Islamic Jehad.
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