Owaisi calls for Muslim unity to protect ‘Shariat’

NEWDELHI: Opposing the proposed legislation on triple talaq, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday called for unity among Indian Muslims to protect the ‘shariat’.

Stating that the Supreme Court verdict on the issue is confusing and nobody can say if uttering talaq thrice in one sitting annuls marriage or it is considered only one talaq, he wondered how the government can bring a bill in the Parliament.

The MP asked the Narendra Modi government if it would provide financial aid to women if their husbands were sent to jail for three years.

Addressing a public meeting at MIM headquarters Darussalam on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi, he warned that the legislation could lead to a new problem of husbands abandoning their wives. He criticised Modi for speaking about the rights of Muslim women but ignoring the “Hindu sisters”. Claiming that “20 lakh Hindu women are abandoned by their husbands”, Owaisi asked Modi if he would come to their rescue as well. He said the Sangh Pariwar shows sympathy for Muslim women but was not allowing a film to be released. “When you can’t allow a film (‘Padmavati’) to be released, how can you interfere in my shariat?” he asked.

Owaisi said Muslims should learn a lesson from Rajputs who came together to stop the release of the film. “If Muslims can unite to strengthen the country and to save shariat, we can definitely do something,” he added.