I Reject Uniform Civil Code
Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of hue and cry among many Indian Muslims, men in general and clerics in particular, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and some socio-religious organisations claiming to represent Muslims, against “politicising the issue of triple-talaq”. People have posted fiery lines on social media advising against “any interference into matters of religion”. “I reject Uniform Civil Code. I support Muslim Personal Law” is one of the Facebook profiles some people have adopted to register their protest. And some even went to the extent of equating attempts to publicise the matter, calling it a “nefarious design to annihilate Islam”. In fact, some so-called liberals have also jumped in to join the band wagon as advocates of “freedom of religion”. Well, I do not think Islam as a religion is so weak that its foundations will be shaken by a ve...
