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NEW DELHI: Syed Shahabuddin, president of the All-India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), on Saturday condemned the "political exploitation" of the Imrana case by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said the BJP was doing this to promote its agenda of the religious assimilation of Muslims through the imposition of a common civil code. In a statement here, Mr. Shahabuddin appealed to the Muftis to refrain from issuing "fatwas" on sensitive issues unless approached by the parties concerned and without investigating the circumstances. He said the Imrana case has two aspects: the criminal and the personal law aspects. While the criminal case of the alleged rape must be dealt with under the law of the land, on the personal law front different schools of Islamic jurisprudence have different opinions. A "fatwa" was an opinion and not a judicial verdict, Mr. Shahabuddin said. He said the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board would hold a meeting soon to reach a consensus, keeping in view the circumstances of the case and the demand of justice, which was one of the basic principles of Islam. The AIMMM appealed to the mass media not to blow up individual cases in the interest of inter-faith understanding or read a stray "fatwa" as a final ruling under the Shariat.
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