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Taslima’s visa should not be extended: clerics

Kolkata: Muslim clerics on Sunday demanded the ouster of controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen from India and called for preservation of the personal law while opposing the proposal to compulsorily register marriages. “There have been several attacks against the Muslim personal law which is not desirable. Muslims in this country have their own identity and that can only be preserved by the law framed according to holy Koran,” assistant general secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board , Mohammad Abdur Raheem Quraishi, told a rally organised by the Board, which was attended by 1.5 lakh people.

Demanding Ms. Nasreen’s ouster, All India Minority Forum president Idris Ali accused the government of trying to protect her. “Taslima has not only hurt the sentiments of Muslims, but she has defamed the Indian Constitution. The government should not extend her visa and she should move out of this country immediately,” Mr. Ali said.

Other speakers emphasised the need to preserve the Shariat law, which only could “preserve the identity of the Muslims”. On the compulsory registration of marriages Mr. Quraishi said it would create difficulties for a large section of people irrespective of caste and creed. — PTI

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