Moosavi cautions against amending Muslim family laws

ISLAMABAD: Patron in-Chief of Supreme Shia Ulema Board Quaid-e-Millat-e-Jaffariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi on Sunday said after the disputed curriculum, the amendment bill for the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 is an intervention in Fiqah Jaffariya.

“Prime Minister Imran Khan must take notice of the continued interference in already settled matters. The Shia school of thought must not be downplayed. We are the heirs of Haider-e-Karrar Hazrat Ali and when we decide about taking action, we never step back,” he said while addressing the core committee meeting of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqah Jaffariya. He made it clear that none would be allowed to make amendments not only to personal but also the public laws.

About introducing a common translation of the Holy Quran and a uniform interpretation of Seerat-un-Nabi (SAW), Moosavi emphasised that the minister for religious affairs must not forget that a common translation of even a single verse of ablution in Surah Maida could not be agreed in 1,400 years, how would the government find a common translation for the whole Quran.

“Differences of Caliphate and Imamat cannot be done away with by printing a common Seerat-un-Nabi (SAW). ‘One Nation One Curriculum’ is in fact a project of imposing a particular ideology. Shias, Barelvis and minorities have been targeted under the garb of single national curriculum. Madina-state cannot be founded by ignoring Meesaq-e-Medina. Enemies are lining up on our borders, they must not be helped by instigating internal conflicts,” he warned.

Moosavi said Pakistan must be spared for God’s sake. “We have always intended for the betterment of the country and consider it haram (forbidden) to bother anyone else, however, we will not stay quiet if interventions in our ideologies and attempts to uproot foundations of the motherland are not stopped.”

“The actions of unconstitutional institutions like the Muttahida Ulema Board are also unconstitutional. The so-called representatives holding seats in assemblies, Senate and committees are answerable for their silence,” he said.