All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat statements on the execution of Jamaat leader in Bangladesh and on the Indian Supreme court judgment on homosexuality

Mushawarat condemns the judicial murder of Bangladeshi leader
All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat

New Delhi, 13 December 2013: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations, today severely condemned the Bangladesh government’s hasty execution of a controversial verdict issued by a discredited and politicised tribunal.

President of AIMMM, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said here that the hasty execution of Maulana Abdul Qadir Molla, a prominent leader of Jamaate-Islami Bangladesh, is a scandal and crime committed by an unpopular government which is about to be overthrown by the people of Bangladesh in the forthcoming general elections. The present government by its hurried execution of a controversial order by a discredited and politicised tribunal is only seeking to weaken opposition forces.

Dr Khan said it was totally unfair to revive closed cases after four decades defying the decision of the first President of Bangladesh. Dr Khan said this judicial murder will go into history as one of the sins and misdeeds of the present Bangladeshi ruler. Dr Khan asked international human rights organisations to take the Bangladesh government and its discredited tribunal to the International Court of Justice as sanity and good counsel have failed to bring the present rulers of Bangladesh to their senses.


Mushawarat welcomes SC judgment on homosexuality
All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat

New Delhi, 13 December 2013: The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the umbrella body of India Muslim organisations, today welcomed the verdict of the apex court criminalising homosexuality.

AIMMM President, Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan said here today that the SC decision reflects law and our deep human and oriental values which are so dear to the Indian society of all shades and colours.

Dr Khan cautioned political leaders not to get swayed by an screaming miniscule minority which wants to import market-oriented western values and impose it on our traditional and cultured society.

Dr Khan said that the vast majority of Indian people and religious and social leaders oppose the decriminalisation of homosexuality. He said the government and legislators should respect the views and wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Indian people. He said a public referendum should be held if these leaders have any doubt about the views of the general public on this issue which has great relevance to our values and survival of humanity.