The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has decided to hold its annual general meeting on December 8 to discuss issues like mob lynching and National Register of Citizens (NRC) threadbare.
AISPLB president Maulana Syed Saim Mehndi said the December 8 meeting was expected to be path breaking as many national issues would be discussed in it.
“There are many important issues that are staring our country. They include NRC. We will decide what stand the AISPLB should take on these contentious issues. Similarly, killing people in the name of religion needs to be looked into through the prism of justice and Indian Constitution,” Maulana Mehndi said.
The Shia cleric said that there were several other issues which needed to be discussed like reservations for Shia Muslims in the name of economic backwardness and why representation of Shias was on the decline in Parliament and state assemblies.
“On social issues, we will discuss ways and means to reduce expenditure on marriages and deaths. Improvement in education will also be discussed. Top intellectuals from Shia community are expected to take part in the meeting,” he said.
