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{{Short description|Indian non-government legal organization}}
{{About|All India Muslim Personal Law Board|All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board|All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board}}
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The '''All India Muslim Personal Law Board''' (AIMPLB) is a non-government organisation constituted in 1973 to adopt suitable strategies for the protection and continued applicability of [[Muslim Personal Law]] in India, most importantly, the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1937,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/news/2005/may/09kanch.htm|title=Secular? That's a laugh}}</ref> providing for the application of the Islamic Law Code of [[Shariat]] to Muslims in India in personal affairs.<ref name="home">[http://www.aimplboard.org/index.html AIMPLB Home Page]</ref><ref name="vakilno1">{{cite web|url=http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/muslimperact/muslimpersonalact.htm|title=The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937|author=vakilno1.com|publisher=vakilno1.com|access-date=13 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205211800/http://www.vakilno1.com/bareacts/muslimperact/muslimpersonalact.htm|archive-date=5 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
. The Act applies to all matters of personal law except such successions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thewire.in/70834/indian-muslim-personal-law-board/|title=The Muslim Personal Law Board Shouldn't Presume to Speak For All Indian Muslims}}</ref> Even this section had the right under laws such as the Cutchi Memons Act, 1920 and the Mahomedan Inheritance Act (II of 1897) to opt for "Mahomedan Law". Faizur Rahman claims that a majority of Muslim followed Muslim law, not the Hindu civil code.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/uniform-civil-code-will-it-work-in-india/article6625409.ece|title=Uniform civil code: will it work in India?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Contrasting-laws-save-marriage-for-now/articleshow/47728218.cms|title=Contrasting laws save marriage, for now}}</ref>

The Board presents itself as the leading body of Muslim opinion in India, a role for which it has been criticised<ref name="lawrence">{{cite book |title=On violence: a reader. |last=Lawrence |first= Bruce B|date= 15 November 2007|publisher= Duke University Press|isbn= 9780822337690|page=265 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32SGA4EV9EEC&q=All+India+Muslim+Personal+Law+Board&pg=PA265|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="vrindabook">{{cite book |title=Reclaiming the nation: Muslim women and the law in India|last=Narain|first= Vrinda B|date=24 May 2008 |publisher= University of Toronto Press|isbn= 9780802092786|page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvG01Oo_9kkC&q=All+India+Muslim+Personal+Law+Board&pg=PA93|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/youth-raise-voice-seek-say-in-muslim-law-board/|title=Youth raise voice, seek say in Muslim law board}}</ref> as well as supported<ref name="Gani">{{cite book |title=Reform of Muslim personal law: the Shah Bano controversy and the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986 |last=Gani|first= H. A.|year=1988|publisher= Deep & Deep Publications|page=65 }}</ref> All India Muslim Personal Law Board was set up during Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]'s time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1188409/bade-ghulam-ali-khans-yoga-mudra|title=Bade Ghulam Ali Khan's yoga mudra}}</ref>

Most of the Muslim sects are represented on the board and its members include prominent Muslims from cross section of the Indian Muslim society such as religious leaders, scholars, lawyers, politicians and other professionals. However, Muslim scholar like [[Tahir Mahmood]], politician like [[Arif Mohammad Khan]] and retired Supreme Court judge like [[Markandey Katju]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Muslim-personal-law-is-barbaric-Justice-Markandey-Katju/articleshow/43945087.cms|title=Muslim personal law is barbaric: Justice Markandey Katju}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/katju-favours-uniform-civil-law/article6462718.ece|title=Katju favours uniform civil law}}</ref> have advocated abolishing of All India Muslim Personal Law Board.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/724902/ban-triple-talaq-and-abolish-muslim-personal-law-board-says-former-minorities-commission-chairman|title=Ban triple talaq and abolish Muslim Personal Law Board, says former minorities commission chairman}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/730642/arif-mohammad-khan-on-shah-bano-case-najma-heptullah-was-key-influence-on-rajiv-gandhi|title=Arif Mohammad Khan on Shah Bano case: 'Najma Heptullah was key influence on Rajiv Gandhi'}}</ref>

The members of All India Muslim Personal Law Board do not apply [[Ahmadiyya]] Muslims in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/heretical-ahmadiyya-sect-raises-muslim-hackles/article1-752846.aspx|title='Heretical' Ahmadiyya sect raises Muslim hackles}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/wretched-of-the-land/265665|title=Wretched of the Land}}</ref> Ahmadis were not allowed to sit on the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, which is widely regarded in India as representative of Muslims in the country as most Muslims don't consider the Ahmadis as Muslims.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1073652/religious-violence-hastens-india-s-leap-into-deeper-obscurantism |title=Religious violence hastens India's leap into deeper obscurantism |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=2014-12-29 |work=Dawn |last=Naqvi |first=Jawed}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://herald.dawn.com/2013/10/13/is-the-ahmadi-community-just-as-persecuted-in-other-muslim-majority-countries.html |title=IS THE AHMADI COMMUNITY JUST AS PERSECUTED IN OTHER MUSLIM-MAJORITY COUNTRIES? |date=13 October 2013 |access-date=2014-12-29 |website=Herald.Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229220740/http://herald.dawn.com/2013/10/13/is-the-ahmadi-community-just-as-persecuted-in-other-muslim-majority-countries.html |archive-date=29 December 2014 }}</ref>

Maulana [[Kalbe Sadiq]], senior vice president of AIMPLB is also the vice chairman of the [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]].<ref>http://twocircles.net/2007aug08/interview_maulana_kalbe_sadiq_shia_scholar.html#.V9U9gPB97IU</ref><ref>http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shia-cleric-maulana-kalbe-sadiq-aimplb-rss-mohan-bhagwat/1/408357.html</ref>

==Description==
AIMPLB is a private body working to protect Muslim personal laws, liaise with and influence the [[Government of India]] and guide the general public about crucial issues. The board has a working committee of 51 [[ulama]] representing various schools of thought. In addition to this, it also has a general body of 201 persons of ulama as well as laymen, including about 25 women.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

However, some of the [[Shias]] and [[Islamic feminism|Muslim feminists]] have formed their own separate boards, the [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]] and the [[All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board]], respectively but have failed to win any significant support from the Muslims or the government.<ref name="milgaz">{{cite web |url=http://www.milligazette.com/IndMusStat/2006a/966-aimwplb-12jun06-reservation.htm|title=All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board on Muslim Women's Reservation|author=PARVEEN ABDI |date=12 June 2006|publisher=.milligazette.com|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref>

==Executive committee==
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[[Rabey Hasani Nadvi]] is the incumbent president of board and [[Kalbe Sadiq]], [[Jalaluddin Umri]], Fakhruddin Ashraf, Sayeed Ahmed Oomeri are its incumbent vice presidents. [[Khalid Saifullah Rahmani]] is the incumbent acting general secretary after the demise of [[Wali Rahmani]] and Fazlur Rahim Mujaddedi, Zafaryab Jilani and Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani are its incumbent secretaries. Riaz Umar is treasurer of the board.

Its executive members include [[K. Ali Kutty Musliyar]], [[Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi]], [[Rahmatullah Mir Qasmi]] and others.

==Associated scholars==
* [[Sayyid Minatullah Rahmani]] (former General Secretary)
* [[Mujahidul Islam Qasmi]] (former President)
* [[Muhammad Salim Qasmi]] (former Vice President)

== Criticism ==
The AIMPLB focuses primarily to defend the Sharia laws from any law or legislation that they consider infringes on it.<ref name="home"/> In this role initially it has objected to any change in the Divorce Laws for Muslim women.<ref name="timediv">{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-18/india/27970400_1_sharia-muslim-women-aimplb|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214222726/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-07-18/india/27970400_1_sharia-muslim-women-aimplb|url-status= dead|archive-date= 14 December 2013|title=Sharia courts should be first option: AIMPLB |date=18 July 2007|work= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> In this regard it has even published a book – Nikah-O-Talaq (Marriage and Divorce).<ref name="home"/> However, from time to time it has been hinted by the board that it might reconsider its position.<ref name="implbfavdiv">{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-25/india/27798198_1_aimplb-member-muslim-women-muslim-personal-law-board|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214222723/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-25/india/27798198_1_aimplb-member-muslim-women-muslim-personal-law-board|url-status= dead|archive-date= 14 December 2013|title=All Muslims are equal: AIMPLB|date=25 October 2006|work= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> It has also objected to gay rights<ref name="timesgay">{{cite news |url= http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1908406,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopularemail|title=All India's Historic Ruling on Gay Rights|author= JYOTI THOTTAM |date= 2 July 2009|work=Times|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="indlaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.indlaw.com/guest/DisplayNews.aspx?87BD3CBF-F0D2-40B8-9DF0-B9BAC18E82A0|title=All India Muslim Personal Law Board moves SC over legalising homosexuality, UNI|author=UNI|date=2 July 2009|work=Times|access-date=13 February 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126105342/http://www.indlaw.com/guest/DisplayNews.aspx?87BD3CBF-F0D2-40B8-9DF0-B9BAC18E82A0|archive-date=26 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and supports upholding the 1861 Indian law that bans sexual intercourse between persons of the same sex.<ref>Gardiner Harris (11 December 2013) [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/world/asia/court-restores-indias-ban-on-gay-sex.html?hp Court Restores India’s Ban on Gay Sex] ''[[The New York Times]]''. Retrieved 11 December 2013</ref>

The Board has also objected to the Right of Children for Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 as they believe it will infringe on the Madrasa System of Education.<ref name="timesRTE">{{cite news |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-05/delhi/31026414_1_minority-institutions-school-management-committees-kapil-sibal|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131214222721/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-05/delhi/31026414_1_minority-institutions-school-management-committees-kapil-sibal|url-status= dead|archive-date= 14 December 2013|title=Bill to address minorities' RTE concerns in next session: Sibal|author= TNN|date =5 February 2012|work= [[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> It has also supported [[child marriage]] and opposes the Child Marriage Restraint Act.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2238321.stm | work=BBC News | first=Charles | last=Haviland | title=Battle over India's marriage age | date=5 September 2002}}</ref> It has also objected to the High Court of India Judgement on [[Babri Mosque]].<ref name="zeenews">{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/not-satisfied-with-ayodhya-verdict-will-move-sc-aimplb_658682.html|title=Not satisfied with Ayodhya verdict; will move SC: AIMPLB|author= Zeenews Bureau|date= 30 September 2010|publisher=Zeenews.com|access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> For this, it is also willing to threaten political action.<ref name="DNA">{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_aimplb-set-to-corner-congress-in-up-polls_1643251|title=AIMPLB set to corner Congress in UP polls|author =Deepak Gidwani|date= 29 January 2012|publisher=DNAIndia.com |access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> The Board was in the headlines for its opposition to the live video conference of author [[Salman Rushdie]] to the [[Jaipur Literature Festival]] in January 2012.<ref name="IBN">{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rushdie-has-hurt-religious-sentiments-aimplb/223846-40.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127070952/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/rushdie-has-hurt-religious-sentiments-aimplb/223846-40.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2012|title=Salman Rushdie has hurt religious sentiments in his book: AIMPLB member|author= CNN-IBN|date= 24 January 2012|publisher=IBNLive.com |access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> They argue that "there is a serious threat to our religion. There is a sinister design to impose 'Brahmin dharma' through [[yoga]], [[Surya Namaskara]] and [[Vedic]] culture. They all are against Islamic beliefs. We need to awaken our community for launching a protest on a large scale"<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/aimplb-calls-conclave-to-push-its-fight-against-vedic-culture-brahmin-dharma/ India Express: "AIMPLB calls conclave to push its fight against ‘Vedic culture, Brahmin dharma’" by Mohd Faisal Fareed] 13 August 2015</ref>

==Model Nikahnama==
AIMPLB drafted a model 'nikahnama' in 2003 laying down specific guidelines and conditions on which a marriage can be annulled by both husband and wife in large sections of Sunni Muslims in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/shia-board-moots-model-nikahnama-denounces-triple-talaq-in-one-sitting/story-E6a0ft9mnod91s7sKLe7MI.html</ref><ref>http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-triple-talaq-without-both-husband-and-wifes-consent-shia-law-board-1457034</ref>

== See also ==
* [[All India Shia Personal Law Board]]
* [[All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.aimplboard.in/ All India Muslim Personal Law Board]

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>Khalid Nadwi at 14:41, 16 June 2021