LUCKNOW: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday issued an appeal to community leaders and intellectuals to stay away from the debates of TV channels which aim to ridicule and make mockery of Islam and Muslims.
AIMPLB general secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rehmani in a statement said that Board's president Maulana Rabe Hasani, along with vice-president Maulana Sayyed Jalaluddin Umri, Maulana Kaka Sayed Ahmed Umri, Maulana Sayed Shah Faqruddin Ashraf, Maulana Sayed Arshad Madni and Maulana Sayed Ali Muhammed Naqvi has issued a joint appeal to all Muslim leaders and intellectuals not to participate in debates and discussions of such channnels.
"These individuals should realise that they are not serving the community in any manner. On the contrary, they become a party to the attempts to bring disrepute to Islam and its followers," Rehmani said quoting the joint appeal.
He said for some channels, the agenda behind organizing debates is not to reach a constructive consensus or look for solutions but to make fun of Muslims and Islam. "Such channels include a Muslim face in their panel of guests who they invite only to send across a message that they are impartial in their discussion. Our leaders and intellectuals do not realise this and fall prey to the trap," the appeal said. Rehmani said if Muslims will stay away from such debates, it will limit the scope of others making fun of Muslims and Islam.
