More than a month after the demise of its president Maulana Rabey Hasani Nadwi, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board is likely to find his successor this weekend. The 251-member body is meeting in Indore to elect the new man to helm the affairs of the Board at a time when a number of cases relating to Muslim personal law are pending before the Supreme Court.
The board’s general secretary Khalid Saifullah Rehmani is said to be the frontrunner to take over from Hasani Nadwi, although other names — including those of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Arshad Madani and AIMPLB executive council member Mohammed Sufyan Qasmi — have also been floated by various members.
This is the first election to a top AIMPLB position, following the recent deaths of a number of distinguished members, including Hasani Nadwi, Jalaluddin Umri and Zafaryab Jilani.
