Kozhikode-based Forum for Muslim Women’s Gender Justice has said that organising agitations against the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC) by rallying Muslim religious leaders who are opposed to changes in personal laws are inappropriate.
Forum chairperson and writer Kadeeja Mumthaz and other functionaries told the media here on Wednesday that the UCC was an attempt by the BJP government to target Muslims. It could lead to curtailing of many civil rights. The UCC should be opposed by involving people from all religions and communities. Both the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) have expressed their objections to the UCC. However, the Left parties, which have a history of joining hands with the oppressed, should take into view the condition of the marginalised women too, they said.
Dr. Mumthaz said that Islamic Sharia laws had been subjected to changes in various countries during different periods. A section of religious leaders here had been opposing changes to personal laws claiming that they were based on the holy text. Organising agitations against the UCC by involving only such religious leaders was not appropriate, she said.
