Thiruvananthapuram, 15 April(HS): The Muslim League, a communal outfit masquerading as a secular and political party, claims in a note it submitted to the Law Commission that Directive Principles and Uniform Civil Code incorporated in the Indian Constitution are not essential constitutional principles.

The note to the Law Commission submitted by P K Kunhalikutty, All India general secretary of the party and a known extremist, says that Muslims in the country have every right to practice Sharia Law. It further declares that the Uniform Civil Code and Directive Principles are unconstitutional and against the interests of the Muslim community.

The League has already made it known that the party was against the abolition of Mutalaq (a system under which the Muslim man can marry a minimum of three wives and ensures the Muslim husband, freedom from paying maintenance allowance for the divorced wife) and the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.

Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Muslaiyar, described as the Grand Mufti of India, is already on record stating that there are scientific reasons behind the permission given to Muslim males to marry three wives. “If the wife is having her monthly periods, there is a chance for the husband to go in search for another woman. It is to avoid illegitimate relations and extramarital affairs. Muslim males have been given the divine right to marry and maintain four wives at the same time,” Kanthapuram had said while addressing the faithfuls.

The Muslim League, which had been telling that it would obey court rulings regarding the Waqf properties, made a U-turn in its approach to the Waqf Amendment Law and said that such properties can never be touched by anyone. The Congress and CPI(M) are bending backwards to appease the Muslim community by extending unconditional support to the anti-Waqf (Amendment) Bill agitation.

Hindusthan Samachar / Manohar Yadavatti