Places of Worship Act: IUML plans rally in Kozhikode

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is planning to take out a public rally in Kozhikode seeking steps to protect the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991.

This was decided at a working committee meeting of the party’s State committee in Kozhikode on Thursday (December 12). IUML general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty and State general secretary P.M.A. Salam told the media that the date of the rally would be decided later.

A resolution passed at the meeting said that the unnecessary claims on certain mosques in the country were akin to dumping the Act, which prohibited conversion of any place of worship and provided for the maintenance of the religious character of any place of worship as it existed on the August 15, 1947. The resolution said that if the provisions of the Act were implemented properly, what had happened at Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh could have been avoided.

The working committee also asked the State government not to delay a legal and factual solution to the Munambam land issue, pointing out that the residents there should not be evicted at any cost. The resolution said that the stand taken by IUML State president Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal on the issue was final. The working committee also voiced its concerns over the reported assault on minorities in the country and termed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, a violation of the fundamental rights of believers.

Published - December 12, 2024 11:23 pm IST