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Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Saturday unanimously elected well-known Islamic scholar Maulana Mohammed Rabey Nadvi as its new president.
Maulana Rabey Nadvi, rector of the prestigious Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema, Lucknow, fills up the vacancy caused by the demise of former AIMPLB president Maulana Mujahidul Islam Qasimi in April this year.
The new president will hold the office for the leftover tenure of the previous incumbent as well as the following three years. The term of Qasimi was to end in October this year.
Addressing the media, Board secretary Maulana Rahim Qureshi said Nadvi waas the unanimous choice of the 151 delegates.
Maulana Nadvi has written several books in Arabic.
Qureshi said the 65-year-old Maulana Rabey Nadvi fulfilled the criteria laid down by the Board for holding its top position.
"The Board constitution says that its president must have the insight into Islamic disciplines and Shariah. He should also have the ability to take along with him all schools of Islamic jurisprudence (sects). He must have the capacity to carry out the decisions taken by the Board," he said.
Maulana Rabey Nadvi will be the fourth president of the Board, which was constituted in 1973. Maulana Tayyab Qasimi, rector of well-known Islamic institution at Deoband was its first president.
Qureshi said the Board would take up detailed discussion on issues and problems facing the Indian Muslims on the concluding day of the three-day session on Sunday.
The issues listed for discussion include the recent judgment of Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court on divorce, special leave petition pending in the Supreme Court relating to Child Marriage Restraint Act, the ongoing proceedings in the title suit of Babri Masjid before the Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court, and the proceedings before the Liberhan Commission.
He said the Board would also discuss the report of a fact-finding committee that visited Gujarat in the wake of the recent communal riots.
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