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NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has launched a nationwide campaign and come out with a 11-point “oath” calling upon community members to refrain from demanding dowry and keep the marriage ceremony simple without “needless rituals, customs and extravagant activities”.
Calling it the “ikrarnama” (oath) the social reforms committee of AIMPLB wants this to be read out before the Friday prayers at mosques and sermons be held calling upon community members to take a vow to abide by these guidelines.
All India convenor of social reform committee of AIMPLB, Muhammad Umrain Mahfooz Rahmani said that in Islam dowry is not allowed and incidents of extravagant marriages and cases of girls facing difficulties after marriages due to demand for dowry were worrying. “Hence we felt that these guidelines are necessary,” he added.
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Refrain from dowry, extravaganza during marriages: AIMPLB s new nikahnama ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 18:14 IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has released a new nikahnama for Muslims which urges them to take a pledge to refrain from dowry and extravaganza during marriages.
The new nikahnama calls upon the members of the community to make marriages simple and refrain from needless rituals and customs, in particular the demand of dowry and other extravagant expenditure .
It calls for stopping the ritual of baarat (the arrival of groom at the wedding venue with lavish procession) and to organize nikah with simplicity in masjids.
Allahabad University Vice-Chancellor said the
azaan was causing losses in her working hours.
Prayagraj:
A two-week-old letter by the Vice-Chancellor of the prestigious Allahabad University to the Prayagraj district magistrate, complaining about noise from a mosque in the locality she resides in, has landed her in controversy with a prominent Muslim cleric asking for mutual respect of religious sentiments .
The letter, titled Noise Pollution in the Civil Lines, Prayagraj was written by Vice-Chancellor Sangita Shrivastava on March 3 to Bhanu Chandra Goswami , the topmost government official in the district.
It said the daily 5.30 am call to prayers,
azaan, from the nearby mosque using a mic disturbs her sleep and that she is unable to sleep after that.