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Muslim Leaders Join Deoband’s Voice; Oppose Homosexuality

With government thinking to repel article 377 of IPC which criminalizes gay sex, Muslim leaders have said that any such move is an assault on religious and moral values.

“Legalisation of homosexuality is an attack on Indian religious and moral values,” over a dozen prominent Muslim religious leaders said in a statement.

Leaders signing the statement include Maulana Jalaluddin Omari, President of the Jamaat-e Islami Hind, Maulana Muhammad Salim Qasimi, Rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband, Maulana Mufti Mukarram Ahmad, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Fatehpuri, among others.

“We are shocked to see reports in the media that the Union government is considering the repeal of Section 377 of the IPC, which means making homosexuality legal,” the statement said on Tuesday.

The statement describes homosexuality as sin and a social evil, which, it adds, will only result in disintegration of society and break-up of family.

Appealing to the government, the statement said that it should not be carried away by the “decadent trends of the Western culture” and yield to the demands of the microscopic minorities and that government should not test the patience of the silent vast majority of the country that abhors such behaviour. 

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, a top body of Muslim community, had previously lashed at the government’s overtures to repeal the law, arguing that the repeal will lead to “sexual anarchy” in the country.

“The section should stay as its repealing would result in sexual anarchy in the society. Those opposing the section are influenced by Western culture. Those who argue for independence do not realise that independence should have its limits,” Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind spokesperson Abdul Hameed Noamani said.

It should be mentioned that leading Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband had earlier also opposed the Centre’s move to repeal a controversial section, saying unnatural sex is against the tenets of Islam.

“Homosexuality is offence under Shariat Law and haram (prohibited) in Islam,” Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Abdul Khalik Madrasi has said.

The reaction came after reports that Centre was likely to convene a meeting soon to evolve a consensus on repealing a controversial section of the Indian Penal Code which criminalises homosexuality.

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