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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 119209" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: Don't vote if can't shed Burqa SC tells Muslim women</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">source:</span> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/231454/Muslim-clerics-back-SC-say-okay-to-lift-veil-for-photo-ID.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #810081">http://www.dailypioneer.com/231454/Muslim-clerics-back-SC-say-okay-to-lift-veil-for-photo-ID.html</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Muslim clerics back SC, say okay to lift veil for photo ID</span></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy"><strong>Pioneer News Service - New Delhi - Sunday, January 24, 2010</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Muslim clerics have backed Supreme Court directive that Muslim women must be ready to shed their burqa to be photographed for electoral role verification if they wanted to cast their votes. The clerics have argued that Islam permitted women to be ‘clicked’ in exceptional circumstances.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">The apex court on Friday had said, “If you do not want to be seen by members of the public, then do not go to vote.” The observation came on a petition filed by M Ajmal Khan who opposed the Election Commission’s direction to get faces photographed for electoral roll verification. Since this would require Muslim women to show their faces to the election officers or poll agents, Khan had objected to the same practice being against the tenet of Islam.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Justifying the court’s observation, the clerics argued that electoral roll verification was not possible without revealing the face, which made it a “special need” for Muslim women to lift their burqa.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">“I am totally with the Supreme Court order. When we have no objection to photos for passport for going to Haj, why should we object to this? This should not be made an emotional issue,” said Delhi Minority Commission Chairman and All India Muslim Personal Law Board member Kamal Faruqui.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Reacting to protest from certain quarters against the court ruling, Faruqui said he would make an attempt to convince the community of the need for photo voter IDs. “I am sure they will understand the importance of having it,” he added.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Supporting this view, Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind secretary and spokesperson Abdul Hamid Nomani said Islam allowed Muslim women to show their face if there is specific need. “What will be the relevance of a photo I-card with burqa. This is not a general situation in which purdah is essential. Some people mix up the special situations with the general ones. Religion gives permission for it in need. This should not be projected as a religious issue,” Nomani said.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Mujtaba Farooqi had this to say, “I think what the Supreme Court said is correct. Documents of the country’s citizens should be prepared and the provision of photo forms an essential part of such documents.” Farooqi maintained that even those who support purdah relax it for such necessary documents and Muslim seminaries have issued fatwa that photos of Muslim women can be taken if they are “need-based”.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: navy">Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid Mufti Mukarram Ahmed said that if a woman is seriously ill, she does not observe purdah from her doctor. “Getting photographed for election I-card or any such necessary documents is permitted,” he said. But his resentment with the court’s observation had much to do with the tenor of the statement. He felt comments on religious issues should be in keeping with the sensitivity of the matter.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 119209, member: 884"] [b]Re: Don't vote if can't shed Burqa SC tells Muslim women[/b] [COLOR=navy]source:[/COLOR] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][URL="http://www.dailypioneer.com/231454/Muslim-clerics-back-SC-say-okay-to-lift-veil-for-photo-ID.html"][COLOR=#810081]http://www.dailypioneer.com/231454/Muslim-clerics-back-SC-say-okay-to-lift-veil-for-photo-ID.html[/COLOR][/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [COLOR=navy][B][SIZE=4]Muslim clerics back SC, say okay to lift veil for photo ID[/SIZE][/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy][B]Pioneer News Service - New Delhi - Sunday, January 24, 2010[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Muslim clerics have backed Supreme Court directive that Muslim women must be ready to shed their burqa to be photographed for electoral role verification if they wanted to cast their votes. The clerics have argued that Islam permitted women to be ‘clicked’ in exceptional circumstances.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]The apex court on Friday had said, “If you do not want to be seen by members of the public, then do not go to vote.” The observation came on a petition filed by M Ajmal Khan who opposed the Election Commission’s direction to get faces photographed for electoral roll verification. Since this would require Muslim women to show their faces to the election officers or poll agents, Khan had objected to the same practice being against the tenet of Islam.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Justifying the court’s observation, the clerics argued that electoral roll verification was not possible without revealing the face, which made it a “special need” for Muslim women to lift their burqa.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]“I am totally with the Supreme Court order. When we have no objection to photos for passport for going to Haj, why should we object to this? This should not be made an emotional issue,” said Delhi Minority Commission Chairman and All India Muslim Personal Law Board member Kamal Faruqui.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Reacting to protest from certain quarters against the court ruling, Faruqui said he would make an attempt to convince the community of the need for photo voter IDs. “I am sure they will understand the importance of having it,” he added.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Supporting this view, Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind secretary and spokesperson Abdul Hamid Nomani said Islam allowed Muslim women to show their face if there is specific need. “What will be the relevance of a photo I-card with burqa. This is not a general situation in which purdah is essential. Some people mix up the special situations with the general ones. Religion gives permission for it in need. This should not be projected as a religious issue,” Nomani said.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Jamaat-e-Islami secretary Mujtaba Farooqi had this to say, “I think what the Supreme Court said is correct. Documents of the country’s citizens should be prepared and the provision of photo forms an essential part of such documents.” Farooqi maintained that even those who support purdah relax it for such necessary documents and Muslim seminaries have issued fatwa that photos of Muslim women can be taken if they are “need-based”.[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Shahi Imam of Fatehpuri Masjid Mufti Mukarram Ahmed said that if a woman is seriously ill, she does not observe purdah from her doctor. “Getting photographed for election I-card or any such necessary documents is permitted,” he said. But his resentment with the court’s observation had much to do with the tenor of the statement. He felt comments on religious issues should be in keeping with the sensitivity of the matter.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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