‘UCC will affect all communities’: Muslim leaders meet Uddhav

“We have been meeting heads of all political parties to put forth our side on the issue of the Uniform Civil Code. UCC will not only affect Muslims. There are close to 300 personal laws in the country and UCC will affect all communities. Uddhav Thackeray has promised us that he will look into the issue,” said Daryabadi.

AIMPLB, the Islamic personal law body, has voiced its opposition to UCC which seeks to formulate and implement a set of common personal laws for all the citizens of India regardless of their religion, caste, and creed.

The AIMPLB has said that the UCC will infringe on various communities’ freedom to practice their faith and way of life as guaranteed by the Constitution.

The meeting also came after AIMPLB on Tuesday evening held one of its first meetings to discuss what members said was the outline of their response and the main issues that they would touch upon.

Dr Qasim Rasool, executive committee member of AIMPLB, said they will submit their feedback to the Law Commission in the first week of July.

The delegation which met Uddhav Thackeray consisted of Muslim activists including Dr Zaheer Kazi, president of Anjuman-I-Islam, an educational and social service organisation that runs a number of schools and colleges across Maharashtra.