Dubai, June 2: Kerala based Sunni leader AP Abubaker Musliar has called upon to establish Shariah or Islamic laws in India to curb growing number of political assassinations, communal riots and other violent crimes in the country.
Speaking at Markaz Dubai, here recently Musliar lamented that India and the rest of the world are going through a very chaotic phase with political revenge and violence reaching unprecedented levels.
“Those who kill someone should get capital punishment. India should introduce the strict Islamic Shariah punishment system to prevent the killers and those who spread violence to go scot free due to political influence. The Gulf countries have successfully curbed such crimes and India should introduce capital punishment to curb violent crimes,” he opined.
He was referring to a spate of political assassinations and communal violence incidents in India, especially Kerala.
A rebel communist leader TP Chandrashekharan was stabbed 51 times to death by an unidentified criminal gang, who were believed to be hired by a third party. Newspapers recently reported a spate of political assassinations in Kerala, based on a disclosure that one political party accused of carrying out a number political assassinations based on a list prepared by the party leaders.
Refusing to point out certain political parties that indulge in such political violence, he said irrespective of all considerations, criminals must get severe punishment for such heinous crimes if the government wants to curb heinous crimes in the country.
“Those who kill others in the name of politics or religion get scot free because they have protection from senior political leaders. Those who indulge in serious crimes such as political assassinations continuously commit such and get scot free believing that their political bosses will protect them. India should follow the Gulf countries and introduce Shariah rule of awarding capital punishment to those who kill Indian citizens. This will reduce heinous crimes in society,” he said.
Regarding the menace of communal riots that has hit the country several times in the past, he said introduction of strict Shariah rule is the solution. In the aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, 900 people were killed in communal violence and most of the victims were Muslims.
Musliar, who is the General Secretary of the All India Muslim Scholars Association, and founder and Vice Chancellor of Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya (Sunni Cultural Centre), Karanthur, Kozhikode, has been raising funds in Middle East for his ambitious 'Sha'ar-e-Mubarak', the biggest mosque of India being built in Calicut in the name of Prophet's hair.
He said that the construction work of the mosque is going ahead as per schedule and there is no going back.
Dh1 billion mosque project will build the largest mosque in India, larger than the Jamia Masjid in New Delhi. It will have a built-up area of 250,000 square feet and house up to 30,000 worshippers. The mosque alone would cost Rs400 million (Dh33.3 million).
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