|
|
Article: Muslim Women's Personal Law Board backs Muslims' headcount.
- Article from:
- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
- Article date:
- February 15, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Muslim Women's Personal Law Board backs Muslims' headcount
Lucknow, Feb 15 (PTI) The All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board today lent its support to the move to ascertain the number of Muslims in the armed forces and denounced the parties which were opposed to it.
Board's general secretary Parveen Abdi, in a statement issued here, lashed out at the political parties for allegedly communalising the "routine issue" of asking for representation figures of Muslims in the country's armed forces by the high- powered comittee for empowerment of Muslims headed by Justice Rajinder Sachhar.
Abdi, who was also part of some of ...