Bareilly's Shahi Imam arrested for issuing fatwa on triple talaq victim, charged with threatening woman's religious sentiments
6 years, 5 months ago

Bareilly's Shahi Imam arrested for issuing fatwa on triple talaq victim, charged with threatening woman's religious sentiments

Firstpost  

Bareilly’s Shahar Imam has been arrested along with two others for issuing a fatwa against a triple talaq victim Bareilly : The Bareilly Shahar Imam, who issued a fatwa against a triple talaq victim, and two others have been booked on charges of threatening and hurting religious sentiments of the woman. An FIR was registered on Wednesday on the basis of a complaint by social activist and triple talaq victim Nida Khan at the Baradari police station against her husband Sheeran Raza Khan, Shahar Imam Mufti Mohammad Khurshid Alam and Mufti Afzal Rizvi, police said. The case was registered under IPC sections related to “deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion, statements conducing to public mischief and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace”, they said. On 16 July, at a press conference here, the Imam of Bareilly’s Jama Masjid said a fatwa has been issued against Nida Khan for speaking against Islam and its practices.

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