Speaking at a meeting of the joint council of different Muslimorganisations convened here by the IUML, party National Secretary E T Mohammed Basheer said the IUML wouldtake the lead in mobilising public opinion against the Centre over its attempts to "impose" the UCC.
He also said that his party would work for bringing all secular groups under one platform.
"IUML will take the lead in mobilising public opinion against the Centre in its attempts to impose the UCC and also work for bringing all secular groups under one platform," Basheer said.
The joint council suggested that there was no need for anyamendment in the Shariat Law and opined that the Centre's move to implement the UCC was a trap and all the Muslim organisationswere similar in their views against its implementation.
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Talking to reporters later, Basheer and IUML Treasurer P K Kunhalikutty, MLA, said implementation of the code would undermine the secular fabric of the country.
The meeting took a decision to oppose the codeand it would be conveyed to the National Law Commission, which had sent a questionnaire they said.
IUML President E Ahmed, MP, National Secretary M P Abdul Samad Samadhani, State Secretary K P A Majeed, besides representatives of E K Sunni fraction, Jama'ate Islami, Mujahid Madavoor fraction, Kerala Naduvathul Mujahideen attended the meeting.
Recently, All India Muslim Personal Law Board and various other Muslim organisations had announced that they will boycott Law Commission's process to take views on the UCC.
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