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Deoband's fatwa against panchayat's order of social boycott

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarnagar

Terming the move as "illegal" and "un-Islamic", the dictate claimed the panchayat had no authority to issue such orders which are not only against the Shariat, but are also the violation of law of the land.

The fatwa was issued on a query by a local resident asking the seminary whether the Panchayat's order was valid or not.

In January this year, a panchayat in Nangla village here had asked people to socially boycott the Muslim man and his family for divorcing his wife Bulkishan in December last year.

  

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First Published: Jun 19 2012 | 1:35 PM IST

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