Following similar campaigns in cities across India, the Markazi Sunni Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur has said they will not solemnise marriages if dowry will be a part of it.
Terming dowry as “un-Islamic”, committee chairman Maulana Najam Ali Khan said that due to the ever-increasing demand for dowry, girls are not getting married in a large section of society.
The organisation also stated that they would not conduct a nikah ceremony where music and dance are happening and DJ is there. “This is against Islam; (we) will boycott such weddings,” the committee members added.
Those who play DJ and fireworks in celebration of marriages will also be boycotted by the Muslim body.
Following the tragic death of Ayesha Banu Makrani, the 23-year-old from Ahmadabad, who committed suicide after being harassed by her husband and in-laws, Muslim bodies across the country are coming out against the practice of exchange of dowry in marriages, terming it as un-Islamic.
Muslims in Agra, Uttarakhand, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ulama from Darul Uloom Deoband and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) have all vowed not to solemnise marriages where dowry is exchanged.
