New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) told the Supreme Court that the entry of Muslim women into mosques for offering namaz inside is not “prohibited” in terms of the Islamic texts.

“Considering the said religious texts, doctrines, and religious beliefs of the followers of Islam, it is submitted that entry of women into mosques for offering namaz inside mosques is permitted,” the affidavit filed through advocate M R Shamshad said, adding that the AIMPLB does not want to comment on any “contrary religious opinion” to this effect.

This affidavit is broadly in line with the first affidavit filed by Board in a similar petition earlier filed before the apex court.

“It is submitted that the questions raised in the present petition are not in the background of state action. The practices of religion in the places of worship (which in the present matter are mosques) are purely private bodies regulated by ‘Muttawalis’ of the mosques.”

Later in an official statement, the board said that free intermixing of genders in the same or common space is not in conformity with the position prescribed in Islam and that segregation of space within the premise by the management committee, if possible.

The board further appealed to the community that the issue of making appropriate space for women should be kept in mind wherever new mosques are constructed.–(ANI)

New Delhi, February 9: Some MPs were bringing disrepute to the House, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi responding to the sloganeering of Opposition members during his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address.
As PM Narendra Modi started his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, the Opposition MPs started raising slogans of “Modi-Adani bhai-bhai” in Rajya Sabha. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said, “The country carefully hears what is said in this House. Some MPs are bringing disrepute to this House.”

PM Modi further took a jibe at the opposition with a Hindi Shayari, “Keechad uske pas hai, mere pas gulal…jo bhi jiske pas tha usne diya uchaal”.

“I want to tell the Opposition MPs, the more ‘keechad’ (sludge) you will throw at us, the lotus will bloom even more. So, you all have an equal role in making the lotus bloom, and I think all of them for that,” he said. 

He said the Congress never tried to find solutions to the permanent problems. Addressing the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said, “Mallikarjun Kharge said the Congress built a strong foundation in 60 years. In 2014, when I saw minute details, I saw that in 60 years, the Congress family has only built potholes on the path.” “

He said the BJP’s priority remained the common public, under which they made LPG connections available to 25 crore families in the country. “We have transformed the working culture with the power of technology. Our focus is on increasing speed and enhancing scale,” he said.

New Delhi, Feb 9: The application process for second edition of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG will begin on Thursday night and will remain open till March 12, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said.

The exam is scheduled to be conducted from May 21-31.

“Online submission of application form for CUET-UG for admission to undergraduate programmes will start tonight. Last date for submission of applications is March 12, 2023.

“Announcement of the city of examination is on April 30. Downloading of Admit cards from the NTA website from second week of May, 2023,” Kumar said on Thursday.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) in March last year announced that undergraduate admissions will be conducted in all central universities through a common entrance test and not on the basis of class 12 marks.