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New fatwa from Darul Uloom Ulema: Skip political iftaar- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times
- NEW DELHI: Iftaar parties, which are being used by politicians for making politically overt gestures and networking with Muslim leaders, have no religious sanction. Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulema has issued a fatwa stating that holding of Iftaar by political parties had no religious sanctity.
- On a query of Colonel (retd) M J Shamsi, Mufti Zahoor Nadvi of the Darul Ifta said that there is no religious sanctity to Iftaar organised by political parties as these functions are thrown for vested interests.
- The practice of organising Iftaar in Uttar Pradesh was started in the 1970s when then chief minister H N Bahuguna organised one such Iftaar party for the rozedars. Later Indira Gandhi used it for wooing the Muslim community. Since then, it became an annual feature for different political parties and their eminent to organise such functions.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
New fatwa from Darul Uloom Ulema: Skip political iftaar- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times
