Call of Markandey Katju to Muslims’ Community
Justice Markandey Katju in his article published in The Hindu Daily Newspaper dated 27 th June 2019 titled “Taking firm steps to emancipation – The 2019 election mandate should make the Muslim Community ponder over its future” had quoted at the end sane sayings of Maulana Azad to Muslims in 1947 at the Jama Masjid: “Nobody can drown you unless you drown yourself. Nobody can defeat you unless you defeat yourself. The moment you realise this, you develop the confidence that this country is ours, along with others.” To achieve to develop the confidence that this country is ours, along with others, Katju wanted the Muslim Community to take three radical steps as under: 1. Accept a Uniform Civil Code like other religious communities and thereby by implication meaning the abolition of the outdated feudal Sharia Law. The abolition of Sharia will not meant the abolition of Islam. Because the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 which had abolished the entire old non-statutory Hindu la