Indian Muslim Women Protest
Samajwadi Leader Abu Asim Azmi's Remark: 'Hang Women, As Per Islamic
Law, Who Have Sex outside Marriage, With or Without Consent'
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
By India Cause, Telegraph India correspondent and DNA Special Correspondent
12 April 2014
Samajwadi Party's Maharashtra Chief Abu Asim Azmi
Samajwadi Party's
Maharashtra Chief Abu Asim Azmi today stoked a controversy saying adults
indulging in pre-marital sex are "polluting" Indian culture, a day
after party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav triggered a row with his rape
remarks.
"In modern times,
people have forgotten our culture and religion. Religion is important in
India and no Hindu or Muslim will tolerate unmarried men and women
cohabiting and doing things only married couples are supposed to do,"
Azmi said, adding that Islamic law provides for punishment for such
conduct.
However, sensing that
the comment may cause damage to the party's image in run-up to
elections, the SP blamed the media for "distorting" the statements made
by Azmi and Mulayam.
"The sole aim of such
misinformation by the vested interest is to cause electoral loss to the
Samajwadi Party in the present election," SP spokesperson Abdul Kadir
Chaudhary said.
He further said, "The
SP opposes any sort of crime against women. The party is always in
favour of respect for women and their safety".
Azmi had said that "no
decent, cultured family will allow their women to do such things. Islam
provides for punishment for such conduct.
"Today, America and
other modern countries are beating 'Damru' (pellet drum) and drawing us
towards their culture. Their culture is polluting our culture," he
added.
The SP Maharashtra
president's son Farhan Azmi is in poll fray from Mumbai North Central
seat along with incumbent Congress' MP Priya Dutt and BJP's Poonam
Mahajan.
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