{"id":3746,"date":"2014-07-08T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T11:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3746"},"modified":"2014-07-08T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T11:24:01","slug":"india-rules-against-banning-islamic-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/07\/08\/3746\/","title":{"rendered":"India rules against banning Islamic courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/india-muslims%20court.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>India&#8217;s Supreme Court has rejected a petition seeking to ban Islamic courts on Monday, saying that they had no legal power to enforce their rulings over India&#8217;s 150 million Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The court added that the rulings made by Islamic judges were limited to family life issues such as marriage and divorce and were not legally binding but would be offered to those who come to them voluntarily.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Sharia courts are not sanctioned by law and there is no legality of fatwas in this country,&#8221; C.K. Prasad said, citing the ruling of the two-judge bench on Monday, serving a blow to the new Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi, which seeks to introduce a common legal code for all of India&#8217;s communities.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vishwa Lochan Madan, who petitioned against Islamic courts, told AFP on Monday &#8220;The Supreme Court observed that Sharia courts have no legal sanctity. 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