Our Correspondent / New Delhi
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has said that scrapping section 377 of IPC will lead to moral anarchy in the country. Expressing dismay over media reports that the Supreme Court may revise its opinion and legalize homosexual behavior between two consenting adults and it will not wait for the government to act if any law (i.e. section 377 of Indian Penal Code criminalizing homosexuality) violates fundamental rights, President of Jamaat Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari said, “it may be recalled that JIH along with leaders of different religious organizations had welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court (delivered on 11 Dec 2013) wherein it has refused to do away with section 377 and persisted with the view that homosexuality is a criminal offence.
With that historic decision, the apex court had kept the country from going on to the path of moral degradation.” He continued, “the IPC correctly describes homosexuality as a punishable offence. Decriminalizing homosexuality and permitting male-male and female-female marriage will destroy the family system and prevent the natural evolution and progress of the human race.”
Maulana Umari further said, “Jamaat firmly believe in the fundamental rights of all citizens and is a strong advocate of freedom and minority rights. However we wish to remind fellow citizens that with freedom comes moral responsibility and no society can accept crimes, vices and anarchy in the name of freedom and personal liberty. We therefore warn the government and political parties that we will never accept this shameful perversion and decadence in values which ignores religious teachings, our culture and the opinion of the overwhelming majority of the people. Such filthy experiments have destroyed human society and violated the rights of women on large scale in certain countries and we should learn a lesson from it.”
He calls on the judiciary, fellow citizens, the government and all political parties to save this country from falling into sexual anarchy, to protect our children from vile sexual predators, to safeguard the rights of our daughters and sisters and prevent the infringement of the fundamental rights of its citizens as abrogating section 377 of IPC will have a cascading effect on the Personal Laws of many religions.”