By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Patna: Sajjadah Nasheen of Munger’s Khanqah Rahmani, Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani expressed his concern over deteriorating sex-ratio in the country.
Addressing a seminar on ‘Girl Infanticide’ organized by All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) at Imarat Shariah office in Phulwari Shareef, Patna, Maulana Rahmani said on all India basis, there are only 927 females against every 1000 males. The situation is not much good in Bihar also where only 942 girl children exist against every 1000 male children. He called on the nation and the society to understand the magnanimity of the impending crisis.
Maulana Rahmani said it is generally believed that women will become self-confident and self-dependent if society becomes educated but in fact this is not so. Punjab is a developed state but female to male sex ratio there is 798 to 1000. In Gujarat, 79 female births per 100 male births have been registered. There are thirteen such localities in Delhi where only 750 girls have been recorded against every 1000 boys, whereas the number of such localities increased to 46 in 2001.
Ameer-e-Shariat Maulana Nizamuddin said the girl is a boon and beneficence of Allah but now-a-days she is considered a burden. He said there is a great need of starting a movement against the evil. He further said AIMPLB will make all possible efforts to save the society from this curse. Nazim of Imarat Shariah, Maulana Aneesur Rahman Qasimi, said feticide is one of the gravest evils in which Indian society is indulged.