Muslims question right of govt to make changes in sharia laws

When Prophet Muhammad himself did not have the right to make changes to the divine shariat, how come Muslims allow any government or court to do so?
This was the question clerics participating in the concluding meeting of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind's nationwide Muslim personal law awareness campaign raised yesterday, according to a statement issued by the organisation.
"India's top Muslim clerics have unequivocally asserted that shariat (personal laws) is divine and hence, no government or court has the right to make any changes in it," the statement reads.
The clerics observed that Muslim disputes over family matters are reaching courts because of "ignorance or deliberate" misuse of shariat provisions and so the personal laws cannot be held responsible for it.

"Instead, there is a strong need to educate Muslim masses about shariat to impress upon them to follow it honestly and to open counselling centres and shariat panchayats to resolve any dispute over family matters," the statement added.
JIH's national president Syed Jalaluddin Umari, All India Muslim Personal Law Board secretaries Khalid Saifullah Rahmani and Maulana Fazlurrehman Mujaddidi and Islamic scholar Zafarul Islam Khan and others took part in the meeting.

Mujaddidi said the recent "hue and cry" over the practices of 'triple talaq' and polygamy were "part of a global conspiracy" to target social and family system of Islam, the statement said.

The meeting was culmination of JIH's awareness campaign held between April 23 and May 7.
The Centre had on October 7 last year opposed in the Supreme Court the practice of 'triple talaq', 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims and favoured a relook on grounds like gender equality and secularism.