NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking the omission of 26 verses from the Muslim holy book of the Quran. The Supreme Court of India also fined the petitioner Waseem Rizvi from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh 50,000 Indian rupees (approximately $695) as cost for filing the lawsuit. Shamshad, a lawyer who represented the All India Muslim Personal Law Board in the court in opposition to the Rizvi petition, told Anadolu Agency that the court does not have the capacity to decide on religious texts. “A frivolous petition had been filed in the Supreme Court in India. Any court of law doesn’t have the institutional capacity to examine religious texts of believers,” he said.

Source: Pakistan Today April 12, 2021 12:33 UTC