'Islam Has Another Law': Influential Cleric Steps In To Help Defer Nimisha Priya's Execution
The efforts to save the Indian nurse on death row in Yemen were made under the leadership of a Sufi scholar at the behest of Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar
Influential Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar stepped in at the last minute to facilitate the postponement of the execution of Indian nurse, Nimisha Priya, in Yemen on July 16.
The efforts to save Nimisha Priya, who is on death row for murdering her business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi in 2017, were made under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there at the behest of Musliyar, sources said.
The 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, holds the title of Grand Mufti of India. He held talks with religious authorities in Yemen, who are in contact with Mahdi's family.
Musliyar told news agency ANI that there is a law in Islam, which allows the victim's family to pardon the murderer. He said while he does not know the victim's family, he contacted Yemeni scholars and urged them to talk to the family.
'Islam has another law. If the murderer is sentenced to death, the family of the victim has the right to pardon. I don't know who this family is, but from a long distance, I contacted the responsible scholars in Yemen. I made them understand the issues. Islam is a religion that places a lot of importance on humanity," Musliyar was quoted.
Under shariah law, as applied in Yemen, blood money is a legally recognised financial compensation paid to the family of a person who has been killed. It is a legally sanctioned alternative to capital punishment in Islamic jurisprudence.
Nimisha Priya, hailing from Palakkad district, was sentenced to death in 2020, and her final appeal was rejected in 2023. She is currently imprisoned in a jail in Yemeni capital Sanaa.
(With agency inputs)
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