On women's mobility, kanthapuram said they should travel only in unavoidable circumstances. These journeys should be for the purposes ratified by Islam. The Islam could not accept the argument that women have to travel extensively these days. If they go out, it should be in the company of male family members or of large group of women.
The Sunni leader, once known for his pro-Left stand in elections, said the community would not tolerate if a law is made tomorrow that a parent does not have the right to marry of [sic] his daughter. If a parent is able to find a suitable bridegroom for his daughter when she is 15 year old, it is better to allow such marriage. Sometimes, the bridegroom would take a stand that he was not ready to wait, instead would scout for other prospective brides. In such occasions, it is not good that the parent is unable to conduct that marriage, he said
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Mathrubhumi Weekly Published interview of Kanthapuram AP aboobacker Musliyar .
