The case of Nimisha Priya: The execution of the nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been in Yemen since 2020, was postponed on July 15, the day before the planned date.
This confirmation came the day after Kanthapuram AP Apabacker Musliyar, Secretary General All India Sunni Jamiyathul Ulam and Chancellor Jamia Markazová, launched a new mediation effort through his longtime friend and Jeteren Suffewar scholar Sheikh Habib Umar Bin Hafiz.
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94 -year -old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad and is honored as “Grand Mufti India”, conducted interviews with religious authorities in Yemen who were in contact with the TALAL Abdo Mahdi, Yemeni state relevant in 2017.
On Tuesday, Abubakr announced in a press release that the planned performance was officially postponed after its humanitarian intervention.
At the request of the MLA Chandy Oommen Congress
The statement in detail described a number of diplomatic and religious efforts to stop execution. The initiative began after he was approached last Friday by Chandy Oommen, the congress MLA in the search for assistance in the case of execution Nimisha Priya due to long -term ties of spiritual with leading super scholars in Yemen.
“With a deep sense of national responsibility and humanitarian interest, I decided to deal with this request,” he said in his statement “Grand Muftti”.
Due to limited diplomatic ties between India and Yemen, he decided to activate alternative channels of influence through spiritual and tribal leaders.
The role of Habib Umar bin hafeez
One of the key characters in the mediation process was Habib Umar bin hafeez, a renowned Sufi scholar from Tarim in Yemen. After being contacted, Habib Umar immediately began to mobilize his network and, according to the statement, initiated a high level with the family of the deceased, legal experts and Yemeni judicial authorities.
“Recently, an emergency meeting in Northern Yemen led by Habib Umar, which linked key data, including higher government officials, chief judge of the Sanaa Criminal Court, representatives of the victim’s family and tribal leaders.
Abubakr is located in Kerala, the domestic state of 37 -year -old Nimisha Priya. He is a worshiped figure among the Sunni Muslims in India and throughout South Asia. He is widely known as the “Grand Mufti of India”, although the title is not official.
Further negotiations took place this morning in Dhamar, in the home region of the deceased, including the tribal leader and the victim’s legal committee, it is said in a statement. “In particular, Judge Mohammed bin Ameen – a higher judge, a member of the Shura Council and a relative of the deceased – attached Habiba Umar to mediation and played a key role in persuading the family to formally ask for execution,” he said.
The execution has set aside until other commands
The Yemeni Special Criminal Court issued an official order signed by Judge Rizwan Ahmed al-Wajri and the prosecutor of Swari Mudeen Moufaddal, deferred executions originally scheduled for July 16, 2025 until the next announcement.
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“This case was deeply sensitive and emotionally complex in North Yemen’s tribal society,” Sheikh Abubakr noted.
“Until recently, the communication with the victim’s family was impossible. The breakthrough in the dialogue now offers renewed hope for peaceful solutions.”
‘PM MODI’ forwarded ‘
Abubakr confirmed that all recent developments were formally communicated to Prime Minister India, Narendra Modi.
The statement states that this intervention means a critical step towards mercy in the case that has attracted national and international attention and emphasizes the impact of relomacy and cross -border humanitarian solidarity.
According to sources cited by the news agencies, blood money was negotiated and the details were handed over to the parties in Kerala.
“Islam has another law. If the murderer is sentenced to death, the victim’s family has the right to mercy. I do not know who this family is, but I contacted responsible scholars in Yemen for a long distance,” he told the press agency or.
“I forced them to understand them. Islam is a religion that puts great importance on humanity.”
Under the law, Sharih, as applied to Yemen, is a blood -acknowledged financial compensation to a paid family of a person who has been killed. It is a legally sanctioned alternative to the death penalty in Islamic jurisprudence.
“After I asked to intervene and act, scholars (in Yemen) met, discussed and said they would do what they could. Officially informed us and sent us a document that states that the date of the execution has been postponed, helping to facilitate the ongoing discussion,” he said.
What is the case of Nimisha Priya?
Nitcheha Priya, originating from the Palakkad district in Kerala, was sentenced to death in 2020 and her last appeal was rejected in 2023. She is currently imprisoned in prison in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen.
The Center informed the Supreme Court that the government could not face the execution of 16 July in the case of the sister.
Islam is a religion that puts great importance on humanity.
The General Prosecutor R Vencataramans informed the bench of the judges Vikram Nath and Sandeep Meht that the government is doing “best possible”.
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