All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is an organisation constituted in 1973 to adopt suitable strategies for protection and continued applicability of “Muslim Personal Law” i.e. Shariat Application Act in India. Sharia (Arabic شريعة also Sharia, Shariah or Syariah) is traditional Islamic law. ...

AIMPLB is a private body, working to protect Muslim personal laws, liaise with and influence the government and guide the general public about crucial issues. The board has a working committee of 41 ulama representing various schools of thought. In addition to this, it also has a general body of 201 persons of ulama as well as laymen, including about 25 women. Shias are a minority like the Barelvis in the Board. People of Deobandi school of thought dominate the group. Ulema, a community of legal scholars of Islam and the Sharia. ... Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ... The Deobandi are a Muslim religious revivalist movement in South Asia which has more recently also spread to other countries, such Afghanistan, South Africa and the UK. They follow the fiqh (tradition of jurisprudence) of Imam Abu Hanifa and follow Imam Abu Mansur Maturidis thought in Aqeedah (Doctrine) and...