A Kerala mosque committee called for a boycott of a Muslim family for allowing their daughter to marry a Christian man. This incident has come up at a time when inter-religion marriages are a topic of contention in Kerala.

A mosque committee in Kerala's Malappuram called for boycott of a Muslim man & his family after he allowed his daughter to marry a Christian pic.twitter.com/QmVGJnAxl7
- ANI (@ANI) October 24, 2017

A mosque committee in Malappuram district called for social boycott of a family for allowing their daughter to marry in another faith. What's surprising is that hundreds of people in the district have gone against the diktat; attended the wedding and supported the couple.

On October 19, a special circular was issued by the secretary of Madarul Islam Sangham's Mahallu committee urging the people associated with the mosque to break off all contact with Kunnummal Yusuf and his family, The News Minute reported.

"Since Kunnummal Yusuf has agreed to his daughter's wedding to a non-Muslim, we have decided that people need not cooperate with his family, neither for mosque-related affairs, nor for other matters," said the circular.

The marriage took place on October 20 under the Special Marriages Act. 26-year-old Jaseela married Tiso Tomy, and the reception was then held a day after the wedding. Interestingly, hundreds of people from the neighbourhood attended the wedding.

In a Facebook post Jaseela's uncle Rasheed wrote: "Yesterday was my niece's wedding. She has the right to marry a person of her choice. Jaseela and Tiso Tomy's wedding is not the first inter-religious marriage here, though it is not common to see such functions conducted with the consent of both the families. I appreciate my sister Najmayusaf Yusaf and brother-in-law for this bold move. Why is Mahallu Committe reacting against this decision? How can they stop the changing tides of time? I just wanted to remind you that the wedding was attended by many Muslim devotees."

Here is the Facebook post:

Kerala: Mosque urges community to boycott family over inter-faith marriage, community defies order

A Muslim family in Kerala's Malappuram district allowed their daughter to marry a Christian man and this lead to a local mosque issuing a circular to boycott the family from the community.