HYDERABAD: Days after the Centre urged Supreme Court to do away with the practice of oral triple talaq pronouncing in one sitting, Muslim religious organisations slammed the move and called it an interference in Muslim personal laws.Describing October 7, the day the Centre filed the affidavit, as a 'black day for secularism and democracy', a panel of religious figures which include All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani and chancellor of Islamic seminary Jamia Nizamia, Syed Akber Nizamuddin Hussaini, also a board member, among others, said in a statement: "Those who are adherents of all schools of Islamic thought in India unanimously say that Muslim personal laws are binding on them. Despite this, the Government of India's issuing a statement against Muslim personal laws in the Supreme Court certainly means that it is conspiring to take away from the community its religious rights."The panel urged Muslims to protest against the Centre's move in a "constitutional fashion" and support the AIMPLB even as it maintained that Muslim personal laws are derived from the Quran and the Sunnah. "They (Muslims) should not get entangled in the oral triple talaq issue. This is because communal forces have used this issue to divide the community on the lines of sects and schools of thought," an excerpt from the statement read. These laws can neither be be changed by Parliament nor can they be interpreted by courts, the panel claimed.Another Muslim group Jamiat-e-Ulama Telangana and Andhra Pradesh said, "Only about 10 or 15 per cent of the Muslim community treats pronouncement of talaq thrice in one sitting as one pronouncement. More than 85 per cent of Muslims consider oral triple talaq in one sitting as a valid provision." The Jamiat, a socio-religious organisation comprising Islamic scholars, said that it has earmarked Rs 75 lakh to engage top lawyers to argue the oral triple talaq case.Taking the issue of oral triple talaq and the safeguarding of Muslim personal laws into cyberspace, an online petition 'Hindustan Mey Muslim Personal Law ke Tahaffuz ke Liye' (To Retain Muslim Personal Law in India) was filed on a popular petitioning website. Several Muslims from the city urged one another to "sign" the petition and forward the message to like-minded people on the community. The petition, which was filed by one Mufti Taufeeq Mansoor Mazahiri, received around 8,700 "signatures" and several comments till Tuesday night.