<Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> For several years past it has been the cherished desire of the Muslims of British India that Customary Law should in no case take the place of Muslim Personal Law . The matter has been repeatedly agitated in the press as well as on the platform . The Jamiat - ul - Ulema - i - Hind, the greatest Moslem religious body has supported the demand and invited the attention of all concerned to the urgent necessity of introducing a measure to this effect . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3">--Preamble to Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> For several years past it has been the cherished desire of the Muslims of British India that Customary Law should in no case take the place of Muslim Personal Law . The matter has been repeatedly agitated in the press as well as on the platform . The Jamiat - ul - Ulema - i - Hind, the greatest Moslem religious body has supported the demand and invited the attention of all concerned to the urgent necessity of introducing a measure to this effect . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3">--Preamble to Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, </Td> </Tr> <P> In the first half of 20th century, the British Raj faced increasing amounts of social activism for self - rule by a disparate groups such as those led by Hindu Gandhi and Muslim Jinnah; the colonial administration, under pressure, enacted a number of laws before India's independence in 1947, that continue to be the laws of India in 2013 . One such law enacted during the colonial era was the 1937 Indian Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, which instead of separating state and religion for Western secularism, did the reverse . </P>

India is a secular country justify by giving examples