The issue of Female Genital Mutilation of minor Dawoodi Bohra girls resurfaced on Monday, May 8, when the Supreme Court deemed it as “extremely important and sensitive”. The SC now seeks the opinion of the Centre and four states in this matter. Without setting a timeframe for the responses from the Centre and states, a […]
‘Nikaah’ or the Muslim marriage has been in the midst of various controversies, courtesy several misconceptions. While polygamy and triple talaq are the aspects most talked about, there is more to it. And progressive Muslim Nazia Erum’s letter to Sadhvi Prachi published by a news daily explains just that.
National-level netball player Shumaila Javed was left in shock when her husband called her on phone and said the wretched word “Talaq” thrice to divorce her, reports ANI. Her only fault was that she gave birth to a girl child.
A new angle has emerged in the heated debate on Triple talaq. On Friday, Delhi High Court rejected to hear the plea of Hindu women married to Muslim men about Triple Talaq or polygamy. The court is of the view that the matter of triple talaq is already pending in the apex court and hence […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday announced that the petition against Triple Talaq will be heard on May 11 by the Constitution Bench.
The state of Uttar Pradesh has population density and diversity, highest number of Rajya Sabha seats, 912 women for every 1000 men and memories of Badaun which linger. What it also has are women who have exercised their voting rights in a democracy to heavily influence the future of our country. In India’s most populous […]
In a first, a toll-free helpline was launched for Muslim women to help them deal with family disputes and education. But guess what? Since its launch last year, the all-India helpline, which is a brainchild of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), received more calls from men than women. Shocked? We were too! Reportedly, the […]
A madrassa in Hyderabad is the first in the city to teach women to become muftias. A mufti is an Islamic scholar who interprets Sharia law and is a jurist who can give legal sanction, known as ‘fatwas.’ Around 15 girls are enrolled for the course at the Madrassa Jamiatul Mominath in Moghalpura, Hyderabad, which […]
The National Commission for Women (NCW) recently filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying that practices such as triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy should be strictly prohibited, reported the Times of India. “The commission is partaking of a large number of cases relating to women who have been at the receiving end of […]
To add to the triple talaq debate, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has come up with an argument that Muslim women are happy with Sharia law and don’t want Uniform Civil Code to be applied in the country. “It is not the Personal Law Board or the women in it, who are against […]
