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22/08/2017

//The Supreme Court today banned the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives immediately by stating "talaq" (divorce) three times, calling the practice "unconstitutional". The verdict vindicates the stand of the government, which had said triple talaq violates fundamental rights of women. Several Muslim women who have been divorced because of it, including on Skype and on WhatsApp, had appealed to the top court to end the practice. //

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/triple-talaq-unconstitutional-says-supreme-court-in-majority-verdict-1740381

The Supreme Court today banned the controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives immediately by stating "talaq" (divorce) three times, calling the practice "unconstitutional". The verdict vindicates the stand of the government, which had said triple talaq violates fundamental r...

31/12/2015

"A survey of Muslim women and their views on Muslim personal law reveals that the women feel the rights enshrined in the Quran have not reached them; an overwhelming number of the women want personal law to be reformed. As it exists today, Muslim family law is piecemeal and disjointed and neither the community nor the government has tried to make it comprehensive." article by Noorjehan Safia Niaz and Zakia Soman

http://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/2015_50/51/Muslim_Women's_Views_on_Muslim_Personal_Law_0.pdf

http://www.epw.in/journal/2015/51/notes/muslim-womens-views-muslim-personal-law.html

A survey of Muslim women and their views on Muslim personal law reveals that the women feel the rights enshrined in the Quran have not reached them; an overwhelming number of the women want personal law to be reformed. As it exists today, Muslim family law is piecemeal and disjointed and neither the…

30/11/2015

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From Sabrimala Temple to Haji Ali Dargah, women are not allowed to worship. Sabrimala temple board chief and Congress leader Prayar Gopalakrishnan recently said, "The day there will be a machine to detect 'right time' for women to enter temples, that day women will be allowed in the temple." The com…

04/10/2015

''She didn’t mind it when her parents asked her to drop out of school after Class IX and married her off at 17. Sure, her husband was unemployed and an alcoholic, who beat her up on the night of their wedding — but how out of the ordinary was that?

She was eight months pregnant when she returned to her parents’ home. The 22-year-old had tired of the abuse from her sister-in-law and husband Wasim. When the beatings continued, and living with him became a threat to her unborn child, she knew she had no choice but leave for a while.''

As a recent survey on Muslim women’s views on the Muslim Personal Law shows, women in the community are looking for a fair hearing — and a Shariah adalat in Mumbai is working to ensure their voice is heard

23/09/2015

'' Muslim women facing triple talaq in a single sitting may soon be entitled to a hefty financial compensation. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is mulling a decision in this regard to discourage the practice.

For the first time, the Board has decided to take up the issue during the meeting of Ulemas scheduled in Amroha later this month. "The issue of triple talaq is high on the agenda of the Amroha meeting," AIMPLB general secretary Maulana Wali Rehmani told''

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Damages-for-triple-talaq-in-one-sitting/articleshow/48766397.cms

Men who utter "talaq" thrice in one go to effect a divorce may soon have to pay their wives a hefty compensation.

23/09/2015

'' ‘Ridiculous’, ‘unjust ‘ and ‘draconian’ – these are the words a section of Muslim scholars and activists summons to describe the practice of uttering triple talaq in a single sitting in the community.''

“At a time when most Muslim nations have abolished the practice of triple talaq, it is strange and ridiculous that India is still following the age-old system,” Naved Hamid, chairman of People’s Integration Council, told Firstpost.

06/09/2015

''On the controversial triple talaq, for instance, one of the members insists that the Board understands that it is valid but wants to make triple talaq ‘punishable’ at one go. It is a viewpoint not shared by others, notably Ilyas, who points out that the view of one member is not the unanimous view of the Board. He says, “The Board is not a homogenous body. It has members from different schools of Islamic jurisprudence. For instance, the Ahl-e-Hadith people regard triple talaq in one sitting as only a single divorce. They believe that one month period has to lapse between each pronouncement of divorce. We, however, cannot make it punishable as we are not living in an Islamic country.”

His view is echoed by Zafarul Islam Khan who heads the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, an umbrella body of 12 Muslim organisations and comprising around 200 intellectuals. “If it were possible, I think triple talaq in one sitting should be punishable with lashes. It is wrong. The Quran specifies a procedure of divorce. However, we do not interfere in the working of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. We believe they are competent to decide on such issues,” he said.''

http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/ziya-us-salam-on-political-presuure-on-the-muslim-personal-law-board/article7615592.ece

For many decades, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has thrived on the politics of negotiation and persuasion, not to forget occasional instances of acting as a pressure group with respect to the previous Congress

06/09/2015

''Most women and children do not approach a police station as soon as they are r***d. The agonising decision to report is a long-drawn process, in which family support is critical. But if the abuser is a family member, family support is hard to garner, leading to greater reluctance to report the incident. ''

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/Harsh_Mander/harsh-mander-on-sexual-abuse-at-home/article7615539.ece?utm_source=MostPopular&utm_medium=Columns&utm_campaign=WidgetPromo

As we strive belatedly to make this country safer for girls and women, our dominant imagination of gravest dangers to women’s safety is of predatory underclass strangers lurking in the dark. We are unable to confront t

03/09/2015

Unfortunate - ''Though as per the Quran and Hadith, “triple talaq” is a crime, but once said the process would be considered complete and cannot be changed, said AIMPLB spokesperson Maulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi''. | http://goo.gl/WQhegL

Though as per the Quran and Hadith, “triple talaq” is a crime, but once said the process would be considered complete and cannot be changed, said AIMPLB spokesperson Maulana Abdul Raheem Qureshi.

03/09/2015

The psychological trauma of surviving female ge***al circumcision far outweighs its perceived ‘rewards’ | http://goo.gl/0696d9

The psychological trauma of surviving female ge***al circumcision far outweighs its perceived ‘rewards’

28/08/2015

“A detailed national audit of Wakf lands must be done immediately, and the lands must be used only for social, economic, educational development of the community with strict monitoring by the State as well as the local community, including Muslim women,” BMMA Tamil Nadu Chapter State convenor Jaibunisha Reyaz Babu demanded.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/wakf-boards-must-have-women-as-representatives/article5899048.ece

National and State Minority and Women’s Commissions must have implementing and penal powers, and they should not be just making recommendations alone, according to Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA).In its election

20/08/2015

BMMA latest publication is now available: an important all-India survey revealing Muslim women's views on reforms in Muslim Personal Law and more particularly on issues pertaining to family, divorce and polygamy. Click the URL below to download.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B620GpkWZ9-UQmx1T212WHpWelE/view?pli=1

http://bmmaindia.blogspot.in/2015/08/bmma-publication-seeking-justice-within.html