A breakthrough judgment but freedom for most Muslim women in India is a far cry. Let Parliament do its bit now
Arif Mohammad Khan speaks to Executive Editor Ullekh NP on a range of issues, including the ongoing tussle over triple talaq, polygamy, Muslim insecurity and Constitutional propriety. Excerpts:
The legal challenge thrown by Muslim women opposing triple talaq invites the fury of Islamic clerics, writes Siddharth Singh from Deoband
Muslim countries don’t support it, neither should India, says the petitioner fighting to put an end to triple talaq. Could Shayara Bano be the woman who challenged the misogyny after Shah Bano?
More and more Muslim women in Kerala are standing up to the gender tyranny of their orthodox community leadership
A survey reveals that a huge majority of Muslim women in India want to see the end of the unilateral oral divorce and other such injustices of the religion’s personal laws
A scheme for Muslim women gives the opposition pre-poll ammunition against the Congress in an electorally crucial state