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A Constitutional Promise
Siddharth Singh
Defenders of the idea of a Uniform Civil Code had hoped it would become a reality but the divisions seen in the Constituent Assembly took a turn for the worse in subsequent decades
The Muslim Question: End of Appeasement
Modi’s persistence on triple talaq has left the opposition stumped
Triple Talaq Verdict: Some Justice, Finally
The impact of the Supreme Court’s Triple Talaq verdict on Indian politics and Muslim society
Female Qazis: Raising the Bar
India’s pioneering female qazis are pushing for a gender-neutral interpretation of Muslim law
The Triple Talaq Blowback
Obscurantist clerics mount a campaign against recent moves to reform the Muslim Personal Law
Shayara Bano: The Lady Who Dared
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?
Trapped by Triple Talaq
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
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