Mumbai, Dec 26 : The Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) an RSS affiliated group on Wednesday called upon the government and the opposition parties to pass the law on Muslim triple talaq bill through “consensus, without political point-scoring”.
On Thursday, the Parliament is scheduled to discuss the proposed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, after the government issued an Ordinance on it earlier this year.
The Ordinance was brought after the government failed to push it through the Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session of Parliament owing to lack of unanimity among various political parties, said BMMA Co-Founder Zakia Soman.
The Ordinance makes instant triple talaq a punishable offence with a three-year jail term, and Soman urged that it would be ideal if both Houses of Parliament pass the Bill unanimously, especially since some important amendments have been made to the original Bill.
For the much-anticipated legislation, she said that today women across the country are protesting, writing to women’s commissions and observing token fasts for legal protection.
“We urge all political parties to recognise, acknowledge and extend their support to the demands of Muslim women. For too long have they (Muslim women) been discriminated against the faced insecurity, fears for life, threats of instant divorce, polygamy, juvenile marriage and deprivation of inheritance rights,” said Soman.
However, now the Muslim women have organised themselves, armed with the knowledge of both their constitutional rights and rights as per the Quran, which need to be acknowledged and realised by all political parties, she pointed out.
“The tide is turning. This law, if it becomes a reality, will be important and the BMMA will continue to fight for comprehensive codification of Muslim family law where gender-just provisions pertaining to age of marriage, mehr, consent, polygamy, halala, muta, maintenance and inheritance are also legislated upon,” Soman added.
The BMMA has published its version of a comprehensive Muslim family law and demanded that the government consider the same for further discussions to work towards a comprehensive law which has been hanging for long, she said.IANS
Salaam to these revolutionary Muslim women. With their courage and hard work Muslim women will get justice and will be empowered.
Male chauvinist Muslim society may not like and hate these women, but who cares !
Allah/Bhagwan inki hifaajat kare aur inhe success farmaaye.
In Sabarimal case these criminals say”Supreme Court should not give judgements which people reject being religiously hurt. But for muslim religion they make such non sense demands using Hindu women disguised as muslims. RSS is cancer causing affliction to the country.
Please can you point to proof that they are RSS backed?
No Second Wife Please” BMMA wants to make polygamy illegal” but many educated liberal women belonging to Muslim culture who are paranoid about self freedom and keep on observing and knit picking about patriarchy system, are compelling their spouses to divorce them, so that they can settle down again… we say No second husband please” support your present spouses and help them succeed.
Stop running to courts and police showing eagerness to punish your spouses and their families for routine family arguments. Its important to get educated but it is more important to get enlightened too.