The group, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), has recently filed a petition in the high court seeking equal rights for women to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah.
A women's rights group has approached the Maharashtra State Women's Commission and Maharashtra State Minorities Commission seeking a complete state-wide ban on the practices of triple talaq, oral talaq, unilateral talaq and Halala (wherein a woman has to marry another man first if she wants to settle with her earlier divorced husband).
The group, Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), has recently filed a petition in the high court seeking equal rights for women to enter the sanctum sanctorum of the Haji Ali Dargah. It did so after stating that elected representatives failed to ensure gender justice as per the Constitution.
The issue of triple talaq came up recently after a woman in Jaipur was divorced by a letter she received through speed post. She has now filed a fresh petition challenging the issue in the Supreme Court. Triple talaq, oral talaq and unilateral talaq have often been condemned by Muslim women as these are considered by them to be unjust and patriarchal in nature.
Citing a study conducted by them in the letter, BMMA said that over 90% women want triple talaq to be banned. "The Muslim Personal Law Board does not talk to us. The Supreme Court has also said something they do not want to listen to. People from our own community are opposing its ban. We have no other option but to meet them. There should be some law wherein women should get some help. Giving divorce orally is easy for husbands. The muftis and maulanas also support them," said Khatoon Shaikh, convenor, BMMA (Maharashtra chapter), who has signed and given the letter to both the commissions.
She added, "We have procured 1,000 signatures from women across the city who oppose triple talaq, and another 50,000 have been forwarded to the central women's commission."
BMMA founder Noorjehan Safia Niaz said: "Earlier, too, we sent letters to all the commissions, including the law and human rights commissions. This time we have decided to send letters to the women's commission of all the states. We have to keep knocking on their door again and again. We expect that they will be taking up the issue with the government."
dna contacted Vijaya Rahatkar, the chairperson of the women's commission, but she was not available for comment. Her assistant said she would get back to us, but she did not. Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan, the chairman of the minorities' commission, said that the group could meet him if they have any issue.
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