Not just Shariat courts: Supreme Court order also includes khap panchayats
The Uniform CIvil Code debate has been unfortunately framed as legislation against Muslim personal law and fatwas. But it could also be legislation that cracks down on discrimination among all...
View ArticleAll India Muslim body plans to launch campaign against making Yoga must in...
Even as the Narendra Modi government plans to make the International Yoga Day on June 21 a grand success, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday decided to launch a nationwide campaign...
View ArticleNo compromise on Surya Namaskar: Sadhus threaten protests if it isn’t...
Sadhus and seers of Haridwar on Tuesday threatened to launch a countrywide agitation if 'Surya Namaskar' (sun salutation) was not included in the set of yogic postures to be performed on International...
View ArticleAIMPLB hits back at Naqvi, says practising yoga a ‘big sin’ for muslims
Hitting back at Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's statement on yoga and Surya Namaskar, AIMPLB on Wednesday said practising yoga in their right form amounted to committing "big sin" for Muslims. The...
View ArticleOpposition to yoga an ‘anti-national’ and ‘anti-social’ act, says BJP
BJP on Thursday said opposition to Yoga amounted to "anti-national" and "anti-social" acts and those who are creating an unnecessary controversy over the issue cannot be well wishers of the country....
View ArticleUnite against ‘Brahmin dharma': AIMPLB warns Muslims against rising tide of...
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), in a letter, warned Muslim institutions against the rising Hindutva forces and "Brahmin Dharma". The post Unite against ‘Brahmin dharma': AIMPLB warns...
View ArticleRahmani 30: In the vast expanse of despair, it’s the oasis of hope for Muslim...
Rahmani 30 is an institute which has gone a long way in improving the state of education in Bihar. The post Rahmani 30: In the vast expanse of despair, it’s the oasis of hope for Muslim students in...
View ArticleCollective effort needed to stop youth from joining Islamic State, religious...
Hundreds of Islamic scholars across the world have given fatwas that those working for Islamic State don't represent true Islam. The post Collective effort needed to stop youth from joining Islamic...
View ArticleMuslim Personal Law reform: AIMPLB to oppose ban on triple talaq
With the Supreme Court citing triple talaq as unconstitutional in the Shayara Bano case, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) — the body which says it represents India's largest minority —...
View ArticleUniform Civil Code: Both govt and AIMPLB should let Supreme Court do its job
There's a need to right what Shayara Bano’s PIL on triple talaq points out, but to achieve the government should aim for integration, not oppression, writes Sadia Dhailey The post Uniform Civil Code:...
View ArticleMuslim personal law: Shayara Bano case outcome may be far greater than that...
There are, no doubt, striking resemblances between the Shah Bano case of 1985 and Shayara Bano case of 2016 as regards the plights of the victims. The post Muslim personal law: Shayara Bano case...
View ArticleRadicalisation of the Muslim women: Here’s why we are losing Islam to the...
But the gullible Muslim women take no cognisance of the mullahs’ male-chauvinism and fall prey to their loud claims of being the flag-bearers of the ‘true’ and ‘pure’ Islam. The post Radicalisation of...
View ArticleAIMPLB’s boycott of Uniform Civil Code questionnaire is a ploy to maintain...
One wonders why the AIMPLB has castigated the Law Commission's questionnaire on uniform civil code when it has sought the opinion from the entire socio-religious spectrum on the "revision and reform of...
View ArticleUniform Civil Code debate focuses on Muslim law but ignores other...
Firstpost in an interview with Flavia Agnes tries to find out the sticking points of the current debate around UCC, triple talaq and the Muslim Law Board. The post Uniform Civil Code debate focuses on...
View ArticleTriple talaq: Muslim women’s body slams AIMPLB signature drive as move to...
Amid the raging debate over 'triple talaq', AIMWPLB crticised the signature campaign launched by the AIMPLB, dubbing it as a move to "mislead" women from the community. The post Triple talaq: Muslim...
View ArticleTriple talaq: AIMPLB’s decision to establish a women’s wing is just a token...
The recent decision of the AIMPLB to establish a separate 'women's wing' will not bring about any change in the status of Muslim women within the family. The post Triple talaq: AIMPLB’s decision to...
View ArticleTriple Talaq: Muslim law board needs a reality check, not overdose of legal...
The Allahabad High Court’s ruling on Thursday, which says that the practice of triple talaq violates the rights of Muslim women, is thus in perfect agreement with the spirit of our Constitution. The...
View ArticleTriple Talaq: Govt and women’s law board hail Allahabad HC verdict, AIMPLB...
The government and the All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board on Thursday hailed the observations of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, but the All India Muslim Personal Law Board was...
View ArticleTriple talaq is an enormity, it oppresses and dehumanises Muslim women: Arif...
Firstpost spoke to Arif Mohammad Khan to uncover how the situation for Muslim women, especially for triple talaq, has changed in the last three decades. The post Triple talaq is an enormity, it...
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