Muslim Women Personal Law Board unveils new “nikahnama”…
…and runs into predictable opposition.
“…The All-India Muslim Women Personal Law Board on Sunday came out with a new “Shariat nikahnama”, which makes registration of marriages compulsory, accords several rights to the wife and is applicable to both Shias and Sunnis.
…chairperson Shaista Amber told a news conference here that it was an improvement on other “nikahnamas” and “its authenticity cannot be challenged” as every provision was in accordance with the Shariat and it quoted the Koran.
She said it would mitigate the “agonies and sufferings of women” arising out of divorce and gives more rights to the wife.
However, the guidelines, believed to be the brainchild of Ms. Amber, have drawn criticism from the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, the apex body of ulema, which termed these “useless” and “irrelevant”.
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Somewhat related: Muslim study on women gets fatwaApr 12 2015 : The Times of India (Delhi), Priyangi Agarwal, Bareilly:
The Sunni Barelvi Markaz of Dargah Ala Hazrat on Saturday passed a fatwa decrying the findings of a survey by Shumaila Anjum…on Muslim women’s views on marriage, divorce and maintenance allowance.
The survey said 40% Muslim women wanted a change in the Shariat law, 30% wanted the right to divorce, and as many as 80% demanded equal right in property as men. Twenty per cent were of the opinion that the time period of `iddat’ should be scrapped.