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Fatwa bans Muslim women from marrying into families of bank employees
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 05 (ANI): The largest seminary in the country, Darul Uloom Deoband, has issued a fatwa asking Muslim women to not marry into a family whose members work in banks, citing that the income from banking jobs is considered 'haram' (forbidden) earnings.<
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Triple Talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan's lawyer joins BJP
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Nazia Elahi Khan, an activist and lawyer of Triple Talaq victim Ishrat Jehan, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kolkata.
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Jamiat leader says Centre using triple talaq bill for own benefit
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): As the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 was tabled in the Rajya Sabha amid huge uproar, Muslim cleric and general secretary of the Muslim organisation - Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Maulana Mehmood Madani, on Wednesday accused the Centre of us
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Triple talaq bill likely to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 seeking to criminalise instant divorce, triple talaq, is likely to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Islamic experts should have been consulted, AIUDF on triple talaq bill
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 that seeks to criminalise instant divorce, triple talaq, continues to garner mixed reactions ahead of being tabled in the Rajya Sabha.
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Triple Talaq Bill doesn't have clarity, says CPM
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mangalore (Karnataka) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) on Tuesday said the party did not concur with the Triple Talaq Bill brought by the Central Government as it had no clarity.
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Triple talaq bill to be tabled in Rajya Sabha today
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 02 (ANI): The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 seeking to criminalise instant divorce, triple talaq, is set to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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Triple Talaq victim supports provision of punishment in Bill
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 02 (ANI): A victim of instant Triple Talaq, Farhana has welcomed the provision of punishment in the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2017 that seeks to criminalise this practice of divorce, ahead of its tabling in the Rajya Sabha.
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More Muslim women should join politics: Swamy
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Monday said more Muslim women should join politics.
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AIMPLB objects to allowing Muslim women to travel for Haj without male gua
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) does not concur with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement of allowing the Muslim women to travel for Haj without 'Mehram' or male guardian.
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Muslim women can now travel for Haj without male guardian: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the "discriminatory" practice of Muslim women being barred from visiting Haj without a 'Mehram' or male guardian has been abolished.
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Muslim women to thank PM Modi for triple talaq bill
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] December 31, (ANI): Hundreds of Muslim women will assemble at the residence of Minister of State (MoS) Vijay Goel on Sunday to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the triple talaq bill.
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