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Triple talaq, Nikah Halala 'un-Quranic', must be abolished: Woma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Mumbai/Bengaluru[India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Zakia Somen, co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) and one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court seeking to ban triple talaq and Nikah Halala, on Friday said the process of divorcing women practiced in India should be ab
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Triple talaq: Personal laws can't be written in name of social reform
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 2 (ANI): The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday told the Supreme Court that "personal laws cannot be re-written in the name of social reforms."
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Scotland Yard approves hijab as part of official uniform
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug. 26 (ANI): Scotland Yard has announced that the hijab will become a part of its official uniform in a bid to create a more diverse force by "encouraging women from Muslim communities, who may previously not have seen policing as a career option, to reconsider".
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SC issues notice to Centre on Muslim woman's plea seeking ban on trip
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Central Government on plea of a Muslim woman challenging the Constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' to end a marriage.
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Great step for gender justice, Muslim women: Zakia Soman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): Welcoming the Bombay High Court's verdict to allow women to enter the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah, petitioner Zakia Soman said on Friday that it is a great step for gender justice and for Muslim women.
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AIMIM to move to SC against Bombay HC verdict on allowing women entry to H
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Haji Rafat Hussain on Friday said the Bombay High Court to allow women to enter the inner sanctum of the city's famed Haji Ali Dargah can disturb the environment.
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SC to hear plea of Muslim woman seeking ban on triple talaq today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Friday hear the petition of a Muslim woman challenging the Constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' to end a marriage.
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Muslim family celebrating Janmashtami for 29 yrs in Kanpur
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kanpur, Aug. 25 (ANI): A Muslim family here has become an epitome of communal harmony as they have been celebrating Krishna Janmashtami for the last 29 years.
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Raksha Bandhan celebration at Agartala mosque to promote communal harmony
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura), Aug. 20 (ANI): Setting an example of communal harmony before the nation, people in Agartala on Saturday organised a Raksha Bandhan celebration in the premises of the city's Gedu Mia mosque that brought together college students, boys and girls of Hindu, Muslim and ot
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Imran's PTI seeks army chief's intervention on pre-poll rigging
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 20 (ANI): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in an unprecedented move has sought Army Chief General Raheel Sharif's intervention in investigating the 'pre-poll rigging' claims in the recently held in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) polls it faced a rout at the
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Cong welcomes fatwa against Hafiz Saeed, says 'good message' fro
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Welcoming the 'fatwa' issued against Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed by Dargah-e-Ala Hazrat in Bareilly declaring him anti-Islamic and a man of terrorist ideology, the Congress Party on Friday said it is a good message that is going down from the M
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Family of Pakistani origin sues NY school over forced 'terrorist'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 18 (ANI): An American family of Pakistani origin has in a $50 million federal lawsuit claimed that a 12-year-old Muslim boy with learning disabilities was forced by the officials of a school in New York to sign a false confession stating that he was a terrorist.
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