Married at 16, given triple talaq at 18, girl urges PM to enforce uniform code

[Soumitra]

Married at 16, given triple talaq at 18, girl urges PM to enforce uniform code

PUNE: An 18-year-old Muslim girl who is fighting a battle against triple talaq has urged PM Narendra Modi to take immediate steps to bring uniform civil code to curb traditions which she says have "destroyed" generations of Muslim women.

At 16, Arshiya was married off to a rich vegetable trader, Mohammad Kazim Bagwan.But hardly two years later, he discontinued the relationship by writing `talaq' thrice on a paper. He is not ready to accept her saying he has "no place" for her in his heart. She was asked to leave his home with an eight-month-old child.

"I urge our PM to help women like me and stop this tradition of triple talaq which has destroyed lives of innumerable women," Arshiya, who hails from Baramati, told TOIin a choked voice.

She said she had received the notice of triple talaq from her husband but has not accepted the same. "I have decided to challenge it in family court," she added.

She also wants to continue her education. "I was promised I will be allowed to continue my education after marriage, but the promise was not kept. I had completed my eleventh standard when I was married off. Now, I will start studying again and stand on my own," she said.

Her father Nissar Bagwan said, "The government must take efforts to bring uniform code. No one must suffer like my daughter. I am a poor vege table vendor and I made a blunder by marrying off my daughter and not allowing her to complete her education."

Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal, which has been fighting for the rights of Muslim women for decades, has thrown its lot behind Arshiya.Mandal chief Shamshuddin Tamboli said, "Misinformation campaign against uniform code is being run by fundamental elements. Muslim community is afraid because there is fear the government will push Hindutva and the uniform code will be saffron."

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[Soumitra]

You marry a child, get her pregnant and after satisfying your lust write write Talaq 3 times on a piece of paper

This person should be arrested immediately

 

[Tom M]

You marry a child, get her pregnant and after satisfying your lust write write Talaq 3 times on a piece of paper

This person should be arrested immediately

The parents are equally culpable, while knowing the fact and law that minor marriage is illegal and more so immoral, they married their small kid. Why regret now only after a setback ??

 

[Soumitra]

The parents are equally culpable, while knowing the fact and law that minor marriage is illegal and more so immoral, they married their small kid. Why regret now only after a setback ??

Yes the parents should also be punished. but the problem is the "secular" brigade will come and say you are interfering in our laws and practices

 

[SQ8]

Pure abuse of religion. Sadly, no nation is able to take the steps needed to disable the hegemony of current Islamic religious theologians and leadership.
Instead of educated folk that can apply both exposure and various world views to interpret and reinterpret religious texts and ideas; we have these ignorant gluttonous , misogynistic and patriarchal dodos leading it.

 

[lightoftruth]

Their are no real liberals or feminists in India , just "apolitical" opposition to the current govt,unfortunately in this fued millions of young women like her suffer.

Govt should give up on consensus,their can't be one ,UCC needs to be brutally enforced with punishment for violators.

 

[ThaniOruvan]

We are not in the medieval ages.
Uniform Civil Code or not. Triple talaq and Polygamy must be banned in India.

 

[XenoEnsi-14]

The father was poor, made a stupid decision. Husband only thought about the next virgin leading to divorce. Basically a total system failure all the way around. As usual the victim is helpless.

 

[Soumitra]

Govt should give up on consensus,their can't be one ,UCC needs to be brutally enforced with punishment for violators.

People say that the community should reform internally. Well they have been given 70 years and still not reform. If some voices of refoms come like BMMA (Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan) they say these are anti islamic. Congress and other parties will never do it

 

[cocomo]

We are not in the medieval ages.

Then why is there still a caste system in Hindus? That surely is the most barbaric thing, considering people inherently inferior worst than even animals like cows. The Hindu extremists like BJP would like hinduism preserved just like a Muslim would Islam. The question is about freedom of conscience, would a Hindu government be just to dispense same rights to minorities as hindus. Monogamy is a Hindu belief, you cannot force it upon non-Hindus who don't have such prohibitions in their religion.
Well polygamy is observed also in some sectors of Hindus too but for women.

 

[Soumitra]

Then why is there still a caste system in Hindus? That surely is the most barbaric thing, considering people inherently inferior worst than even animals like cows. The Hindu extremists like BJP would like hinduism preserved just like a Muslim would Islam. The question is about freedom of conscience, would a Hindu government be just to dispense same rights to minorities as hindus. Monogamy is a Hindu belief, you cannot force it upon non-Hindus who don't have such prohibitions in their religion.
Well polygamy is observed also in some sectors of Hindus too but for women.

The govt has abolished caste based discrimination by law. The lower castes are given lot of reservations and benefits. Hinduism is not a rigid religion and we can reform

You say these practices are Islamic. Do you seriously think that this particular incident is reflective of good practice of Islam?

Polygamy and Triple Talaq is banned in many western countries as well as many islamic majority countries. Why shuld India not do the same.

 

[ThaniOruvan]

Then why is there still a caste system in Hindus? That surely is the most barbaric thing, considering people inherently inferior worst than even animals like cows. The Hindu extremists like BJP would like hinduism preserved just like a Muslim would Islam. The question is about freedom of conscience, would a Hindu government be just to dispense same rights to minorities as hindus. Monogamy is a Hindu belief, you cannot force it upon non-Hindus who don't have such prohibitions in their religion.
Well polygamy is observed also in some sectors of Hindus too but for women.

Totally wrong. I think you are confused between re-marriage and polygamy.
I think re-marriage of a widow or widower is far more dignified than marrying and mating with multiple women like pigs and dogs do.
Polygamy is nowhere legally allowed in the world except Muslim countries. India is a secular country and the beliefs of a single religion cannot be allowed to circumvent the constitution.
As far as constitution is concerned all religions are equal in India.

 

[lightoftruth]

People say that the community should reform internally. Well they have been given 70 years and still not reform. If some voices of refoms come like BMMA (Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan) they say these are anti islamic. Congress and other parties will never do it

We had enough waiting ,in the mean time lacs of women have suffered ,families destroyed and the rest are living under fear of this medieval nonsense.

UCC should be a reality,if congress can put it in Goa similar can be brought all over,let their be a vote,let every MP register his support either to Mullahs or suffering women.Let the so called liberal parties and communist reformers expose themselves.

 

[Soumitra]

We had enough waiting ,in the mean time lacs of women have suffered ,families destroyed and the rest are living under fear of this medieval nonsense.

UCC should be a reality,if congress can put it in Goa similar can be brought all over,let their be a vote,let every MP register his support either to Mullahs or suffering women.Let the so called liberal parties and communist reformers expose themselves.

Opposition parties wary of talking about UCC as elections near

Ever since the Supreme Court sought a scrutiny of the practice of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy, Opposition parties, barring a few, have maintained an eerie silence over the contentious issue for purely political reasons.

The Congress, the principal Opposition party, has refrained from making any comments calling the matter sub judice.


A CALCULATED SILENCE

Faced with crucial assembly polls early next year, especially in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has taken a conscious stand to not irk either the majority or the minority community by taking a stand.

When asked to specify the party line, party spokesperson Manish Tewari said that there is a petitioner, respondent and a judge, and that the matter is sub judice. The party's spokespersons have refrained as well from making any comments on the issue and have consistently played the sub judice card to evade any controversy.


Earlier, Congress spokesperson Shobha Oza claimed that the party stood for women empowerment but the "tricky matter" of triple talaq should be left to Supreme Court.




"The Congress has consistently played the sub judice card to evade any controversy"
On 16 October, when former member of Parliament Obaidullah Khan Azmi, who recently joined the Congress, tried putting his views forward on triple talaq, he was interrupted by Ghulam Nabi Azad who claimed that the matter was with SC and there should be no discussion on it.

"If the government tries to misuse it or make any wrong move on the issue then I will fight against it. I will oppose it in my individual capacity," said Azmi, before being interrupted by Azad. An office bearer of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Azmi shot to prominence for his public speeches against the Supreme Court judgement in the Shah Bano case.


POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS

It seems that the political fall out of the Shah Bano case is playing on the minds of the Congress leadership, making it hard for the party to take a stand on the triple talaq issue. In 1985, Shah Bano filed a criminal suit in the Supreme Court against her husband for not paying her the maintenance amount after he ended the 43-year-old marriage. The apex court then directed the husband to pay the maintenance amount, which angered the minority community.

The Rajiv Gandhi government then invalidated the SC decision and passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, which was widely perceived as a move to appease the minority community. However, the move backfired and Congress was reduced to 197 seats in 1989 Lok Sabha elections, as compared to 404 in 1984.


GENDER JUSTICE

In similar circumstances, the Supreme Court decided to hear Shayara Bano's petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, in March this year. Bano's petition opened a Pandora's Box reigniting the UCC and triple talaq debate forcing political parties to comment.

Later the apex court dragged the Centre into the debate seeking its views on the matter and in its response, the central government, in its affidavit on 7 October, said triple talaq, nikaah halaal and polygamy were not "integral to the practices of Islam or essential religious practices".





"The AIMPLB has said that UCC is divisive and will lead to social unrest"
In its affidavit, the Centre further noted, "The fact that Muslim countries where Islam is the state religion have undergone extensive reforms goes to establish that the practice in question cannot be regarded as integral to the practices of Islam or essential religious practices."

Thereafter a questionnaire was also put on the Law Commission's website seeking public opinion on reforming the personal laws of all religions. The commission claimed that the objective of the exercise is to address discrimination against vulnerable groups and harmonise the various cultural practices.

This further irked the Muslim religious and social bodies that out-rightly rejected the questionnaire and AIMPLB said that UCC is divisive and will lead to social unrest. However, wary of a backlash from either the majority or the minority community opposition parties, opposition parties too seem to be toeing the Congress' line and have shied away from taking on the government on the issue.


The Nationalist Congress Party too played the sub judice card and refrained from taking a stand on the contentious issue.

THE DEATH OF DIVERSITY

While Trinamool Congress without directly opposing the BJP government over UCC and triple talaq said that all religions should be respected.

TMC spokesperson Derek O' Brien tweeted: "The Indian Constitution is our guide. We are a sovereign, secular, democratic republic and so beliefs and customs of all religion must be respected in this great nation."


"Only allies of the NDA are pitching openly for the introduction of UCC"
However, only the Left parties have expressed strong views against any plans to impose UCC. A statement released on the issue by CPI(M) read: "With the offensive of communal forces on the very identity of minority communities, any move to push the agenda of UCC as is being done by the government directly and through its institutions is counterproductive for the rights of women. Uniformity is not the guarantee for equality."

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Even Janata Dal (United) slammed the Centre for indulging in "issueless debate" while All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi claimed UCC would kill the diversity and plurality of India.

As expected, the allies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), like Shiv Sena, have backed the government's stand are pitching in for the introduction of UCC to ensure justice for one and all.

 

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Opposition parties wary of talking about UCC as elections near

Ever since the Supreme Court sought a scrutiny of the practice of triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy, Opposition parties, barring a few, have maintained an eerie silence over the contentious issue for purely political reasons.

The Congress, the principal Opposition party, has refrained from making any comments calling the matter sub judice.


A CALCULATED SILENCE

Faced with crucial assembly polls early next year, especially in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress has taken a conscious stand to not irk either the majority or the minority community by taking a stand.

When asked to specify the party line, party spokesperson Manish Tewari said that there is a petitioner, respondent and a judge, and that the matter is sub judice. The party's spokespersons have refrained as well from making any comments on the issue and have consistently played the sub judice card to evade any controversy.


Earlier, Congress spokesperson Shobha Oza claimed that the party stood for women empowerment but the "tricky matter" of triple talaq should be left to Supreme Court.




"The Congress has consistently played the sub judice card to evade any controversy"
On 16 October, when former member of Parliament Obaidullah Khan Azmi, who recently joined the Congress, tried putting his views forward on triple talaq, he was interrupted by Ghulam Nabi Azad who claimed that the matter was with SC and there should be no discussion on it.

"If the government tries to misuse it or make any wrong move on the issue then I will fight against it. I will oppose it in my individual capacity," said Azmi, before being interrupted by Azad. An office bearer of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Azmi shot to prominence for his public speeches against the Supreme Court judgement in the Shah Bano case.


POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS

It seems that the political fall out of the Shah Bano case is playing on the minds of the Congress leadership, making it hard for the party to take a stand on the triple talaq issue. In 1985, Shah Bano filed a criminal suit in the Supreme Court against her husband for not paying her the maintenance amount after he ended the 43-year-old marriage. The apex court then directed the husband to pay the maintenance amount, which angered the minority community.

The Rajiv Gandhi government then invalidated the SC decision and passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986, which was widely perceived as a move to appease the minority community. However, the move backfired and Congress was reduced to 197 seats in 1989 Lok Sabha elections, as compared to 404 in 1984.


GENDER JUSTICE

In similar circumstances, the Supreme Court decided to hear Shayara Bano's petition challenging the constitutionality of Section 2 of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, in March this year. Bano's petition opened a Pandora's Box reigniting the UCC and triple talaq debate forcing political parties to comment.

Later the apex court dragged the Centre into the debate seeking its views on the matter and in its response, the central government, in its affidavit on 7 October, said triple talaq, nikaah halaal and polygamy were not "integral to the practices of Islam or essential religious practices".





"The AIMPLB has said that UCC is divisive and will lead to social unrest"
In its affidavit, the Centre further noted, "The fact that Muslim countries where Islam is the state religion have undergone extensive reforms goes to establish that the practice in question cannot be regarded as integral to the practices of Islam or essential religious practices."

Thereafter a questionnaire was also put on the Law Commission's website seeking public opinion on reforming the personal laws of all religions. The commission claimed that the objective of the exercise is to address discrimination against vulnerable groups and harmonise the various cultural practices.

This further irked the Muslim religious and social bodies that out-rightly rejected the questionnaire and AIMPLB said that UCC is divisive and will lead to social unrest. However, wary of a backlash from either the majority or the minority community opposition parties, opposition parties too seem to be toeing the Congress' line and have shied away from taking on the government on the issue.


The Nationalist Congress Party too played the sub judice card and refrained from taking a stand on the contentious issue.

THE DEATH OF DIVERSITY

While Trinamool Congress without directly opposing the BJP government over UCC and triple talaq said that all religions should be respected.

TMC spokesperson Derek O' Brien tweeted: "The Indian Constitution is our guide. We are a sovereign, secular, democratic republic and so beliefs and customs of all religion must be respected in this great nation."


"Only allies of the NDA are pitching openly for the introduction of UCC"
However, only the Left parties have expressed strong views against any plans to impose UCC. A statement released on the issue by CPI(M) read: "With the offensive of communal forces on the very identity of minority communities, any move to push the agenda of UCC as is being done by the government directly and through its institutions is counterproductive for the rights of women. Uniformity is not the guarantee for equality."

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All personal laws including those for the majority community require reform. Uniformity is not the guarantee of equality. #UCC#TripleTalaq

1:39 PM - 18 Oct 2016

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  169169 Retweets
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  179179 likes

Even Janata Dal (United) slammed the Centre for indulging in "issueless debate" while All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi claimed UCC would kill the diversity and plurality of India.

As expected, the allies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), like Shiv Sena, have backed the government's stand are pitching in for the introduction of UCC to ensure justice for one and all.

It will be passed if real effort is given.
Could be single handedly biggest reform of this govt.