The Hindu : National : 'Nikahnamah' being drafted by Board

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Friday, Feb 03, 2006

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'Nikahnamah' being drafted by Board

To take steps to get it registered legally

Lucknow: The All-India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) was drafting a `nikahnamah' that would reject the practice of divorce via SMS, e-mail or telephone, get it registered legally and passed by Parliament.

"The advisory committee of the Board is busy drafting the new Shariat `nikahnamah' (marriage certificate) under which the provision of 3 `talaqs' at one go and `halal' prevalent in the community would have no place," AIMWPLB president Shaista Amber told reporters here during a function to mark completion of one year of the Board.

To a question, she said `halal' was a mode of `aiyaashi' (moral decadence) used for humiliating women.

Though the AIMWPLB was against dowry, it would work towards mobilising people to treat the gifts (`mehar') received by the bride as her property.

Women have rights

She took strong exception to some Ulemas saying recently that there were no personal laws for women in the Quran.

She said the rights and duties of women had been explicitly highlighted in the holy text.

"It is this mentality and the continued neglect of women that forced us to set up a personal law board for women," she said. — PTI

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