Muslim Women
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'Bulli Bai' app blocked after scribe alleges her doctored picture uploaded to 'insult Muslim women'
India | Jan 02, 2022, 11:41 AM ISTThe woman, who works with an online news portal, sought immediate registration of an FIR and investigation against the unknown set of people who are "seeking to harass and insult Muslim women" on social media and the internet.
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Delhi Police Cyber Cell registers FIR against 'Sulli Deal' for using photos of Muslim women
Crime | Jul 08, 2021, 04:53 PM ISTAccording to a notice issued by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), photos of hundreds of Muslim women and girls were uploaded by an unidentified group on an app using a platform called Github on Sulli Deal on July 4.
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Muslim women have right to invoke extra-judical divorce: Kerala HC
India | Apr 15, 2021, 10:46 AM ISTKerala High Court has restored the rights of Muslim women for divorce without resorting to judicial proceedings.
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'Burqa' an evil custom, Muslim women will be freed from it, says UP minister
India | Mar 25, 2021, 06:15 PM ISTUP minister Anand Swarup Shukla said 'burqa' is 'inhuman and evil custom' and added that those with progressive thinking are shunning it and not pressing for its use.
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Anti-CAA protest: Muslim women protesting in Shaheen Bagh to meet Amit Shah tomorrow
News | Feb 15, 2020, 02:53 PM ISTMuslim women who are protesting in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh against the amended Citizenship law will meet Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday.
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Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Singh seeks ban on burqa now
India | Feb 10, 2020, 01:29 PM ISTThe minister said that burqas were being used by 'terrorists' to conceal their identity, apparently in reference to protests by women protesting against CAA in the Shahjamal area in Agra.
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Bangladesh top court removes 'virgin' word from marriage certificates
World | Aug 27, 2019, 03:44 PM ISTWomen in Bangladesh are no longer required to declare if they are virgins on marriage registration forms, the country's top court has said in a landmark ruling after rights groups challenged the "humiliating and discriminatory" term.
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Man arrested in UP's Muzaffarnagar for divorcing through 'triple talaq'
India | Aug 24, 2019, 10:33 AM ISTOfficials said the woman has alleged that her husband along with his brother, sister-in-law, mother and father went to her house and thrashed her. The husband, Aas Mohd, then gave the woman 'triple talaq'.
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'Elder brother protected us from Triple Talaq evil': Elated Muslim women in Varanasi send rakhis to PM Modi
India | Aug 11, 2019, 11:54 AM IST"Our elder brother protected us from the evil practice of Triple Talaq" - This is the sentiment echoed by Muslim women in Varanasi, who have sent rakhis to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Those opposing triple talaq bill doing injustice to Muslim women: Giriraj
India | Jun 22, 2019, 07:34 PM IST"Those who are opposing the bill to ban triple talaq in the name of Muslims and religion are doing injustice to our sisters (the Muslim women)," the BJP leader said.
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Five burqa-clad Muslim women stopped from boarding Lucknow Metro, complaint sent to LMRC
India | May 29, 2019, 10:17 AM ISTThe family later asked the officials for a refund and gave up their plans to travel.
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SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking entry of Muslim women into mosques to offer prayers
India | Apr 16, 2019, 04:03 PM ISTA bench headed by Justice S A Bobde issued notice to the Centre and asked it to respond to the plea filed by a Pune-based couple.
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Muslim women come out with manifesto for political parties, demand law against mob lynching
Mar 27, 2019, 09:04 PM ISTThe women, who came together under Bebaak Collective - a movement against hatred, demanded the political parties "restore" constitutional rights of women and minorities.
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Lok Sabha passes triple talaq bill criminalising practice of instant divorce amid walkout by Congress-led oppn
India | Dec 27, 2018, 11:46 PM ISTThe Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on December 28 last year but got stuck in the Upper House amid protest by opposition parties.
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Plea in Supreme Court challenging ordinance to make instant triple talaq penal offence
India | Sep 25, 2018, 07:05 PM ISTThe Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance was notified on September 19, hours after the Union Cabinet had cleared it
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Muslim women demand ban over controversial practice of Halala
News | Jul 11, 2018, 07:33 PM ISTAfter triple talaq Muslim woman forced to have Halala with father-in-law
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Muslim women showers flower over CM Yogi Adityanath and Amit Shah's convoy in Agra
News | Jul 06, 2018, 11:18 AM ISTMuslim women showers flower over CM Yogi Adityanath and Amit Shah's convoy in Agra
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Congress doesn't want justice for Muslim women, that's why they are delaying Triple Talaq Bill: BJP
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Darul Uloom Deoband asks Muslim women not to marry bank employees
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Triple Talaq Bill to be tabled in RS tomorrow, Cong to consult other oppn parties before taking decision
India | Jan 02, 2018, 01:31 PM ISTThe Muslim Women Bill, which has already been passed in the Lok Sabha last week, is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.