However, not all Muslim clerics are happy; some have already slammed it
The controversial new nikahnama (marital agreement)
unveiled by All-India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) had some All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) members rubbishing it as “redundant”.
“It’s utterly useless, irrelevant. We have one already from the AIMPLB and there is no room for another,” said AIMPLB member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangimahali. A woman member, Moonisa Bushra, also saw no reason for the drafting of the new nikahnama. However, Khalid and Bushra have few takers. “This is just male chauvinism,” said Fazul Haque, a senior journalist & expert on women’s issues. This is the third nikahnama that has promised to give women some power. The AIMPLB and the All-India Shia Muslim Personal Law Board had released their own “model nikahnamas” in 2005....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
Read also :-
The controversial new nikahnama (marital agreement)
unveiled by All-India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) had some All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) members rubbishing it as “redundant”.“It’s utterly useless, irrelevant. We have one already from the AIMPLB and there is no room for another,” said AIMPLB member Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangimahali. A woman member, Moonisa Bushra, also saw no reason for the drafting of the new nikahnama. However, Khalid and Bushra have few takers. “This is just male chauvinism,” said Fazul Haque, a senior journalist & expert on women’s issues. This is the third nikahnama that has promised to give women some power. The AIMPLB and the All-India Shia Muslim Personal Law Board had released their own “model nikahnamas” in 2005....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
Read also :-
