MUSLIM WOMEN SLAM AIMPLB TRIPLE TALAQ BILL OPPOSITION

The All-India Muslim Women’s Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) said on Tuesday that the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), while opposing a proposed bill that criminalises the practice of triple talaq, should not try to blackmail the government by accusing it of interfering in religious matters.

The president of the women’s board, Shaista Amber, said she would tour the country to highlight the “real face” of the AIMPLB and its anti-women attitude.

“Clerics have misguided the community for long by their wrong interpretation of the Quran. At a time when the social media and internet have bridged the divide among the people, it has also brought to light the real meaning of the verses of the Quran which term women equal to men,” Amber, who was in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich, said.

Amber said Muslim clerics were terming the Hindus, who were supporting the women’s cause, as communal but they should remember that injustice would not be tolerated for long.

“Triple talaq is a draconian way to destroy the lives of women and it should be banned as it is un-Islamic. We support the government for bringing the bill as it protects the right of Muslim women, who are treated as slaves by men,” she said.

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill

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