What is often forgotten is that resistance to this control began immediately. The fight against theocratic rule started the moment mandatory veiling was imposed.
As more Muslim women approach courts, the judiciary is expanding their rights. Contentious issues such as talaq-e-hasan, female genital mutilation & polygamy remain in line for scrutiny.
If insisting that women be treated with equal dignity is 'targeting a community', then perhaps every community ought to be 'targeted' until equality is universal.
Of 187 AI‑hate posts flagged across X, Facebook, and Instagram, none were removed, despite nearly 2.73cr engagements, showing platforms have failed to curb the trend.
Muslim women already face issues at home due to patriarchy and misogyny — much like women in any conservative household. Moral policing only makes their lives harder.
Jayanthi Rajan, a local leader from Kerala, Fathima Muzaffer, a councillor from Tamil Nadu, made national asst secys, the first female entrants in Indian Union Muslim League leadership.
Allah has permitted women to go everywhere, so why not the mosque,’ said 51-year-old Ameena Bano at the women’s section of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Markaz.
At Delhi's IIC, Siobhan Lambert-Hurley talked about her book 'Three Centuries of Travel Writing by Muslim Women'. These accounts break the stereotype of female seclusion in Muslim societies.
India's richest civic body’s outlay is 8.77% higher than last year’s, with the biggest allocation being made for infra growth. BMC also proposed an AI boost to its service delivery.
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