[Reader-list] WHO WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSLIM WOMEN??

[Manish Tewani]

HI, all
 Without reading the entire e.mail, Vedavati has replied back giving an 
answer. It is calling for abolishing of mechanisms, institutions and actions 
against Indian Muslim Women. One should first cross-check and be aware of 
what an amount of positive impact, organisations like Awaaz-e-Niswaan, WRAG 
are having in changing the society, at the grassroots level. After this, one 
has every right to be critical of such efforts.
 I am not in a lecturer or preacher's mode, but Jogi's response is quite an 
un-clear, demeaning and rather un-civilised that Muslims should move to 
Islamic countries. According to Jogi's ideas, all of us Hindus should move 
to Nepal (A Hindu State).
 With regards,
 Manish
 On 7/22/05, Vedavati Jogi <vrjogi at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> demonstrations will not serve any purpose, muslims are not accepting 
> common
> civil code under the pretext of 'secularism, pluralism' etc.etc. first ask
> them to accept the law of the land or else pack them off to pakistan or 
> any
> arab country.
> 
> >From: abshi at vsnl.com
> >To: reader-list at sarai.net
> >Subject: [Reader-list] WHO WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSLIM 
> WOMEN??
> >Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:22:08 +0200
> >
> >INVITATION
> >
> >
> >
> >July 21, 2005
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >INVITATION
> >
> >
> >
> >July 21, 2005
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >?WHO WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSLIM WOMEN??
> >
> >
> >
> >Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women,
> >Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR
> >(Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s
> >Research and Action Group invite you support and attend a mass
> >demonstration being organized by women?s groups to express our discontent
> >and anger with the rise in strength of extra-judicial forces like the
> >shariah jamaats, as has been evident in the recent Imrana case in
> >Muzaffarnagar in U.P, and the increase in the number of anti-women fatwas
> >being issued by local panchayats and self-styled religious leaders.
> >
> >
> >
> >In most of these cases not only are the interests and rights of Indian
> >Muslim women being trampled upon but there?s also a total disregard for 
> the
> >rule of law.
> >
> >
> >
> >We, a collective of organizations supporting women?s rights, believe that
> >we simply cannot have parallel judicial systems running in this country. 
> We
> >demand that the State play a more active role in protecting and advancing
> >the rights of Indian Muslim women.
> >
> >
> >
> >The demonstration will be on Saturday, July 23, 2005. It will start at 
> 2.30
> >pm at Nagpada junction (near Sagar Hotel/Nagpada police station) and go 
> via
> >the JJ Hospital junction down Mohammed Ali Road and end at Azad Maidan.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanking you
> >
> >Yours sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> >Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women,
> >Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR
> >(Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s
> >Research and Action Group
> >
> >
> >
> >For further information, contact:
> >
> >* Awaaz-e-Niswaan: 9819106124 (Farhat and Smita)
> >
> >* Women?s Research & Action Group: 9833072690 (Noorjahan and Shabana)
> >
> >* Forum Against Oppression of Women: 9820833422 (Sandhya Gokhale)
> >
> >* India Centre for Human Rights & Law Network: 9820022614 (Chetna Birje)
> >
> >* PUKAR Gender & Space Project: 9820290402 (Sameera Khan)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women,
> >Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR
> >(Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s
> >Research and Action Group invite you support and attend a mass
> >demonstration being organized by women?s groups to express our discontent
> >and anger with the rise in strength of extra-judicial forces like the
> >shariah jamaats, as has been evident in the recent Imrana case in
> >Muzaffarnagar in U.P, and the increase in the number of anti-women fatwas
> >being issued by local panchayats and self-styled religious leaders.
> >
> >
> >
> >In most of these cases not only are the interests and rights of Indian
> >Muslim women being trampled upon but there?s also a total disregard for 
> the
> >rule of law.
> >
> >
> >
> >We, a collective of organizations supporting women?s rights, believe that
> >we simply cannot have parallel judicial systems running in this country. 
> We
> >demand that the State play a more active role in protecting and advancing
> >the rights of Indian Muslim women.
> >
> >
> >
> >The demonstration will be on Saturday, July 23, 2005. It will start at 
> 2.30
> >pm at Nagpada junction (near Sagar Hotel/Nagpada police station) and go 
> via
> >the JJ Hospital junction down Mohammed Ali Road and end at Azad Maidan.
> >
> >
> >
> >Thanking you
> >
> >Yours sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> >Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women,
> >Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR
> >(Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s
> >Research and Action Group
> >
> >
> >
> >For further information, contact:
> >
> >* Awaaz-e-Niswaan: 9819106124 (Farhat and Smita)
> >
> >* Women?s Research & Action Group: 9833072690 (Noorjahan and Shabana)
> >
> >* Forum Against Oppression of Women: 9820833422 (Sandhya Gokhale)
> >
> >* India Centre for Human Rights & Law Network: 9820022614 (Chetna Birje)
> >
> >* PUKAR Gender & Space Project: 9820290402 (Sameera Khan)
> >
> >
> >
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