[Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately

[A.K. Malik]

Hi Rakesh,
           A little correction please.It was not the triple talaq to Shah Bano which was under dispute but maintenance to a divorced woman under Sec 125 CrPC . The Supreme Court, disregarding what the Muslim Personal Law provides,directed her husband to pay alimony to his divorced wife.But this decision of the SC was made a nullity by enactment of a law by Rajiv Gandhi govt.under pressure from Muslim community.
Regards,

(A.K.MALIK)


--- On Sat, 8/15/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately
> To: "Shuddhabrata Sengupta" <shuddha at sarai.net>
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>, "Jeebesh" <jeebesh at sarai.net>
> Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 6:15 PM
> Dear Shuddha,Murali and all
> 
> There is one more country which is not mentioned in that
> list. The country
> which celebrates its' 62nd independence day, today, on 15th
> August 2009,
> whose first PM had spoken of 'Tryst with destiny' on 15th
> August 1947, and
> which has the third largest no. of Muslims in the world
> (after Indonesia and
> Pakistan).
> 
> It's not an Islamic state (and the SC in legality did
> overrule the Hadith
> and the Sharia by not allowing the triple talaq in the case
> of Shah Bano)
> 
> Please do remember this country, even though it's not a
> Muslim majority
> country, because of the no. of Muslims living in it in
> sheer nos.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rakesh
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