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

[Murali V]

A -piece-ment for Vote bank!!!

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:16 AM, A.K. Malik<akmalik45 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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