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`Nikahnama does not address burning issues of women'

"It has failed to redress the burning issues confronting Muslim women"

LUCKNOW: The All-India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board on Saturday rejected the All-Muslim model `nikahnama' drafted by the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board as being "bereft of Muslim women's rights." It said it would prepare its own code of marriage in keeping with the Shariat. "The model `nikahnama' is bereft of the rights of Muslim women and does not clearly define `talaq' in the light of the Shariat [Islamic jurisprudence]," Shaista Amber, president, told presspersons here. It has failed to "redress the burning issues" confronting Muslim women in the country, she said.

Ms. Amber decried the practice of triple "talaq" to annul a marriage as being detrimental to the overall interests of women who remain the "victims of the malady." The new `nikahnama' prepared by the women's board would clearly spell out the guidelines concerning `talaq' in keeping with the Shariat.

"It will be our endeavour to protect the rights of Muslim women according to the Shariat laws and also to help them fight exploitation," Ms. Amber said.

The AIMWPLB will hold a two-day meeting on June 24 at Nainital .

PTI

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