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Rokeya held education to be the central precondition of women's liberation, establishing the first school aimed primarily at Muslim girls in Kolkata. She is said to have gone from house to house persuading the parents to send their girls to her school in Nisha. Until her death, she ran the school despite facing hostile criticism and social ...
In another video, he stated that girls should not be sent to schools and colleges alone, adding that parents who do so deserve to be sent to Jahannum (hell). [22] Nomani has contributed to Bhagwa Love Trap conspiracy theory through his videos. On 31 December 2021, he said in one of his speeches that 8 lakh Muslim women had married Hindus and ...
The Indian transgender hijras or Aravanis ritually marry the Hindu god Aravan and then mourn his ritual death (seen) in an 18-day festival in Koovagam, India. Many practise a form of syncretism that draws on multiple religions; seeing themselves to be neither men nor women, hijras practice rituals for both men and women.
Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the ...
Born Roshanara Khan, Indian surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music, converted to Hinduism to marry sitar player, Ravi Shankar. [15] [16] Manyata Dutt: Indian entrepreneur, born as Dilnawaz Sheikh. Converted upon marriage to actor Sanjay Dutt. [17] Happy Salma
Muslim women in the state are accessing public education in ever-increasing numbers. Data shows that the Gross Attendance Ratio of Muslim women in higher education rose from about 1 per cent in 2007–08 to a high of about 16 per cent in 2017–18. [24] Many Muslim women consider hijab to be a part of the Islamic faith. [25]
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan or BMMA (transl. Indian Muslim Women's Movement) is an autonomous, secular, rights-based mass organization led by Zakia Soman which fights for the citizenship rights of the Muslim women in India. [1] The BMMA was formed in January 2011. [1] The organisation is based in Mumbai. [2]
The Kathua rape case involved the abduction, gang rape, and murder of an 8-year-old Muslim girl, Asifa Bano, by seven Hindu males (six men and a juvenile) in January 2018 in the Rasana village near Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, India. A chargesheet for the case was filed, the accused were arrested and the trial began in Kathua on 16 April 2018.