Hyderabad: Women members and invitees to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) plenary meet reiterated their changes in the Triple Talaq Bill.
During the debate at the internal sessions in the evening, women were unanimous in their decision to oppose the Bill.
High Court advocate Neelofar S. Akhtar, who had arrived from Mumbai on an invite, said, “We have freedom of religion and talaq for us is a religious matter and we should be allowed to resolve it. It is just politics by the Centre and should stop.”
“The Bill is being wrongly interpreted, though the present setup is sufficient. Women and men have equal rights in Islam but it is being projected wrongly,” she added.
Another women member, who insisted on anonymity, said the model nikahnama being proposed by the board would reduce the problem to a certain extent. “Islam prohibits instant triple talaq. So where is the question of bringing in a law,” she said.
