Category: Women and Religion
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Indian Origin Man Slaps Woman and Shouts Vulgarities Inside Hindu Temple
Singapore, Sep 17 (PTI) An Indian-origin lawyer, already been suspended from practising in connection with some other case, has been charged for four different offences under law by the State Courts for allegedly slapping a woman on her cheek at a Hindu temple here. Ravi Madasamy, who is also known as M Ravi, faced one…
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Hindu Muslim Couple Can Live Together But Not Marry – Strange Laws and Strange Verdicts
Two separate verdicts from the Allahabad High Court seemingly lead to a situation where Hindu-Muslim couple can live-together without anybody, including their parents, harassing them but if their marriage may not be valid and they may not get Court’s protection against family’s harassment. In both the case the couples are consenting adults and their personal…
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Worrying: Muslim Man Acquitted of Rape Charges, of 15-year-old ‘wife’
Rapes charges against a Muslim man were dropped on ground that sexual relationship with a 15-year-old is not rape when she is his wife, such marriage being allowed under Muslim personal law (Source TOI). This is a worrying news as we are forced to question whether a 15-year-old should be a wife? India has a…
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Meet a Muslim Woman Qazi, Nishat Hussain, Breaking stereotypes
At one hand, a Taliban Official is saying, “Women Lose Value If Their Faces Are Visible To Men In Public,” on the other hand in India Muslim woman are slowly walking towards liberation from such patriarchal religious dogmas that forces them to cover up from head to toe like a cargo. Not even cattle but…