Zakia Soman
Zakia Soman (Arabic: زكية سومان ) is an activist from India. She is the head of the human rights group Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA).[1] In 2014, she received the Outstanding Women Achievers award from the National Commission for Women.[2]
Life[change | change source]
Soman is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat in India. She worked as a university professor.[2]
Work[change | change source]
Soman fights for women to be able to enter religious shrines.[1] She works to reform Islamic divorce customs in India, and to stop the triple talaq practice of divorce in Islam for the 90 million Muslim women in India.[3][2] The BMMA works for women's rights in Islam and recommended changes in India's family law. [4]
In 2013, the BMMA did a survey of 5000 women about women's rights in Islamic families. After that, they trained 30 women as judges to help solve family problems.[5] In the survey, 92 percent of women had agreed to ban the one-sided triple divorce. The Shariah court for women was started because they thought that women were not being heard in the male Shariah court.[6] In the survey, 92 percent of the women were also opposed to multiple wives.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Haji Ali: Mumbai shrine tells court it will allow entry to women". 24 October 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Zakia Soman (India) - WikiPeaceWomen – English". Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ↑ "Muslim personal law needs reform, but UCC is not a solution: Zakia Soman".
- ↑ Naaz, Hira (6 October 2016). "BMMA Co-Founder Zakia Soman On The Need To Reform Muslim Personal Law".
- ↑ "لأول مرة في البلد العلماني.. نساء قاضيات في الهند يحكمن بالشريعة الإسلامية.. فهل تتحقق العدالة على أيديهن؟".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "अल्लाह ने औरत और मर्द में भेदभाव नहीं किया-जाकिया सोमन - The Siasat Daily". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ↑ Aziz, Ansar. "FikroKhabar - Online Urdu News Portal - آر۔ایس۔ایس 'بھارتیہ مسلم مہیلا اندولن کے ذریعہ پرسنل لا ء کے خلاف فضا بنانے کی کوشش کررہی ہے ۔ عبدالرحیم قریشی(مزید اہم ترین خبریں )".[permanent dead link]
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