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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan''' or '''BMMA''' ('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 Muslims in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://bmmaindia.com/about/|website = Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan|access-date = 2016-01-27|language = en-US}}</ref> The BMMA was formed in January 2007. The organisation is based in [[Mumbai]].<ref name="Suroor2014">{{cite book|author=Hasan Suroor|title=India's Muslim Spring|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZCeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT52|date=6 January 2014|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-81-291-3164-5|page=52}}</ref><br />
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The BMMA has 30,000 members in 15 states, over the past six years.<br />
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BMMA conducted a Study<ref>{{Cite web|title = Muslim Women Want Reforms in Personal Laws, Study Reveals|url = http://thewire.in/2015/08/20/muslim-women-want-reforms-in-personal-laws-study-reveals-8886/|website = The Wire|access-date = 2016-01-27|first = Aarti|last = Dhar|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203015606/http://thewire.in/2015/08/20/muslim-women-want-reforms-in-personal-laws-study-reveals-8886/|archive-date = 2016-02-03|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Muslim Women's Views on Muslim Personal Law|url = http://www.epw.in/journal/2015/51/notes/muslim-womens-views-muslim-personal-law.html|website = Economic and Political Weekly|access-date = 2016-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Muslim women to mullahs: We are here, reform personal law or else… - Firstpost|url = http://www.firstpost.com/india/muslim-women-to-mullahs-here-we-come-reform-personal-law-or-else-2398574.html|website = Firstpost|access-date = 2016-01-27|language = en-US}}</ref> of Muslim women’s views on reforms in Muslim personal law— '<nowiki/>''Seeking Justice Within the Family''' across 10 states that revealed that an overwhelming 82% <ref>{{Cite web|title = 89% Muslim women want government hand in codification of law: Study {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|url = http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-89-muslim-women-want-government-hand-in-codification-of-law-study-2113388|website = dna|access-date = 2016-01-27|language = en-US}}</ref> of the over 4,000 women who were surveyed had no property in their name and that 78% were home makers with no income of their own.<br />
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“It is quite revealing that 95.5% poor women had not even heard of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, yet the government and the people go by the decisions taken by these self-proclaimed leaders of the Muslim community,’’ said Zakia Soman, co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan.<br />
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The BMMA has demanded a ban on the practice of [[Triple talaq|'Triple Talaq']] (verbal divorce).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ban ‘triple talaq’, says Muslim women’s group|url = http://www.abplive.in/india-news/ban-triple-talaq-says-muslim-womens-group-240354|website = ABP Live|access-date = 2016-01-27}}</ref> It also petitioned the Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] on Muslim Personal Law.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Muslim women petition PM on personal law - Times of India|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/Muslim-women-petition-PM-on-personal-law/articleshow/49940500.cms|website = The Times of India|access-date = 2016-01-27}}</ref> BMMA has backed Hindu women in the [[Shani Shingnapur]] Temple row.<ref>{{Cite web|title = United for a cause: Muslim group backs Hindu women in Shani Shingnapur temple row|url = http://www.catchnews.com/social-sector/muslim-group-supports-hindu-women-over-shani-temple-controversy-bharatiya-muslim-mahila-andolan-zakia-soman-noorjehan-safia-niaz-section-144-1453870629.html|website = CatchNews.com|access-date = 2016-01-27}}</ref> It released a draft on June 23, 2014, 'Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act' recommending that [[polygamy]] be made illegal in [[Muslim Personal Law]] of India.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/no-second-wife-please/article6158039.ece?homepage=true No second wife, please]''</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Islam in India]]<br />
* [[Muslim Personal Law]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Islam in India]]<br />
[[Category:Women's organisations based in India]]</div>>Monkbot