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The All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB).[1] is an organisation constituted in 2005 to adopt strategies for the protection and continued applicability of Muslim Personal Law in India, with a particular focus on women's issues, including marriage, divorce, and other legal rights.
Description
The AIMWPLB consists of a 30-person executive board and is led by president Shaista Ambar. The AIMWPLB received limited coverage by the Indian media in March 2008 when it released a 12-page "Sharai Nikahnama".[2] which sought to offer India's Muslim women a religiously-sanctioned alternative to conventional Islamic marriage contracts. The Nikhahnama is, according to the AIMWPLB applicable to Sunnis and Shi'a and is available in both Hindi and Urdu.[2]
As of march 2020, the president of AIMWPLB is Shaista Amber.[3]
References
- ↑ Brief Introduction All India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sharai Nikahnama. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ↑ Triple talaq: UP government to seek opinion of Muslim women(15 April 2017).
Further reading
- [{{{url}}} 'Signs of churning': Muslim Personal Law and public contestation in twenty-first century India].
- Islamic Feminism in India: Indian Muslim Women Activists and the Reform of Muslim Personal Law.