'Women members of AIMPLB support triple talaq'

Extending their support to Triple Talaq, the women members of the All India Muslim Personal Law board today accused the Centre of interfering in the rights of minorities and urged the government to come out with plans for empowerment of women in the country.
According to AIMPLB, an estimated 10 crore Muslim women from all across the country have signed a campaign supporting the practice of triple talaq.
"India is a secular and a democratic country. Everybody has the right to pursue their own religious rights. We fully stand in support of the triple talaq among Muslims and oppose the Uniform Civil Code. A misinformation is being spread about triple talaq by the government," Asma Zehra, executive committee member of AIMPLB, told reporters.

"Divorce rate is the least in the Muslim community. The number of abandoned, deserted, and divorced women in other communities are many times larger," Zehra said.
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"The government doesn't have problem with issues of women in other community such as dowry deaths, rapes, female foeticide. The sole intention of the government is to interfere in the rights of minorities. Muslim women abide by the laws made by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. The laws made by them are balanced....Condition of women in Muslim community is far better than those of women in any other community," Zehra added.

A three-day convention of AIMPLB starts in Kolkata today and will end with a rally at Park Circus maidan.

"We condemn the stand of the present government for interfering in the Muslim Personal Law in the name of providing justice to Muslim women. Muslim women oppose all moves of interference in Muslim personal law and reject the attempts to impose Uniform civil Code. Lakhs of women are participating in signature campaign to show their solidarity with AIMPLB," Zehra said.
AIMPLB usually sticks to only Muslim personal laws, which broadly cover marriage, divorce (talaq), inheritance, succession and adoption-related issues.
It is an umbrella organisation which has representatives from all Muslim sects, theological schools and religious orders and is the highest decision-making body on Muslim personal laws.