The Resolutions of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind as reproduced in the
communication below are unconstitutional, apart from being
unIslamic ,as access to education and participation in community
work is a part of the creed .There appears to be covert collaboration
between fundamentalist organizations of more than one community
and religion to demonise their own people and to foster a divide
all the better to continue domination by an oligarchy .
Niloufer Bhagwat
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From: Venugopalan K M
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:26 PM
Subject: [humanrights-movement:2127] Fwd: Fw: AIPWA Statement
againstanti-woman resolutions of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind
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From: poarkodi natarajan <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 8:07 PM
Subject: Fw: AIPWA Statement against anti-woman resolutions of the Jamiat
Ulema-e-Hind
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From: Kavita Krishnan <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, 18 November, 2009 9:14:37 PM
Subject: AIPWA Statement against anti-woman resolutions of the Jamiat
Ulema-e-Hind
All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA)
Anti-woman resolutions of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind are condemnable
Some of the resolutions adopted at the congregation of the Jamiat
Ulema-e-Hind in Deoband's Dar-Ul-Uloom seminary strongly offend the principle
of women’s equality.
For instance, the resolution calling the Bill for 33% reservation for women
“unnecessary as well as unacceptable” does not stop at expressing the
apprehension that it might diminish the presence of minorities in
representative assemblies. It goes on to declare that “Such a desperate attempt
to bring women into the mainstream will create various other social problems
issues including their security.” This implies that in order to keep women
‘secure’ they must be deprived of their rights and of a voice in the
mainstream!
The idea that women must be kept from the public arena in the name of their
own ‘security’ – often expressed by the RSS – is an abhorrent one. The fact is
that women are rendered far more insecure because they are deprived of a space
and a voice in the public arena, and the oppression and violence they face in
society and within the family remain ‘hidden.’ It is unfortunate that the
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind also chose to repeat and propagate such offensive
anti-women views.
The resolutions also state that “On completion of 10 years of age, complete
shariat norms should be observed while continuing their (girls’) education.”
This resolution also threatens to deprive Muslim girls of the benefits of a
complete education, and can only have a disempowering impact on them. AIPWA
holds that community organisations –be they khaap panchayats or organisations
like the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind should not attempt to impose unconstitutional
restrictions on women in the name of ‘protecting’ culture.
Tahira Hasan,
National Vice President, AIPWA
09628281631
Kavita Krishnan,
National Secretary, AIPWA
9868112252
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