On 16-Sep-07, at 6:42 AM, shiv sastry wrote:
That is true, but it appears that faith based assertions can
certainly be used
politically and have been used for the most prominent and
contentious issues
in the past by the same groups fighting over this issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Bano_case
There are multiple perspectives to that case. Try this one. The
author is a practicing divorce lawyer who thinks this law has
actually been good for Muslim women, in contrast to what Wikipedia says.
http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/6008.pdf
Minority Identity and Gender Concerns
Recent developments in the realm of matrimonial legislation – the
path-breaking Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutional
validity of the controversial Muslim Women’s Act and the passage of
the amendments to the Indian Divorce Act – are an interesting study
of the issue of gender justice and minority women in a communally
vitiated atmosphere.
FLAVIA AGNES
