A Woman Doctor from Karnataka Moves SC for Declaring 'Talaq-e-Kinaya' and 'Talaq-e-Bain' As Void
New Age Islam News Bureau
04 October 2022
• Tiina Jauhiainen, Finnish Women's Rights Activist to
Sue UAE Govt over Torture, Ordeal in Prison
• Exhibition on Contribution of Muslim Women in
Science Held at Srinagar
• An Italian Woman Is Among Foreigners Held In Iran:
Report
• 'The System Failed To Protect Us': Moroccan Women
Outraged At Mass Sex Assault At L'Boulevard Rap Festival
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A Woman Doctor from Karnataka Moves SC for Declaring
'Talaq-e-Kinaya' and 'Talaq-e-Bain' As Void
Supreme Court of India
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OCT 03 2022
A woman doctor from Karnataka has approached the
Supreme Court seeking a declaration that all forms of unilateral and
extra-judicial Talaq including 'Talaq-e-Kinaya' and 'Talaq-e-Bain' as void and
unconstitutional.
In a plea, she contended the practices
are arbitrary, irrational and contrary to In a writ petition filed through
advocate Anantha Narayana M G, the petitioner, who completed MS in Obstetrics
and Gynaecology from Karnataka, claimed that she suffered mental, verbal,
physical and financial abuse and harassment from her doctor husband and his
family for dowry soon after her marriage on October 20, 2020.
After a brutal assault in September last year, the
woman, who hailed from Kalaburgi, claimed she remained hospitalised for about
10 days. Thereafter, her husband dumped her.
In January 2022, a pre-filled letter from 'kazi'
office arrived containing eight to 10 generalised and vague allegations. With
this, it was stated on her husband's behalf that due to all these conditions,
it is not possible to continue this relation and she is relieved of matrimonial
relationship, her plea claimed.
"These words are called Kinaya words (ambiguous
words or unclear form e. g. I free you, you are free now, you/this relation is
haram on me, you are separated from me now, etc ) through which Talaq-e-
Kinaya/Talaq-e-Bain (instantaneous and irrevocable and extra-judicial form of
Talaq, in single sitting, either pronounced or in written/electronic form) is
given," the plea claimed.
It was alleged Talaq-e-Bain is used as a means for
instant divorce.
The woman claimed she tried mediation but her husband
refused to participate, forcing her to lodge an FIR on August 19, 2022.
In her plea, she sought a declaration that Section 2
of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application She also asked the court
declare the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, void and
unconstitutional for being violative of Articles 14, 15, 21, 25 of the
Constitution in so far as it fails to secure for Muslim women from such
unilateral and extra judicial talaq.
She claimed such unilateral divorce has profound
consequences on the quality of justice rendered in the country as well as
ensuring a life of dignity guaranteed by Part-III of the Constitution.
Source: Deccan Herald
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Tiina Jauhiainen, Finnish Women's Rights Activist to
Sue UAE Govt over Torture, Ordeal in Prison
Finnish women's rights
activist Tiina Jauhiainen (File photo via Twitter)
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03 October 2022
A Finnish women's rights activist has recounted her
suffering during her detention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), saying she
will take legal actions against the Emirati government for her imprisonment and
torture.
According to the Emirates Leaks, Tiina Jauhiainen
plans to draw the international community’s attention to the gross human rights
violations being committed in the Persian Gulf country.
Jauhiainen announced in a meeting held in the Swiss
city of Geneva last week that she was not going to remain silent in the face of
what she went through during her time behind bars and that she intended to take
legal measures in European courts of law and sue the UAE for her torture.
During the event, she said Emirati security forces
incarcerated her in an unknown and extremely cold place, repeatedly threatened
her with death, and forced her to write confessions and sign official papers in
Arabic.
Jauhiainen used to reside in the United Arab Emirates.
She was arrested and tortured for participating in the failed attempt of
Princess Latifa, the daughter of UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid
Al Maktoum, to escape from her father in 2018.
The Finnish activist then addressed the British women,
saying, “I want to advise you to think twice before traveling to the UAE and
never be fooled by the image of a [so-called] safe and tolerant society that
some are trying to portray [of the country].”
Back in March 2020, female Emirati prisoner Maryam
al-Balushi attempted suicide at a detention center in the UAE by cutting a vein
in her arm, months after she reported being subjected to various forms of
torture and threatened with rape.
The International Campaign for Freedom in the UAE
(ICFUAE) said in a statement at the time that Balushi carried out the suicide
at al-Wathba Prison, just outside the capital Abu Dhabi, due to the
deterioration of her psychological state after being threatened by the public
prosecution office as she refused to record confessions to be published via
official channels.
Balushi was arrested on November 19, 2015 and was
charged with financing “terrorism” after donating money to a Syrian family. She
insists the donation was done in good faith, according to the ICFUAE.
Human rights sources, requesting not to be named, also
revealed that Balushi had been denied medical treatment over months for liver
cirrhosis and kidney stones.
The UAE authorities similarly denied care to another
female detainee, identified as Amina al-Abdouli, who suffers from anemia and
liver disease.
In May 2019, female detainee Alia Abdel Nour passed
away from cancer after being denied access to urgent medical care by prison
officials.
Source: Press TV
Exhibition on Contribution of Muslim Women in Science
Held at Srinagar
25 Sep, 2022
Srinagar: A science exhibition titled "Hayat al
Sindhi Science Exposition" was organised by RP School, Nagbal.
The theme of the exhibition was “Contribution of
Muslim Women in Science" to boost the morale and interest of female
students in science across the valley.
The chief guest of the event was Shayambir Singh, DC
Ganderbal. The other guests of honour were Z.E.O Ganderbal, Abdul Rehman
Mir, Dr Shafa Abeeda ,Medical
Superintendent SKIMS Medical college, Bemina and Farooq Ganderbali, President , Voice for
Peace and Justice.
Students showcased around 50 models based on original
innovative ideas. More than 100 students participated in the exhibition.
"The students have outsmarted their age. When I
was in school I wasn't even half of what they are," said Shayambir, DC Ganderbal.
Talking about the benefits of the exposition, Muzzafar
Ahmad, Principal RP School, Nagbal said, "Science exhibition is a showcase
of the abilities and creative thinking of students. It provides a platform for
the students to use their scientific knowledge and put it to practice."
"The main motto of the science exhibition is to
utilize every natural element found in the environment by keeping in accordance
with nature to lead a life of contentment. Science exhibition is a wonderful tool
to develop the curiosity to learn more which otherwise is not developed by
listening to monotonous lectures," said Najmu Saher, Year Advisor, RP
School, Nagbal.
Source: Greater Kashmir
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An Italian woman is among foreigners held in Iran:
Report
03 October, 2022
A young Italian woman traveling in Iran was arrested,
and jailed in Tehran, a newspaper reported on Monday, days after authorities
there said nine foreigners had been held over nationwide protests.
The parents of Alessia Piperno, 30, from Rome, said
they lost contact after speaking to her on Wednesday – her birthday – but then
received a phone call on Sunday morning to say she was in jail.
“They arrested me. I am in a prison in Tehran. Please
help me,” she told them, according to Il Messaggero, Rome’s daily newspaper.
The added: “I’m fine but there are people here who say
they have been inside for months and for no reason. I fear I won’t be let out
again. Help me.”
At least 92 people have been killed in crackdowns on
women-led protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her
arrest by the notorious morality police, the group Iran Human Rights said on
Sunday.
Iran has accused outside forces of stoking the
nationwide protests, especially the US and Washington’s allies, and on Friday
the intelligence ministry said nine foreign nationals – including from France,
Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Poland – had been arrested.
Italy’s foreign ministry has so far made no comment on
the identity of the Italian held and did not respond to further requests on
Monday about Piperno’s status.
Amnesty Italy tweeted that it hoped the foreign
ministry in Rome would do “everything it can” to obtain Piperno’s release.
Her father, Alberto, said that when he spoke to her on
Wednesday, she had been planning a birthday picnic with friends from France,
Poland and Iran.
Piperno has been travelling the world for the last six
years, according to her Instagram account, and had been in Iran for two months,
according to the newspaper.
Source: Al Arabiya
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'The
system failed to protect us': Moroccan women outraged at mass sex assault at
L'Boulevard Rap festival
Basma
El Atti
Rabat
03
October, 2022
"I
still feel their bodies pushing against mine," Salma, a Moroccan
20-year-old student who witnessed last's week mass sexual assault at
Casablanca's L'Boulevard Festival last Friday, described to The New Arab.
Late
on Friday, amid a much-awaited free performance of Morocco's A-list rappers,
tens of armed young men attacked the tens of thousands of audience members at
RUC Stadium in Casablanca.
In
a purge-like scenario, the "gang" attacked the audience randomly
using belts, knives and batons. The chaos intensified as people started pushing
toward the closed exits.
"If
you fell you were dead; everyone was trying to save their lives," Mohsin,
a 22-year-old Moroccan student, said to The New Arab.
The
chaos lasted for nearly two hours before people were evacuated said witnesses.
Several
accounts of sexual assault and attempts of rape flooded social media, as the
Moroccan public watched in shock.
"They
were trying to sexually assault me. When my friend tried to stop them they
started beating him badly," Salma added in her statement to The New Arab.
During
the first minutes of the chaos, rappers carried out their performances unaware
of what was happening to the audience.
The
events ended with no fatalities, but with several injuries and hundreds of
traumatising stories by women who experienced sexual assaults.
L'Boulevard
team has issued an apology on its social media pages and condemned "the
vandalism acts, which do not honour the spirit of the festival,". They
promised an investigation into the sexual assault allegations.
However, despite Friday's events, L'boulevard decided
to continue its shows during the weekend, a step widely criticised.
Meanwhile,
Casablanca's police denied Monday the sexual assault allegations, saying,
"no rape case was registred at the city's hospitals or police
stations."
They
also announced that twenty were arrested at the festival for "drinking
alcohol in public, using drugs, and theft." Only two of the arrested were
charged with "beating and injuring."
The
investigation is still ongoing, according to the police's statement.
As
many questions remain unanswered about what happened that Friday, the Moroccan
public blamed the events mainly on lack of security and the misogynist
mentality prompted by the sexist lyrics in rap songs.
Friday's
tragedy also returned the spotlight to women's safety in public places in
Morocco.
Many
Moroccan women took to social media to voice the terror they experience when
attending festivals, going out at night, or just by "living in
Morocco."
"People
have been raped, sexually abused, brutally injured (broken bones, permanent
loss of sight and literal body parts) valuables stolen… you can blame the
perpetrators all you want but this is also a matter of national security
because once again the system failed to protect us," tweeted a Moroccan
social media user.
Moroccan
outlaws and 7achak, two leading Moroccan digital feminists platforms, have
started gathering statements from Friday's victims and are pushing for a
serious investigation.
Source:
The New Arab
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/moroccan-women-condemn-mass-sexual-assault-rap-festival
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