New Age Islam
Thu Apr 17 2025, 09:32 PM

Islam, Women and Feminism ( 1 Dec 2022, NewAgeIslam.Com)

Comment | Comment

15-Year-Old Muslim Girl Free To Marry Person Of Her Choice, Without Any Interference Of Guardians: Jharkhand HC

New Age Islam News Bureau

01 December 2022

• Protest-Hit Iran Arrests Third Female Journalist, Nastaran Farokheh

• French Court Fines Restaurant Owner For Banning Muslim Hijabi Woman

• Pakistan: Officials, Rights Activists Honoured For Their Role To End Violence Against Women

Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau

URL:  https://newageislam.com/islam-women-feminism/muslim-girl-marry-jharkhand-hc/d/128540

--------

15-Year-Old Muslim Girl Free To Marry Person Of Her Choice, Without Any Interference Of Guardians: Jharkhand HC

 

Photo: Live Law.in

----

30th November 2022

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court, referring to Muslim Personal Law, has said that Muslim girls aged 15 or above have the liberty to marry the person of their choice without any interference of their guardians.

The court said this while quashing criminal proceedings based on an FIR lodged against a Muslim youth who married a 15 year old girl of his community.

In the FIR, Mohd. Sonu, 24, a resident of Nawada in Bihar, was accused of coaxing a 15-year-old Muslim girl of Jugsalai in Jamshedpur’s Jharkhand, to marry him.

Sonu challenged the criminal proceedings based on the FIR — filed by the girl’s father, and approached the Jharkhand High Court with a quash petition.

However, during the hearing, the girl’s father submitted that he was not opposed to the marriage. Thanking Allah “for arranging a suitable match” for his daughter, the man said he filed an FIR against Sonu “due to some misunderstanding”.

In fact, the lawyer representing the girl’s family also told the court that both the families have accepted the marriage.

After hearing both the parties, Justice Dwivedi ordered cancelling the FIR and criminal proceedings against Sonu.

The High Court in its verdict, made available on Wednesday, said matters related to marriage of Muslim girls are governed by the Muslim Personal Law Board, adding in context of this particular case that the girl is 15 years old, and she is free to marry the person of her choice.

Source: Siasat Daily

https://www.siasat.com/15-year-old-muslim-girl-free-to-marry-person-of-her-choice-jharkhand-high-court-2469579/

--------

Protest-Hit Iran Arrests Third Female Journalist, Nastaran Farokheh

 

Nastaran Farokheh

----

30 November ,2022

Iran has arrested a third female journalist from the reformist newspaper Shargh against the backdrop of nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, the daily said Wednesday.

The security forces arrested Nastaran Farokheh at her home on Sunday and confiscated her laptop and phone, as well as the phones of her family members, Shargh said on its website.

“The reason for the arrest is not yet clear,” it said.

Iran has been gripped by protests that erupted when Amini, 22, died in custody on September 16 after her arrest for an alleged breach of Iran's strict dress code for women.

For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.

Farokheh's arrest is the third of a female journalist from Shargh newspaper since the protests broke out.

The first, Niloufar Hamedi, was arrested on September 20 after she visited the hospital where Amini spent three days in a coma before her death.

Hamedi was charged on November 8 along with another female journalist, Elaheh Mohammadi of Ham Mihan newspaper, with propaganda against the state and conspiring against national security.

The second female journalist at Shargh to be arrested was Marzieh Amiri, who was detained on November 1, the newspaper said.

Mohammadi was taken into custody on September 29 after she travelled to Amini's hometown of Saqez in Kurdistan province to cover her funeral.

The reformist newspaper Sazandegi reported in late October that more than 20 journalists were being held for their reporting of Amini's death or the subsequent unrest.

The business newspaper Jahan-e Sanat was closed down last week after accusations were made against the security forces, the judiciary said.

On October 30, more than 300 journalists issued a joint statement criticizing the detention of their colleagues and the denial of their rights, including access to lawyers.

Source: Al Arabiya

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/11/30/Protest-hit-Iran-arrests-another-female-journalist-Daily

--------

French Court Fines Restaurant Owner For Banning Muslim Hijabi Woman

NOV 30, 2022

A French court fined a restaurant owner in southwest France for prohibiting the entry of a Muslim woman for wearing the Islamic headscarf (also known as the hijab).

The court in the city of Bayonne in the Basque region ruled that the 64-year-old female restaurant owner was guilty of discrimination based on religion for asking the customer to remove her headscarf.

The incident took place on Mother’s Day in July, when the Muslim woman went to the restaurant to have dinner with her son.

Footage obtained during the incident shows the mother and son arriving at the restaurant door, and the woman who owns the business said she will not let the two customers into the restaurant because her mother is wearing a "headscarf from the Dark Ages."

The restaurant owner, who is believed to be a Christian because she was wearing a religious symbol – a cross around her neck – claimed that "the headscarf is a tool to subdue women" to her Muslim client, whom she then refused to let in.

The customer, who stated that he was shocked by the words directed at him, went to the police station and filed a complaint on the grounds that they were discriminated against.

With the implementation of laws targeting Muslims in France, Islamophobic and discriminatory attacks against headscarved women, Muslims and Islamic establishments and places of worship have increased, which appear to have emboldened anti-Muslim racist attacks.

Recently, the decision of the municipality of Grenoble to allow veiled swimwear on public beaches and swimming pools in the country was suspended by a court upon the instructions of Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.

Source: Daily Sabah

https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/french-court-fines-restaurant-owner-for-banning-muslim-woman

--------

Pakistan: Officials, rights activists honoured for their role to end violence against women

November 30, 2022

Zubair Qureshi

ISLAMABAD: Women’s right to live a life free of violence and abuse outside and inside their homes is constantly under threat.

However, it goes to the credit of the rights activists and because of the government’s proactive policies, laws and their effective implementation both at the federal and the provincial levels, there is an increasing awareness in society about violation of women’s rights.

Speakers expressed these views while addressing an award-giving ceremony titled ‘2021 in Retrospective – Celebrating Action to End Violence Against Women’ held at the Swedish ambassador’s residence.

The Embassy of Sweden and United Nations (UN) Women Pakistan jointly hosted the event that was attended by the parliamentarians, ambassadors, diplomats and members of civil society.

The ceremony was held to appreciate the commitments and actions taken on pledges made in 2021, under the global theme of ‘Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!’

A menace that knows no boundaries

Ambassador of Sweden Henrik Persson in his welcome remarks held that Sweden and the UN Women shared fundamental commitments towards gender equality. Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation around the world. It has no social or economic borders and no country is saved from this menace as it affects the rich and the poor alike.

UN Women’s Country Representative Sharmeela Rasool and Sweden’s First Secretary Lotta Segerström Tejpar narrated stories of the victims of violence while UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Muniba Mazari recited a poem which she dedicated to all men and women striving to end gender-based violence.

Steps underway to end discrimination in GB

Chief Minister of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Khalid Khurshid Khan, who was the chief guest at the ceremony, spoke about the situation in his province. “In some of our districts we have achieved more than 95 per cent female literacy rate but in others, it is as low as 6 per cent,” he said.

“We have to cover a long distance to achieve the goal of zero-discrimination against women, he admitted adding, the GB government was in collaboration with various institutions to set up a nursing institute in the province as at present there was none. We are taking steps to mainstream women and girls in socio-economic and political life so that they do not remain silent when they face any type of violence,” he said.

Law enacted against harassment at workplace

Chairman of the Senate’s Standing Committee on Human Rights (HR) Senator Walid Iqbal encouraged stakeholders to make commitments on ending violence against women and briefed them on the successful passage of bill against harassment at workplace earlier this year in January.

Later, awards were given to the officials and representatives from the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Balochistan and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

Source: Gulf News

https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/pakistan-officials-rights-activists-honoured-for-their-role-to-end-violence-against-women-1.92381408

--------

URL:  https://newageislam.com/islam-women-feminism/muslim-girl-marry-jharkhand-hc/d/128540

 

New Age IslamIslam OnlineIslamic WebsiteAfrican Muslim NewsArab World NewsSouth Asia NewsIndian Muslim NewsWorld Muslim NewsWomen in IslamIslamic FeminismArab WomenWomen In ArabIslamophobia in AmericaMuslim Women in WestIslam Women and Feminism

Loading..

Loading..