Who is shah bano

The issue was which group would have the final word on reforming Muslim personal law. Women's groups demanded that the government not relinquish its ability to pursue the goal of sexual equality for Muslim women.

Simultaneously, Muslims demanded control over any reform of the personal law. Shah Bano is an example of one of the most complex problems that arises in regard to minority rights: what to do when granting autonomy to minorities threatens to exacerbate the situation of groups that are systematically oppressed within the minority culture.

How is it possible to grant autonomy to a minority without depriving minority women of the legal protection they would otherwise have enjoyed?

In this thesis I propose that some protection for women's rights could be obtained by requiring that institutions that represent the minority group must include a significant number of women representatives in order to be officially recognized by the State. I then briefly examine this proposal as a possible solution to the Shah Bano case, and consider a few practical obstacles to implementing the proposal.

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Shah Bano. New Delhi: Rajiv Publications; Khan, Muniza Rafiq. Socio-legal status of Muslim women. Maitra, Sunil. Muslim Women's Act: Deathknell of Secularism.

Nasir, Jamal J. The Islamic Law of Personal Status. Sewlani, Pratap. The views expressed here are his own. India needs free, fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism even more as it faces multiple crises.

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