We stand with Muslim women, says PM Modi in UP
2 years, 10 months ago

We stand with Muslim women, says PM Modi in UP

Hindustan Times  

The Yogi Adityanath government has consistently worked towards preventing crimes against Muslim women, while others have stood in the way of their progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he addressed his first physical rally in Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a public meeting for the state Assembly elections, in Saharanpur on Thursday. Taking a swipe at his rivals, he said while the BJP government stands with every Muslim woman who is a victim, the party’s detractors have been “misleading” them. Triple talaq, also known as the Muslim Women Bill, 2019, was passed by the Indian Parliament as a law on July 30, 2019, to make instant Triple Talaq a criminal offence.

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MP: Muslim woman given triple talaq by her husband for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections
5 months, 4 weeks ago

MP: Muslim woman given triple talaq by her husband for voting BJP in Lok Sabha elections

Op India  

In Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, a 26-year-old Muslim woman has alleged that her husband gave her “triple talaq” after he was enraged with her for voting for the BJP in the Lok Sabha election. The officer went on to say that the complaint woman supported and voted for a political party, which infuriated her husband, who then gave her a …

Watch | PM Narendra Modi says he does not oppose Islam: 'Muslim community is…'
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Watch | PM Narendra Modi says he does not oppose Islam: 'Muslim community is…'

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he does not oppose Islam or Muslims and wants the community to think about their future growth as they vote in an ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024 that completes its third phase on Tuesday, May 7. Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in …

PM Modi asks NDA MPs to reach out to Muslim women during Rakshan Bandhan festival
1 year, 4 months ago

PM Modi asks NDA MPs to reach out to Muslim women during Rakshan Bandhan festival

Live Mint  

PM Modi urges BJP leaders to reach out to Muslim women during Raksha Bandhan festival, after ban on triple talaq. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked BJP leaders to reach out to Muslim women during the upcoming festival of Raksha Bandhan which will will fall on August 30 this year. PM Modi's statement came against the backdrop of his government's …

Islamists abuse Muslim scholars for lauding PM Modi and his government's work for the Muslim community
1 year, 10 months ago

Islamists abuse Muslim scholars for lauding PM Modi and his government's work for the Muslim community

Op India  

On Wednesday, leaders of several Muslim organizations showered praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking several steps for the welfare of the largest minority community in India. The Muslim leaders said that the Indian government led by PM Modi abolished Triple Talaq and is the only one who has thought of taking steps the empower Muslim women. #WATCH | …

Triple talaq law helping women: PM in Mann ki Baat
2 years, 9 months ago

Triple talaq law helping women: PM in Mann ki Baat

Hindustan Times  

Women in the country are “reaching new heights”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he hailed his government’s women-centric decisions, including a law against the practice of triple talaq. The country has seen an 80% reduction in cases related to the practice of triple talaq, Modi said. The Prime Minister also talked about redefining “Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat ” …

Dynasts ignored problems of Muslim women because of vote bank politics, says PM Modi
2 years, 10 months ago

Dynasts ignored problems of Muslim women because of vote bank politics, says PM Modi

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at rivals, saying they only bothered about “vote-bank politics” and did not pay attention to the “mountain-like” problems faced by Muslim women due to evil practices like triple talaq. “The dynasts always bothered for their ‘vote bank’ but shut their eyes on the mountain-like problems faced by the Muslim women due to …

Dynasts Ignored Problems of Muslim Women Because of Vote Bank Politics, Says PM Modi
2 years, 10 months ago

Dynasts Ignored Problems of Muslim Women Because of Vote Bank Politics, Says PM Modi

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at rivals, saying they only bothered about “vote-bank politics” and did not pay attention to the “mountain-like” problems faced by Muslim women due to evil practices like triple talaq. “The dynasts always bothered for their ‘vote bank’ but shut their eyes on the mountain-like problems faced by the Muslim women due to …

What Muslim women want: Equality, equal opportunities and definitely not hijab
2 years, 10 months ago

What Muslim women want: Equality, equal opportunities and definitely not hijab

Firstpost  

True purdah resided in the heart and had little to do with its external observance. If the issue of hijab was a matter of life and death for those eight students in Karnataka, then why were there no protests across India when in 2019 Kerala-based ‘Muslim Education Society’ banned niqab across 150 of its educational institutes, thus affecting the ‘essential’ …

Amid Hijab row, Modi talks welfare of Muslim women in west UP
2 years, 10 months ago

Amid Hijab row, Modi talks welfare of Muslim women in west UP

Hindustan Times  

Amid the ongoing hijab controversy that started from BJP- ruled Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his first physical rally in 2022 UP polls from Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, reached out to Muslim women, saying their bid to connect with the Bharatiya Janata Party was being blocked by the opposition, which was scared of losing their support. …

PM Modi reaches out to Muslim women amid hijab row, says people are finding new ways to block their rights
2 years, 10 months ago

PM Modi reaches out to Muslim women amid hijab row, says people are finding new ways to block their rights

India Today  

Addressing his first physical poll rally in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that people were finding "new ways to block the rights and development of Muslim women" in India. But we stand with every Muslim woman," PM Modi said, speaking the same day that Uttar Pradesh began voting in the first phase of the Assembly election. …

'Muslim sisters know our good intentions': PM Modi reaches out to minorities as battle for UP begins
2 years, 10 months ago

'Muslim sisters know our good intentions': PM Modi reaches out to minorities as battle for UP begins

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi on Feb 10 attempted to woo the Muslim women voters in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh Every sector has opened for women today, said Narendra Modi PM talked about various schemes including Triple Talaq law to bring a change in life of Muslim women UP Election 2022 : Amidst raging controversy over Hijab in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi …

PM Modi Takes Swipe After Mamata's Show of Support for Akhilesh; Reaches Out to Muslim Women
2 years, 10 months ago

PM Modi Takes Swipe After Mamata's Show of Support for Akhilesh; Reaches Out to Muslim Women

News 18  

After the public show of support by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a jibe at the SP for inviting a leader who had called the people of UP ”goondas” to campaign in the UP Assembly elections. Touching on the issue of triple talaq, Modi also …

UP Election: PM takes swipe after Mamata's show of support for Akhilesh; reaches out to Muslim women
2 years, 10 months ago

UP Election: PM takes swipe after Mamata's show of support for Akhilesh; reaches out to Muslim women

India TV News  

Highlights PM Modi took a jibe at the SP for inviting a leader who had called the people of UP ''goondas''. After the public show of support by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a jibe at the SP for inviting a leader who had called …

UP polls: Bareilly cleric’s daughter-in-law, a triple talaq victim, joins BJP
2 years, 10 months ago

UP polls: Bareilly cleric’s daughter-in-law, a triple talaq victim, joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

After praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for scrapping triple talaq, Nida Khan, the daughter-in- law of Islamic cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan from Bareilly’s famous Dargah Ala Hazrat, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Lucknow on Sunday. They include former UP minister in the Samajwadi Party government Shivcharan Prajapati, former BSP general secretary Gangaram Ambedkar, who was OSD to the then …

UP's women won't let opposition come back to power: PM Modi
3 years ago

UP's women won't let opposition come back to power: PM Modi

Hindustan Times  

Women in Uttar Pradesh will not allow the opposition to come back to power because the state government led by Yogi Adityanath has empowered women and provided them security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Prayagraj on Tuesday, months ahead of assembly polls in 2022. “The whole country is watching the work done for the development of UP, for the …

Triple Talaq Law: Legal Reform is the First Step to Empower Muslim Women, Writes Zakia Soman
3 years, 2 months ago

Triple Talaq Law: Legal Reform is the First Step to Empower Muslim Women, Writes Zakia Soman

News 18  

The Muslim Women Act or the Triple Talaq Law invoked sharp reactions during its passage in 2019. India needs a comprehensive Muslim family law which protects legal rights of women just as the Hindu marriage, succession and other laws protect rights of Hindu women. However, the legal discrimination of Muslim women and thereby the whole community continued owing to the …

Two Years of Triple Talaq Law: All About the Legislation That Banned Instant Divorce by Muslim Men
3 years, 4 months ago

Two Years of Triple Talaq Law: All About the Legislation That Banned Instant Divorce by Muslim Men

News 18  

The Ministry of Minority Affairs announced on Saturday that “Muslim Women Rights Day” will be observed across the nation on August 1 to celebrate the enactment of the triple talaq law. The Triple Talaq law, enforced by the National Democratic Alliance government on August 1, 2019, classified giving ‘instant divorce’ by Muslim men to their wives as a criminal offence. …

Muslim Women Rights Day 2021: Govt Marks 2nd Anniversary of 'Historic' Step to Ban Triple Talaq
3 years, 4 months ago

Muslim Women Rights Day 2021: Govt Marks 2nd Anniversary of 'Historic' Step to Ban Triple Talaq

News 18  

It was on August 1, 2019, that the Narendra Modi government passed the Triple Talaq bill in Parliament, abolishing the practice of instant divorce and ‘nikah halala’ in the Muslim community, and since then, the day is celebrated as Muslim Women Rights Day as the government marks gender equality. On the second anniversary of the event on Sunday, Union Minority …

Committee set up to reconsider minimum marriage age of girls: PM Modi in Independence Day speech
4 years, 4 months ago

Committee set up to reconsider minimum marriage age of girls: PM Modi in Independence Day speech

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his speech on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day on Saturday, said that the government has set up a committee to reconsider the minimum age for marriage of girls in India. "We have set up committee to reconsider the minimum age for marriage of our daughters. We will take appropriate decision after the committee …

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