Bangladesh government urged not to 'reform' Hindu laws

[Black_cats]

Bangladesh government urged not to 'reform' Hindu laws

Opposing any reform of the Hindu laws, a group of minority leaders has urged the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to assure not to reform the laws.
By - Sentinel Digital Desk

Published On 2021-08-27 07:12 GMT | Update On 2021-08-27 07:12 GMT

DHAKA: Opposing any reform of the Hindu laws, a group of minority leaders has urged the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to assure not to reform the laws.

They also demanded legal action against Mahfuz Anam, Editor of The Daily Star, and his wife Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonnye Foundation, blaming them of hurting 'religious sentiments' of the Hindu community and creating chaos in their families.

Anam has submitted a proposal to the Law Commission for the reform of a Hindu law. Shaheen Anam and Mahfuz Anam have been accused of 'conspiring to change' Hindu family scriptural rules by dividing Hindu family property into individual-centric property distribution, divorce, compulsory and punitive Hindu marriage registration, adoption, maintenance, and so on.

The leaders of the organisation named 'Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance' and some other organisations of Hindu community made the call on Sunday during a press conference.

Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, an advocate, and Secretary-General, Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance announced the four demands placed before the government.

They urged the government to make an announcement by August 30, assuring 'no reform and change' in Hindu law. They said legal action must be taken against Shaheen Anam and some NGOs that are 'creating chaos' in the Hindu society and families by conducting anti-social and anti-religious activities.

They also demanded that Shaheen Anam and her associates must apologise to the 'Hindu community'. They warned of launching a mass signature campaign across the country.

Advocate Protiva Bakchi, women's affairs secretary of Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance, announced the written statement. At the programme, Professor Hirendra Nath Biswas, president of Bangladesh National Hindu Reformation Society, has claimed that the campaign of Mahfuz Anam and his wife Shaheen Anam to reform Hindu law is a conspiracy to create unrest among the Hindus of the country by destroying unity and heritage of the community.

In the statement, Bakchi also said Mahfuz Anam is spreading propaganda against the Hindu community by publishing fiction in his newspaper Daily Star.

Swami Sangeetananda Maharaj, Principal of Pranab Math, Dhaka, claimed the non-government organisation 'Manusher Jonno Foundation' is trying to create unrest among the Hindus of the country by destroying unity and heritage of the Hindu community.

At the press conference, Col (retd) Niranjan Bhattacharya, president of Bangladesh Brahman Sangsad, said: "Few NGOs were conspiring against Hindu. The law is not changeable in any way. We are embarrassed, the government is embarrassed. We have to rejoice in the golden jubilee of independence but we are protesting here. We demand an immediate end to their conspiracy." (IANS)

Bangladesh government urged not to 'reform' Hindu laws - Sentinelassam

Opposing any reform of the Hindu laws, a group of minority leaders has urged the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to assure not to reform the laws.

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[El Sidd]

Anam has submitted a proposal to the Law Commission for the reform of a Hindu law. Shaheen Anam and Mahfuz Anam have been accused of 'conspiring to change' Hindu family scriptural rules by dividing Hindu family property into individual-centric property distribution, divorce, compulsory and punitive Hindu marriage registration, adoption, maintenance, and so on.

as opposed to? how does the law works now?

Anam cannot change Hindu laws. She can only change Bangladeshi law.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

as opposed to? how does the law works now?

Anam cannot change Hindu laws. She can only change Bangladeshi law.

Hindu inheritance laws.

Reading ;

On Hindu women’s right to property

According to classical Hindu law, all daughters of a man are not equally eligible to inherit. Unmarried daughters and married daughters with sons can inherit, while childless widowed daughters or daughters having no son or with no possibility of having sons are excluded.

www.thedailystar.net

Experts: Amend Hindu inheritance law to ensure equal rights

Justice Krishna Debnath says Hindu traditionalists, not the government, are the main obstacle when it comes to reforming the Hindu law of inheritance

www.dhakatribune.com

 

[El Sidd]

Hindu inheritance laws.

Reading ;

On Hindu women’s right to property

According to classical Hindu law, all daughters of a man are not equally eligible to inherit. Unmarried daughters and married daughters with sons can inherit, while childless widowed daughters or daughters having no son or with no possibility of having sons are excluded.

www.thedailystar.net

Experts: Amend Hindu inheritance law to ensure equal rights

Justice Krishna Debnath says Hindu traditionalists, not the government, are the main obstacle when it comes to reforming the Hindu law of inheritance

www.dhakatribune.com

i see the dilemma it poses for a nation state. however if it worked till now, how and why must be answered first don't you think?

 

[magra]

Bangladesh government urged not to 'reform' Hindu laws

Opposing any reform of the Hindu laws, a group of minority leaders has urged the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to assure not to reform the laws.
By - Sentinel Digital Desk

Published On 2021-08-27 07:12 GMT | Update On 2021-08-27 07:12 GMT

DHAKA: Opposing any reform of the Hindu laws, a group of minority leaders has urged the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to assure not to reform the laws.

They also demanded legal action against Mahfuz Anam, Editor of The Daily Star, and his wife Shaheen Anam, executive director of Manusher Jonnye Foundation, blaming them of hurting 'religious sentiments' of the Hindu community and creating chaos in their families.

Anam has submitted a proposal to the Law Commission for the reform of a Hindu law. Shaheen Anam and Mahfuz Anam have been accused of 'conspiring to change' Hindu family scriptural rules by dividing Hindu family property into individual-centric property distribution, divorce, compulsory and punitive Hindu marriage registration, adoption, maintenance, and so on.

The leaders of the organisation named 'Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance' and some other organisations of Hindu community made the call on Sunday during a press conference.

Gobinda Chandra Pramanik, an advocate, and Secretary-General, Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance announced the four demands placed before the government.

They urged the government to make an announcement by August 30, assuring 'no reform and change' in Hindu law. They said legal action must be taken against Shaheen Anam and some NGOs that are 'creating chaos' in the Hindu society and families by conducting anti-social and anti-religious activities.

They also demanded that Shaheen Anam and her associates must apologise to the 'Hindu community'. They warned of launching a mass signature campaign across the country.

Advocate Protiva Bakchi, women's affairs secretary of Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance, announced the written statement. At the programme, Professor Hirendra Nath Biswas, president of Bangladesh National Hindu Reformation Society, has claimed that the campaign of Mahfuz Anam and his wife Shaheen Anam to reform Hindu law is a conspiracy to create unrest among the Hindus of the country by destroying unity and heritage of the community.

In the statement, Bakchi also said Mahfuz Anam is spreading propaganda against the Hindu community by publishing fiction in his newspaper Daily Star.

Swami Sangeetananda Maharaj, Principal of Pranab Math, Dhaka, claimed the non-government organisation 'Manusher Jonno Foundation' is trying to create unrest among the Hindus of the country by destroying unity and heritage of the Hindu community.

At the press conference, Col (retd) Niranjan Bhattacharya, president of Bangladesh Brahman Sangsad, said: "Few NGOs were conspiring against Hindu. The law is not changeable in any way. We are embarrassed, the government is embarrassed. We have to rejoice in the golden jubilee of independence but we are protesting here. We demand an immediate end to their conspiracy." (IANS)

Bangladesh government urged not to 'reform' Hindu laws - Sentinelassam

Opposing any reform of the Hindu laws, a group of minority leaders has urged the Sheikh Hasina-led Bangladesh government to assure not to reform the laws.

www.google.com

Sometimes, a society needs government push to come out of medieval ways.
Over centuries, in India, Sati was banned, caste discrimination was made illegal, homosexuality was decriminalized, triple talak was banned. All these was due to strong govt laws despite opposition from society.

Ideally, there should not be any religion specific law.

 

[Bilal9]

Sometimes, a society needs government push to come out of medieval ways.
Over centuries, in India, Sati was banned, caste discrimination was made illegal, homosexuality was decriminalized, triple talak was banned. All these was due to strong govt laws despite opposition from society.

Ideally, there should not be any religion specific law.

These laws in Bangladesh are being made to reform OUR laws, not Hindu laws. Women in Hindu BANGLADESHI families must get inheritance as males (inline with what rest of society gets), this is what applies to any citizen in Bangladesh. Hindus in our country cannot expect to keep treating their women like Chattel just because they happen to be Hindu.

Bangladesh in this respect is more progressive than India.

You say that "there should not be any religion specific law" - however, what is CAA/NRC?

Those ARE religion specific laws...

 

[RealNapster]

So its good if India "reform" 3 talak system but Bangladesh government is not supposed to bring any reform's in Hindu laws ?

but Than this have nothing to do with india as the request came from local Hindus.

 

[mb444]

Go ahead with the reform, they can leave if they dont like it.

 

[Bilal9]

So its good if India "reform" 3 talak system but Bangladesh government is not supposed to bring any reform's in Hindu laws ?

but Than this have nothing to do with india as the request came from local Hindus.

Exactly. We must move on with the times as far as SOME (if not completely EQUAL) rights for women, be they Bangladeshi Hindu or Muslim.

In fact in Bangladesh, Muslim women have more inheritance rights than Hindu women do in India in general.

Granted I don't completely know what Sanatan Dharma Hindu rules dictate, but AFAIK Hindu women have no inheritance of father's property after marriage. Give her a few pieces of Jewellery, Furniture, a Godrej Almari, for the new couple from the bride's father, then Kanya-Dan finished. Some times Dahej is a lot less. After marriage, no Hindu woman can claim father's property.

In Muslim law, women (even after marriage) get one half of what sons get as far as Father's property. And they are still supposed to get as much Dahej as Hindu women, if not more.

This law in Hinduism in very unfair to women and needs reform. Hindus in Bangladesh can cry as much as they want, but reforms will happen.

 

[Anubis]

Have a referendum and let only Hindu women vote...lets see what they want...Bangladesh in practice is more pluralist than secular...in this case neither Muslims nor Hindu men should dictate what Hindu women need or want.

 

[Maira La]

Over centuries, in India, Sati was banned, caste discrimination was made illegal...All these was due to strong govt laws despite opposition from society.

You ILLITERATE RSS slumdog, it was not because of opposition from society, it was because Muslims and British banned these practices such as Sati!!
Except caste discrimination which neither Muslims nor British could get rid of!

 

[Chhatrapati]

These laws in Bangladesh are being made to reform OUR laws, not Hindu laws. Women in Hindu BANGLADESHI families must get inheritance as males (inline with what rest of society gets), this is what applies to any citizen in Bangladesh. Hindus in our country cannot expect to keep treating their women like Chattel just because they happen to be Hindu.

Bangladesh in this respect is more progressive than India.

You say that "there should not be any religion specific law" - however, what is CAA/NRC?

Those ARE religion specific laws...

Lol! Bangladesh is anything but progressive in that, you still give more weightage to the son than daughters on sharing properties. Where in India Hindu and other people belonging to Dharmic faiths give equal ownership to wife, son, and/or daughters of a diseased person without a will.

CAA is religion specific simply because it deals with religious prosecution. You're free to enact such laws which can be found in a lot of countries. NRC is not religion specific but country specific

 

[magra]

You ILLITERATE RSS slumdog, it was not because of opposition from society, it was because Muslims and British banned these practices such as Sati!!
Except caste discrimination which neither Muslims nor British could get rid of!

are you blind.. did you read what I wrote.
I wrote that despite societal opposition to removing practices like Sati, caste discrimination etc, strong govt laws (be it British, or Independent India) moved to make these illegal.

Read first before spouting hatred.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Lol these hindu cucks don’t want their wives and daughters to claim property inheritance and then wonder why they flock to Muslim boys lol

 

[El Sidd]

Exactly. We must move on with the times as far as SOME (if not completely EQUAL) rights for women, be they Bangladeshi Hindu or Muslim.

In fact in Bangladesh, Muslim women have more inheritance rights than Hindu women do in India in general.

Granted I don't completely know what Sanatan Dharma Hindu rules dictate, but AFAIK Hindu women have no inheritance of father's property after marriage. Give her a few pieces of Jewellery, Furniture, a Godrej Almari, for the new couple from the bride's father, then Kanya-Dan finished. Some times Dahej is a lot less. After marriage, no Hindu woman can claim father's property.

In Muslim law, women (even after marriage) get one half of what sons get as far as Father's property. And they are still supposed to get as much Dahej as Hindu women, if not more.

This law in Hinduism in very unfair to women and needs reform. Hindus in Bangladesh can cry as much as they want, but reforms will happen.

Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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