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Women beat clerics over fake talaq
Had Urdu poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi been alive, he might have been happy to know that Sultan-ul-Madaris, Lucknow's seminary from which he was expelled in the 1930s for 'indiscipline', has been shaken up by three bold women.
Claiming to have exposed a talaq racket running from inside the madrasa, the women on Tuesday thrashed three maulvis with slippers for their alleged involvement in issuing fraud divorce certificates or talaqnamas for money.
Wiser after the incident that was caught live on television cameras, the seminary has decided to undertake an overall scrutiny of all talaqnamas issued by the Shariat court of the institute in the last 10 years. An internal probe will be started and the maulvis punished if found guilty, Maulana Ishtaq Rizvi, a senior seminary member, said.
Community leaders believe that the fraud certificates were sold for a long time.
Nishat Fatima (24), Arshi Abdi (27) and Hina Khatun (32), all belonging to the Shia sect of Islam, beat up Maulana Musa, Maulana Asgar and Maulana Sadiq. Nishat and Arshi are sisters and the two and Hina had married three brothers.
"In the last two years, all the three men procured talaqnama on the sly by bribing these maulvis Rs 2,500 for each talaq without our permission," Hina said.
When the women cried foul, the three maulanas invited them over on Tuesday afternoon to the seminary to record their grudges. The women found over a dozen maulvis there, who started saying they could solve the problem if the women agreed for nikah-al-mutah (a fixed-term marriage) for a week with Musa, Asgar and Sadiq.
A fixed-term marriage, Nishat explained, automatically dissolves after the completion of the term. "The maulvis claimed our husbands had realised their mistake and wanted us back. So they asked us to get married to them for a week so that our husbands would be free to remarry us. This was insulting. We are happy that we beat them up.
This was the only option left with us to save our honour," she said.
Hina agreed. "We didn't feel comfortable there and wanted to leave. But the maulvis held our hands and asked us to sit down. We then called up our family members. When we saw them and the media personnel, we gained enough courage to beat the maulvis," Hina said.
The women alleged that these maulvis were known blackmailers.
"The institute is running a racket in which there are about 12 blackmailers who cheat helpless women. Though I can't reveal the identity of the women, at least 1,000 of them in Lucknow have fallen in the trap of these socalled maulanas," Hina alleged.
"This institute doesn't tolerate nice people," she said, claiming that to be a reason why Kaifi Azmi was expelled. The authorities threw him out when he formed a union to demand the students' basic rights.
The women have sought an audience with Uttar Pradesh governor B. L. Joshi and have also prepared a memorandum to be given to him. Seeking action against the maulvis for "destroying many families", they said it was needed to cleanse the society.
Arshi hinted at a police- maulvi nexus, saying all effort to lodge a complaint was stonewalled. The policemen allegedly told them to accept their fate." The only option left with us is to request the governor to intervene," Arshi said.
However,Ali Imam Abdi, the women's former father-in-law, rubbished their allegation. "All procedures of talaq was followed," he claimed.
Sadiq, a maulvi who was beaten up, alleged that the women had come with an intention to attack the maulvis and a complaint was registered against them. Playing it safe, Lucknow district magistrate Anil Sagar said it was a religious issue and the police needed to handle it "accordingly". The women have got support from prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad. "Action should be taken against these maulvis. This issue will be raised within the community. But the police must first initiate action against them," he said.
Yasoob Abbas, general secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, lashed out at the maulvis, saying the board had been receiving complaints against them. "Thorough investigation and proper action is needed against such corrupt people," he said.
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Had Urdu poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi been alive, he might have been happy to know that Sultan-ul-Madaris, Lucknow's seminary from which he was expelled in the 1930s for 'indiscipline', has been shaken up by three bold women.
Claiming to have exposed a talaq racket running from inside the madrasa, the women on Tuesday thrashed three maulvis with slippers for their alleged involvement in issuing fraud divorce certificates or talaqnamas for money.
Wiser after the incident that was caught live on television cameras, the seminary has decided to undertake an overall scrutiny of all talaqnamas issued by the Shariat court of the institute in the last 10 years. An internal probe will be started and the maulvis punished if found guilty, Maulana Ishtaq Rizvi, a senior seminary member, said.
Community leaders believe that the fraud certificates were sold for a long time.
Nishat Fatima (24), Arshi Abdi (27) and Hina Khatun (32), all belonging to the Shia sect of Islam, beat up Maulana Musa, Maulana Asgar and Maulana Sadiq. Nishat and Arshi are sisters and the two and Hina had married three brothers.
"In the last two years, all the three men procured talaqnama on the sly by bribing these maulvis Rs 2,500 for each talaq without our permission," Hina said.
When the women cried foul, the three maulanas invited them over on Tuesday afternoon to the seminary to record their grudges. The women found over a dozen maulvis there, who started saying they could solve the problem if the women agreed for nikah-al-mutah (a fixed-term marriage) for a week with Musa, Asgar and Sadiq.
A fixed-term marriage, Nishat explained, automatically dissolves after the completion of the term. "The maulvis claimed our husbands had realised their mistake and wanted us back. So they asked us to get married to them for a week so that our husbands would be free to remarry us. This was insulting. We are happy that we beat them up.
This was the only option left with us to save our honour," she said.
Hina agreed. "We didn't feel comfortable there and wanted to leave. But the maulvis held our hands and asked us to sit down. We then called up our family members. When we saw them and the media personnel, we gained enough courage to beat the maulvis," Hina said.
The women alleged that these maulvis were known blackmailers.
"The institute is running a racket in which there are about 12 blackmailers who cheat helpless women. Though I can't reveal the identity of the women, at least 1,000 of them in Lucknow have fallen in the trap of these socalled maulanas," Hina alleged.
"This institute doesn't tolerate nice people," she said, claiming that to be a reason why Kaifi Azmi was expelled. The authorities threw him out when he formed a union to demand the students' basic rights.
The women have sought an audience with Uttar Pradesh governor B. L. Joshi and have also prepared a memorandum to be given to him. Seeking action against the maulvis for "destroying many families", they said it was needed to cleanse the society.
Arshi hinted at a police- maulvi nexus, saying all effort to lodge a complaint was stonewalled. The policemen allegedly told them to accept their fate." The only option left with us is to request the governor to intervene," Arshi said.
However,Ali Imam Abdi, the women's former father-in-law, rubbished their allegation. "All procedures of talaq was followed," he claimed.
Sadiq, a maulvi who was beaten up, alleged that the women had come with an intention to attack the maulvis and a complaint was registered against them. Playing it safe, Lucknow district magistrate Anil Sagar said it was a religious issue and the police needed to handle it "accordingly". The women have got support from prominent Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad. "Action should be taken against these maulvis. This issue will be raised within the community. But the police must first initiate action against them," he said.
Yasoob Abbas, general secretary of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, lashed out at the maulvis, saying the board had been receiving complaints against them. "Thorough investigation and proper action is needed against such corrupt people," he said.
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good good now drag the men and their facilitators to the court
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