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Article: Muslim women's body rejects model 'nikahnama'.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- May 14, 2005
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Lucknow, May 14 (PTI) Rejecting outright the AIMPLB model 'nikahnama' by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board as being "bereft of Muslim women's rights", All-India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) Saturday said it will prepare its own code of marriage in keeping with the Shariat.
"The model 'nikahnama' is bereft of the rights of Muslim women and does not clearly define 'talaq' in light of the Shariat (Islamic jurisprudence)," Shaista Amber, President of the recently floated rebel body, told reporters here.
She said the model 'nikahnama' prepared by the AIMPLB had failed to "redress the burning issues" confronting Muslim women in the ...