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Article: Muslim women renew marriage vows under self-styled nikhaanama.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- May 13, 2005
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Mumbai, May 13 (PTI) Casting aside the model nikhanama drafted by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, 10 couples on Friday renewed their marriage vows under a self-styled nikhanama that assured women equal rights to property and divorce.
The event was organised under the banner of Hukook-e-Niswan Mahila Sanghatan, which has been spearheading a movement against the model nikhaanama drafted by AIMPLB on the grounds that it was "unfair and prejudiced to women and regressive in its approach to women's rights".
The couples, whose ages varied from 35 to 60 years and were married earlier, signed the nikhanama in front of a kazi, who briefed them on the ...