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Women allowed in inner sactum of Haji Ali dargah, rules HC

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Interesting! Will the Imam's & Mufti's allow this? I thought only Hindus are used as whipping boys!!

Women allowed in inner sactum of Haji Ali dargah, rules HC

August 26, 2016 11:11


Just in: In a landmark ruling, women will be allowed in the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai.

The Bombay High Court pronounced its verdict on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the ban on the entry of women into the inner sanctum of the city's famed Haji Ali Dargah.

A two-judge division bench of the high court, comprising Justice V M Kanade AMD and Justice Revati Mohite Dhere pronounced the verdict.

The ban was imposed in 2012 by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust citing some religious traditions as the reason.

The PIL was filed by women activists Noorjehan Niaz and Zakia Soman and the NGO Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan.The Haji Ali Trust, as the respondent in the case, defended the ban saying that the entry of women in close proximity to the tomb of a male saint would be seen as a grievous sin in Islam.

The Maharashtra government had in February told the Bombay High Court that unless the Dargah Board is able to prove that the ban is a part of their religious practice with reference to the Quran, women should be allowed to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali.

The trust had claimed that separate arrangements have been made for women to walk up to a certain point from where they can offer prayers, but are not permitted to touch the tomb of a male saint as it is a sin in Islam.


http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...gah-rules-hc/882f9495dcfe2c7d5d75d59317e2c2d3
 
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Shall we discuss this subject? This doesn't pertain to us.
 
I guess our forum discusses all issues under the sun...We do not discriminate between news items!!
 
[h=1]Will help Haji Ali fight case in SC, says kin of Sabarimala priests[/h]August 27, 2016 15:00


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After women were allowed entry into the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai, a kin of the family of priests at Sabarimala temple in Kerala has promised support for the plea of the Haji Ali Trust in Supreme Court.


The Bombay high court, in a landmark ruling on Friday, allowed entry of women into the inner sanctum of the centuries-old shrine in Mumbai. The Haji Ali Trust, which manages the dargah, said it will appeal to the Supreme Court against the high court order.


Sabarimala devotees will help Haji Ali to fight the case in Supreme Court, tweeted Rahul Easwar, an activist who belongs to the family of priests at Sabarimala temple.


The shrine dedicated to Lord Ayyappa atop a hill in Kerala does not allow the entry of women of menstrual age. The temple management has tied the rule to essential religious practices and traditions, along with the belief that the presiding deity, Lord Ayyappa, is a perennial celibate (Naishtika Brahmachari).


Easwar argued on Twitter saying freedom of faith should not be interfered beyond a Lakshman Rekha.

http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...mala-priests/5a24e1b771ecc7a35941c0cce3fcff62
 
Of course the forum should discuss and debate. The Bombay HC judgement is on "CONSTITUTION" and not based on RELIGION !! Even the judgement clearly admit & state that SABARIMALA issue is entirely different from HAJI ALI... Here the issue was on GENDER DISCRIMINATION...
 
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