Dr Noorjehan Safia Niaz: 2 books
Women’s Shariah Court-Muslim Women’s Quest for Justice
An Alternative Dispute Resolution Forum For and By Muslim Women
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Would it be easy to imagine a court where justice is dispensed not by women and men wearing black flowing gowns but by ordinarily dressed, uneducated women? Muslim women living in slum communities of Mumbai took upon themselves the job of providing legal aid to other distressed women. Need for justice...
Reclaiming Sacred Spaces
Muslim Women’s Struggle for Entry into Haji Ali Dargah
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Nobody imagined that a democratic struggle by ordinary Muslim women would hit patriarchy at its core and yield a great step forward towards gender justice. The ‘Haji Ali Case’ not only challenged the patriarchy within the Muslim community but it also created space for an alternative voice which...