Women of all religions should worry. A majority government can change laws so that women no longer inherit land, widows no longer remarry, divorce is no longer permissible.
Already, some states restrict freedom of faith by preventing citizens from converting to other religions. Our freedom to eat and drink what we want has been legally curtailed.
No government has passed laws making inter-caste and inter-community marriage easier. The Constitution has been subverted repeatedly.
As far as Muslim women are concerned, ladies, you need to up your game and start fighting in earnest. Feel free to follow a set of civilian laws if you want, for no force is permitted in your religion. But if you follow religious law, learn to make it work for you.
Fight. But don’t just stop at triple talaq. That is a tiny problem. The big problem is independence.
Read this column on Triple Talaaq and Indian Muslim women's struggle to get rid of it: http://www.dailyo.in/politics/triple-talaq-muslim-personal-law-marriage/story/1/17062.html
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