SC adjourns hearing on plea seeking Muslim women's entry to mosques

05 Nov 2019 Evaluate

The Supreme Court (SC) has adjourned the hearing on a petition seeking a direction to declare the practice of prohibition on the entry of Muslim women in the mosques as ‘illegal and unconstitutional’. A bench headed by Justice S A Bobde adjourned the matter for ten days after the parties in the case sought four weeks' time to file their responses on the petition.

In the last hearing, the apex court had sought Centre's response on a plea seeking entry of Muslim women in mosques across the country and claiming that such restriction was unconstitutional and violative of fundamental rights to life, equality and gender justice. The notices were also issued to union ministries of Women and Child Welfare, National Commission for Women (NCW), Central Waqf Council, and All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). The plea, which was filed by a Pune-based Muslim couple, sought the prohibition on entry of Muslim women into mosques to be uplifted.

According to the petition, ‘At present, women are allowed to offer prayers at mosques under Jamaat-e-Islami and Mujahid denominations, while they are barred from mosques under the predominant Sunni faction’. The petition submitted ‘A mosque is not an individual person. There are no records stating that the Holy Quran and Prophet Muhammad had opposed women entering mosques and offering prayers. Like men, women also have the constitutional rights to offer worship according to their belief’.

 

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