“Kerala Muslim woman is on a mission against Shariat Law. It’s a do-or-die inheritance battle”, The Print, May 1, 2024:
“Safiya PM from Kerala’s Alappuzha is a woman on a mission. She doesn’t believe in Islam but she is just not able to exit the choke of Shariat law. She now wants the Supreme Court to declare her a non-believer too.
It is the first step toward her only daughter inheriting all of her assets—Shariat law allows only half of it to go to her, and the other half will go to Safiya’s brother. At a time when the Uniform Civil Code is a hot-button political issue, Safiya’s case contributes to the debate about discriminatory elements of Muslim Personal Law toward women.
She wants the court to remedy the fact that non-believers are subject to the personal law of the religion they were born into. Her entry point into the issue is inheritance rights. She can only avail of the secular Indian Succession Act 1925 if the apex court declares her a non-believer…..”
Read the full article at Theprint.com
