See the Bollywood families cry shrill on various topics like
feminism (while promoting breakup of families ) , but have they ever had the
courage of taking on women’s issues like FGM? Or unequal inheritance? Or for
that matter, how easily a woman can be divorced
by pronouncing ‘’talaq’’ thrice?
The condition of Muslim women where divorce is concerned is
really powerless . While apologists say that marriage in Islam is the most
sacred and Allah curses those who violate it, why don’t they answer this question:-
Why is this detestable thing so easy then?
Why are there no consequences if the rules necessary for it
can be flouted so easily?
Why can this sacred bond be broken so easily by a man
uttering ‘talaq’ thrice, be it while angry, drunk, in sleep ? Why is this
ridiculously simple for the man who can divorce according to his whims and
fancies and get away with it if he is influential, but not at all for the wife
even if she is at the receiving end? Khula (Woman’s initiation) is way more
difficult and almost impossible to obtain. Why does the man have unconditional
power here and the woman absolutely none?
Why after even a talaq given when the man is not in his
senses, does a woman find that it is nearly impossible to remarry her first
husband, and loses all rights of her being a wife, wrt property or even custody
of children (in case of an infant, she can only have the custody till he/she is
weaned) ?
Why does reconciliation of the woman with her husband who has
pronounced talaq include inhuman rules like halala (the divorced woman , in
order to be remarried to her former husband, must marry another man, consummate
the marriage and then divorce the man again), even if the case may be that the
husband has divorced her in a moment of rage or intoxication?
Why, inspite of most of the Muslim countries banning triple
talaq, there has been no attempts to ban
it in India? Isnt this the worst kind of injustice to Muslim women under
the name of vote bank appeasement?
Why are the various women’s rights groups who are screaming
shrill over women’s entry into certain temples and on karva chauth shut up on
this issue? Why cant they support a few courageous Muslim women who stand up
against it? Why is there absolutely no remedy for women who have been given
talaq by their Husbands via webcam, twitter, email or by any other frivoulous
means? Why is there no consequence for the Ulema who uphold this kind of
injustice in the name of religion?
Has there been any credible depiction of the same in popular
Indian media?
Just one. Nikaah (1982) by BR Chopra. Though hardly a
specimen of great cinema, it covered all the aspects of the injustice done to
women by triple talaq, implemented immediately in the fit of the rage by the
husband, who later on expects the second husband to divorce her (fulfilling the
halala conditions), but in the end, the woman decides to stay with the second
husband as a result of poor treatment by the first.
Other than that, there has been silence. No attempt to even
remotely touch the subject. No attempt by the equality brigade in Bollywood to
show solidarity with the wronged women. Its well known that feminism is
hypocrisy personified, but nowhere is it more evident in showbiz. Thats why
they bring out films condemning drugs even when most of their fraternity are
busy getting stoned in parties. They make films glorifying poverty while
getting drowned in decadence in their day to day life. They make films
promoting jingoism (not nationalism) while financing their films via criminal
and even anti national money.
Therefore, they wont make any films where the result might
be stoning of their plush villas, or boycott of their future films, or stop
them from getting an endorsements, or stop them from duty free shopping in
Dubai. They wont make any film on a topic which will stir the hornets nest or
which is not convenient. They will not make films on any topic on anything
which will not give them publicity to glamorize them. Speaking up against triple
talaq wont give them any coverage in Cosmopolitan or Vogue, but wearing a
bikini will.
Why do we even expect anything from these spineless people?
Expect nothing from a film industry that was largely founded by dhimmis kicked
out of their homes during partition. Instead of standing up for their
humiliation, these spineless creatures via their subverted so called art, want
to bring down everyone to their level, and call it as ‘’integration’’. And no,
no word against Pakistan or Jihad, because it is detrimental to their business.
Standing up for anything of value has never been their forte.
Lets indeed focus our attention towards the real heroes, who
are fighting a valiant battle against this abuse. The reel zeroes can worry
about how they look with an extra level of makeup.
