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INDIA: SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON RELIGIOUS COURTS

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the legality of religious courts after an Islamic tribunal ordered a Muslim rape victim to move in with the suspected rapist, her father-in-law, The Hindustan Times reported. It said that the court has asked the federal and state governments and three Muslim organizations to file briefs on whether religious courts, primarily Islamic ones, should be allowed to play any role in a secular democracy. Under the Constitution, Islamic courts are permitted to rule on such matters as marriage and divorce. A council in a Muslim village in northern India used that power in June to order the woman to move in with her father-in-law although he was accused of raping her. She was also ordered to treat her husband as her son, effectively becoming the father-in-law's wife. She refused, and the father-in-law was arrested after rights groups protested. The case has pitted conservative Muslims against Hindu nationalists and women's groups. The petition challenging the legality of religious courts was filed by a Hindu lawyer. (AP)


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