On International Women's Day News Brake looks at injustice faced by several women under the Muslim inheritance law. In this episode, senior journalist George Poikayil dissects the problem for our audience. The episode also features Sheena Shukkur, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, who recently remarried her husband Advocate C Shukkur to circumvent the laws of inheritance under Shariat, and Rubiya Sainudheen, a single daughter who is set to lose 50 per cent of her father's property under the Shariat law.
Read George Poikayil's detailed piece on Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1937 here: Shariat inheritance law: The million (muffled) mutinies in Muslim homes