(AIMPLB's) decision

Muslim women across the country

condemned the AIMPLB

raise our voices against antiwomen practices

AIMPLB of politicising the Law Commission's questionnaire

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board 'sto boycott the Law Commission's questionnaire on triple talaq and polygamy drew sharp reactions from, with some activists even speaking out against the discriminatory laws in the Shariat.The Muslim Mahila Foundation president Nazneen Ansari in Lucknowfor twisting Shariat laws to their advantage. "Why should the Shariat be taken into account only when there's a debate on the freedom of Muslim women ?“ asked Nazneen. "Why don't these clerics press for Shariat laws against Muslim men accused of rape and other such crimes?" Nazneen told TOI.Zakia Soman of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan in Agra called for a nation-wide campaign to ensure women's participation in filling out the questionnaire. "The Law Commission has given us an opportunity to. Our organisation will get over 50,000 forms filled by Muslim women. We have asked our units in 15 states to get the forms completed," Soman said.Similar thoughts were echoed by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan co-founder Noorjehan Safia Niaz, who accused the"The Board uses personal laws to perpetuate patriarchy and does not want to discuss their codification. It tried to communalise the issue when it said that the government wants to start internal religious war," said Mumbai-based Niaz. Often described as "a minority within a minority", Indian Muslim women have often called for socio-economic reforms by seeking access to education and employment.