Close on the heels of a fatwa, a Muslim outfit has threatened to stone Nida Khan and Farhat Naqvi to death.

Both Nida and Farhat are crusaders against the practice of triple talaq and halala, which requires a woman to sleep with another man to return to her first husband.

The outfit All India Faizan-e-Madina also declared a cash reward of Rs 11,000 to whoever cuts the braids of the two woman and stones them to death.

In its fatwa, Muin Siddique, the president of the outfit, asked the two women to ''leave the country'' within three days lest they should be ready to face serious consequences.

It said that Nida and Farhat had questioned the tenets of Islam and Shariat (Islamic law), which was a ''sin'' and that they must be punished.

Another fatwa issued by a prominent cleric Mufti Khursheed Alam barred the people from helping Nida in case she falls ill.

It also said that after Nida's death, her body will not be allowed to be buried in the graveyard.

Nida, however, remained unfazed and vowed to continue her fight against triple talaq and halala.

''I will not be cowed down by such fatwas... No one has the right to excommunicate any person... My fight against triple talaq and halala will continue,'' she said.

Barely two days back, a fatwa by the prestigious Ala Hazrat Dargah in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly town, about 250 kilometres from Lucknow, had excommunicated Nida from Islam after she filed a case against her husband accusing him of assaulting her.

Her husband had given her triple talaq, which had been held illegal by the supreme court.