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Haji Ali: India court says women can enter Mumbai mosque Haji Ali: India court says women can enter Mumbai mosque
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A court in India has overturned a ban on women entering the inner sanctum of Mumbai's Haji Ali mosque.A court in India has overturned a ban on women entering the inner sanctum of Mumbai's Haji Ali mosque.
The high court in Mumbai said the ban "violated the constitution" and was discriminatory to women, lawyers said.The high court in Mumbai said the ban "violated the constitution" and was discriminatory to women, lawyers said.
The ban was imposed in 2012 when the trust that runs the Sufi shrine said it was a "sin" to allow women to touch the tombs of male saints.The ban was imposed in 2012 when the trust that runs the Sufi shrine said it was a "sin" to allow women to touch the tombs of male saints.
The court, however, has put its order on hold for six weeks to allow the trust to appeal in the Supreme Court. In recent months, India has seen a number of campaigns to allow women into religious shrines that bar their entry.
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Zakia Soman of the rights group Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), which had challenged the ban on women entering the 15th Century shrine in the high court, has praised Friday's "landmark" ruling. Activists - both Hindu and Muslim - have dragged patriarchal managements of shrines to courts all across India.
The order is being seen as a big boost for other campaigns to allow women entry into places of worship. Friday's Mumbai court ruling, however, does not mean that women will be able to entre the Haji Ali shrine immediately as the high court has put its order on hold for six weeks to allow the shrine authorities to appeal in the Supreme Court.
In recent months, patriarchal managements of Indian shrines - both Hindu and Muslim - that bar women, have been facing unprecedented challenge. Zakia Soman of the rights group Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), which had challenged the ban on women entering the 15th Century shrine in the high court, has praised the "landmark" ruling.
The order is being seen as a big boost for other campaigns to allow women entry into other places of worship.