Portrait of a modern Indian Muslim woman: Bilkis Bano and the criminal justice system

This is the first of a four-part series on the interaction between Indian Muslim women and the law in India in the recent past. Collectively, they seek to examine issues of criminal law, employment, labour practices, and educational opportunities, and ask if Muslim women have an equal status under the law.
Portrait of a modern Indian Muslim woman: Bilkis Bano and the criminal justice system
Almas Shaikh

Almas Shaikh is a human rights lawyer from India. She is currently reading for a D.Phil. in Law at the University of Oxford.

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