Ayesha’s suicide case displays the unhappy state of ladies in Muslim group even after the Triple Talaq ban

23-years-old Ayesha Banu Makrani, a resident of Almina Park, Vatva, Ahmedabad shook the conscience of India, notably that of the Muslim group, with an emotional video recorded moments earlier than she took her personal life by leaping into the Sabarmati river on February 25. Ayesha’s husband – Arif Babukhan is claimed to have inflicted psychological torture on the younger lady, alongside along with his household, owing to their never-ending greed for dowry. Arif additionally harassed his spouse, and likewise allegedly had an extramarital affair, resulting in Ayesha claiming in her ultimate phrases, “Mohabbat karni hai to do tarfa karo, ek tarfa me kuch haasil nahi (Loving someone should be a two-way street, one-sided love attains nothing).”The suicide of Ayesha has delivered to gentle the plight of ladies throughout the Muslim group. Many suppose that the woes of Muslim ladies have evaporated in skinny air with the Modi authorities passing a blanket ban on the menace of triple talaq. However, there are a multiplicity of different issues which proceed to make life hell for Muslim ladies. Among them, dowry and polygamy are the 2 points that result in super psychological trauma for ladies.Read extra: She hugged loss of life smiling – Ayesha and the plight of trustworthy companions cheated in marriageAyesha’s father Liaquat Ali mentioned that she obtained married to Arif Khan, a resident of Rajasthan’s Jalore, in July 2018. “However, since marriage, her in-laws started demanding dowry from her. I gave them some money but their greed increased. A few months ago, Arif sent Ayesha back to my place after a fight. He also stopped talking to her over the phone. Unable to bear the pain, she decided to kill herself,” Ali instructed India Today.The suicide of Ayesha has delivered to gentle how the menace of dowry has gripped the Muslim group, and the way it regardless of being declared criminality in India, is flourishing within the second-largest majority group of the nation. Dowry has been declared criminality in India, however not for Muslims. The Dowry Prohibition Law doesn’t apply to Muslims, which is why they proceed partaking within the draconian apply with out concern of the legislation and even killing ladies who don’t deliver massive bundles of money and goodies together with them.Although dowry isn’t prohibited amongst Indian Muslims, it should be talked about that Islam considers the apply as ‘haram’. However, Indian Muslims are prepared to go towards the decree of the shariat so as to settle for dowry from their brides. This has led to unbelievable ranges of psychological well being points amongst Muslim ladies, lots of whom are pressured to take radical steps like Ayesha.Apart from the menace of dowry, Muslim ladies additionally need to dwell via to see their husbands partaking in a number of relationships, and being legally bestowed with outrageous rights of marrying 4 occasions. Such social injustices and malpractices prevalent throughout the Muslim group should instantly be addressed, for which the passage of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is of utmost significance. Unless and till a civil code applies to all Indians equally, neither can we obtain an equitable, nor a simply society. The Modi authorities shall be nicely suggested to instantly start engaged on the UCC, if not for anything, so as to at the very least guarantee justice for Muslim ladies.