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Can Uniform Civil Code Disadvantage Muslim Women?
Neutral laws can have unequal effects on religious minorities, affecting education, employment and social mobility.
In his conversation with Ali Javed, Dr. Shamsul Islam points out that 1947 was not the first partition of the subcontinent. In 1937, Burma was separated from British India, and Veer Savarkar supported the partition, despite promoting the idea of Akhand Bharat.
2:31Neutral laws can have unequal effects on religious minorities, affecting education, employment and social mobility.
2:32The Uniform Civil Code imposes a dominant majoritarian framework (the Hindutva framework) on all citizens of the country. Sania Ismailee dismantles the idea that uniformity can lead to substantive equality. The first episode of Emerging Perspectives is now live:
1:35“There has never been a discussion on why a community is so politically deprived.”
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