Saturday, May 14 2005 20:04 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Lucknow: Outrightly rejecting the AIMPLB (All-India Muslim Women's Personal Law Board) model 'nikahnama' as being "bereft of Muslim women's rights", AIMWPLB today (May 14, 2005) said it will prepare its own code of marriage in keeping with the Shariat.

"The model 'nikahnama' is bereft of the rights of Muslim women and does not clearly define 'talaq' in light of the Shariat (Islamic jurisprudence)," Shaista Amber, President of the recently floated rebel body, told reporters in Lucknow.

She said the model 'nikahnama' prepared by the AIMPLB had failed to "redress the burning issues" confronting Muslim women in the country.

Amber also decried the practice of uttering "talaq" thrice in a row to annul a marriage as being detrimental to the overall interest of women who remain the "victims of the malady".

She said the new 'nikahnama' to be prepared by the AIMWPLB would clearly spell out the guidelines concerning 'talaq' in keeping with the Shariat.

"It will be our endeavour to protect the rights of Muslim women according to the Shariat laws and also to help them fight exploitation," Amber said.

AIMWPLB would hold a two-day meeting on June 24 at Nainital where a broad outline of the new 'nikahnama' was likely to be announced, sources said.