Women, irrespective of religion, fight for their rights to enter places of worship

India is a country where girls love the tagline of 'why should boys have all the fun?' and thumb their noses at the boys. The ad is for a two wheeler. But, when it comes to religion, women are being discriminated against and they have shown their resentment by agitating against the authorities. It began in Shani Shingnapur and has spread to the Haji Ali dargah - both happen to be in the state of Maharashtra.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 29 January 2016.

The entry row began in Shani Shingnapur temple and it has encouraged the Muslim women to protest the ban on women to enter the dargah. This place of worship has banned entry of women into the sanctum sanctorum of Mumbai's iconic Haji Ali Dargah lapping the Arabian Sea. The ban was enforced in 2012 when the trustees of Haji Ali Dargah had restricted women's entry to the revered Saint's shrine.

Th agitators have gone to court on the issue. A public interest litigation has already been filed by Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) activists in August 2014.
While some women want Shani Shingnapur temple trust to lift the 400-year-old tradition that bans women's entry, the activists in Mumbai bemoan and protest women's blockade at Haji Ali Dargah which allowed their entry for almost 400 years.


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