The Feminist Dialogues Coordinating Group (FD-CG) announces the tragic death of our beloved colleague and sister, Bina Srinivasan, who died quite suddenly of pneumonia on August 13, 2007 in Gujarat, India.
The government has informed the Supreme Court that Muslims have a right to establish Shariat panchayats to settle disputes between two people and fatwas issued by these courts are not in conflict with or parallel to the Indian judicial system.