(The article was first published in The Print on April 5, 2022)
- Quick question: Can you name one pan-India woman Muslim leader? If you can’t, that’s because the male community has forever been at the forefront of representing Muslim voices, even when it concerned women’s issues, and have done a shoddy job of it. Whether it’s the Babri Masjid Action Committee, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind or the few Muslim politicians we know of, they have all been pied pipers who have led the Muslim community to a ditch..