as long as India remains a secular country, it has to give freedom of religious belief to its citizens. And why to single out Muslims alone for having personal laws? Doesn't Hindus of this country have their own laws. Does the tribal communities, though a part of Hindu society, not have their own laws? Why the tribals kept out of purview of Hindu laws? why the Hindus be allowed exemption from income tax, resulting into a loss of thousands of millions to Indian exchequer.
And who says the Muslims Personal Law is gender biased. I am a Muslim woman and I find that the status of Muslim women is much better than that of Hindu women because of lesser percentage of polygamy, lesser rate of divorce, absence to dowry deaths, absence of bride burning, absence of practices like maitrikarar, beejdaan, sati etc. Today the percentage of Muslims women for every 1000 men is 935 comparing to 930 for Hindu women. It is because of absence of practices like female foeticide, female infanticide, deprivation of female child etc. The remarriage of widow, among Muslims, is not taboo like for Hindu widows.
