In the face of all this those who continue to assert, ‘Shariah has safeguarded the rights of women like no other system of law has,' do so only because of their confidence that no one but them has read the texts of shariah. (Arun Shourie)

In the face of all this those who continue to assert, ‘Shariah has safeguarded the rights of women like no other system of law has,' do so only because of their confidence that no one but them has read the texts of shariah.

Arun Shourie

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