{"id":27941,"date":"2019-01-03T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27941"},"modified":"2019-01-03T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T23:22:13","slug":"will-women-win-fight-to-worship-in-hindu-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=27941","title":{"rendered":"Will women win fight to worship in Hindu temple?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The state of Kerala has been at a standstill following violent protests against the lifting of a ban preventing women of reproductive age from entering one of Hinduism<\/a>‘s holiest temples – Sabarimala.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court made the ruling in September but conservative groups backed by India’s ruling party — the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP<\/a>) – objected and blocked attempts by women to gain entrance.<\/p>\n

But on Wednesday, under the cover of darkness and escorted by police officers, two women got in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Protests began soon afterwards.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of women have formed what they called “The Women’s Wall<\/a>” – a 600 kilometre human chain – to raise awareness of their plight and to campaign for women’s rights.<\/p>\n

Presenter:<\/strong> Laura Kyle<\/p>\n

Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rahul Easwar – president, Ayappa Religious Army <\/p>\n

Madhavi Menon – director of the Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexualty in India. <\/p>\n

Rushda Siddiqui – executive committee member, National Federation of Indian Women.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span>\u00a0Al Jazeera News<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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