Muslim panch bans cell-phone use by girls
11 Jan 2013 7:16 AM IST
After the khaps in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim community panchayat in Rajasthan Thursday banned girls from using cell-phones and also from dancing and singing at weddings, ostensibly in an effort to prevent incidents like Delhi gang-rape.
Boys and girls have also been prohibited from marrying someone against the wishes of their families or someone from a different community, panchayat members said Thursday.
The restrictions have been imposed on the Muslim community members at Salumbar town in Udaipur district, some 400 km from Jaipur, by the Anjuman Muslim Panchayat, a minority community council.
The community panchayats called khaps in Haryana's Rohtak and Jind districts and western Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat and Muzaffarnagar districts had imposed similar restrictions on young girls and married women last year.
‘We have decided to ban the girls from carrying and using cell phones. The decision was taken with a view that cell phones are spoiling girls,’ panchayat secretary Habibur Rahman told reporters.
Boys and girls have also been prohibited from marrying someone against the wishes of their families or someone from a different community, panchayat members said Thursday.
The restrictions have been imposed on the Muslim community members at Salumbar town in Udaipur district, some 400 km from Jaipur, by the Anjuman Muslim Panchayat, a minority community council.
The community panchayats called khaps in Haryana's Rohtak and Jind districts and western Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat and Muzaffarnagar districts had imposed similar restrictions on young girls and married women last year.
‘We have decided to ban the girls from carrying and using cell phones. The decision was taken with a view that cell phones are spoiling girls,’ panchayat secretary Habibur Rahman told reporters.
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