Women in Ismailis - as discovered by brother Akberally

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Women in Ismailis - as discovered by brother Akberally

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Unread post by Guest » Sun Feb 24, 2002 10:26 pm

""When a civil suit was initiated by two Khojah sisters for a share in their deceased father's estate against Aga Khan I, he "upheld the rules of female inheritance as laid down in Islamic law," records Dr. Farhad Daftary (p. 514). <p> When a suit was filed against Aga Khan III, he went against the Muslim law and favoured Hindu custom. Dr. Hollister writes (p. 400): <p> ...in 1930, a suit against His Highness the Agha Khan to set aside a will which provided a bequest of "nearly seven lakhs' worth of property to the Agha Khan, and only a small property" to sisters of the widow and some distant relatives was dismissed. On this occasion the influence of the Agha Khan was against Muslim law, and in favour of "custom" which was Hindu practice.""<p>Equality of women in Ismailis - my foot.
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