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Correspondence regarding the All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA) campaign against polygamy

Sub title : Letter from Doria Shafik to Begum Fatima Jinnah, accompanied by a letter from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Date of publication: 1955

Language: English

Page: 5 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 29392

Keyword: Doria Shafik -- Fatima Jinnah -- Polygamy -- Muslim Women -- Correspondence | Doria Shafik -- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad -- Views on Polygamy -- Correspondence | Doria Shafik -- Begum Liaquat Ali Khan -- Polygamy -- Telegram | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad -- Polygamy -- Islam -- Views | APWA -- Polygamy -- Opposition -- Muslim Women | Polygamy -- Islamic Perspective -- Muslim Women | Correspondence -- Fatima Jinnah -- Doria Shafik

Abstract: This file contains pertaining to the debate on polygamy in Islam and the All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA)'s campaign against it. The primary document is a letter dated July 15, 1955, from Doria Shafik in Cairo to Begum Fatima Jinnah, enclosing a copy of a letter she received from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's Minister of Education. Azad's letter, dated May 9, 1955, supports the anti-polygamy stance, stating it aligns with the spirit of Islam. Shafik also mentions sending a copy of a telegram she dispatched to Begum Liaquat Ali Khan, which warns her to stay out of the APWA's fight against polygamy in the name of Muslim womanhood.

Description: This file related to the discourse on polygamy in the mid-1950s. The first is a letter dated July 15, 1955, from Doria Shafik (President of the Bint El Nil Union, Cairo) to Begum Fatima Jinnah in Karachi. In it, Shafik shares a copy of a letter she received from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's Minister of Education, regarding his views on polygamy, and also mentions enclosing a copy of a telegram she sent to Begum Liaquat Ali Khan. The second document is the letter from Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's Private Secretary, K.R. Kriplani, dated May 9, 1955, from New Delhi. It thanks Shafik for papers sent to the Minister and states that views expressed against polygamy are entirely in keeping with the spirit of Islam. The third document is a copy of the telegram from Doria Shafik to Begum Liaquat Ali Khan, Ambassadress for Pakistan in La Haye, warning her in the name of Muslim womanhood to keep out of the APWA's fight against polygamy. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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