Protesting against the inhuman practice in which poor Muslim weavers’ daughters were held as collateral by Muslim moneylenders in exchange for loans and confined in mansions, Vishal Bharat Shansthan took decisive action between 12 and 18 June 2006. During this period, the organization not only freed the weavers’ daughters who were being tortured daily in the basements of moneylenders, but also later arranged the marriages of 203 Muslim daughters, thereby restoring their right to live with dignity.
As a result of this effort by Vishal Bharat Shansthan, the long-standing and degrading practice of confining girls in such conditions was brought to an end. Based on this initiative, & TV produced a one-hour film titled “Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi.”
Protesting against the inhuman practice in which poor Muslim weavers’ daughters were held as collateral by Muslim moneylenders in exchange for loans and confined in mansions, Vishal Bharat Shansthan took decisive action between 12 and 18 June 2006. During this period, the organization not only freed the weavers’ daughters who were being tortured daily in the basements of moneylenders, but also later arranged the marriages of 203 Muslim daughters, thereby restoring their right to live with dignity.
As a result of this effort by Vishal Bharat Shansthan, the long-standing and degrading practice of confining girls in such conditions was brought to an end. Based on this initiative, & TV produced a one-hour film titled “Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi.”
For hundreds of years, Muslim women had suffered due to regressive practices like triple talaq and halala. Many had become so intimidated by extremist clerics that they considered their oppression as fate or destiny.
On 1 December 2013, over 500 burqa-clad Muslim women gathered at Paradkar Bhavan to protest against triple talaq. In the presence of Indresh Kumar, they demanded complete freedom from the practice. The courage displayed by these women surprised everyone, and the campaign against triple talaq spread across the country.
When the triple talaq case reached the court, Muslim women sought a favorable verdict in their favor. On 11 May 2017, 100 Muslim women went to Siddhpith Hanuman Temple from the famous Patalpuri Math to recite the Hanuman Chalisa 100 times. Their devotion and prayers were believed to have been heard by Hanuman Ji, resulting in a verdict favorable to the women’s cause.
The Muslim women also publicly burned effigies of leaders, including Owaisi, who supported triple talaq.
Nazneen Ansari, leading the movement, openly challenged the All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the primary religious organization supporting triple talaq.
This movement became a landmark example of religious courage, women’s empowerment, and the fight for justice within conservative communities.
On 23 January 2018, Vishal Bharat Shansthan launched the Triple Talaq Victims Pension Scheme for Muslim women affected by triple talaq. On 18 February 2018, 15 beneficiaries received six months’ pension installment together, and their pension passbooks were also handed over.
This was India’s first non-governmental pension scheme aimed at providing financial support and security to women abandoned due to triple talaq.