Women To Enter Haji Ali Dargah After Five Years

Women will enter the famous Haji Ali dargah in Mumbai after their entry was banned by conservative Muslim clergy five years ago. A group of about 80 women will enter the shrine of the Sufi preacher around 3pm today (29 November).

Until June 2012, women were allowed entry up to the sanctum sanctorum comprising the grave of Sayyed Peer Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, but conservative clergymen objected to the presence of woman inside the shrine, and stopped it.

The ban was challenged and Bombay High Court as well as the Supreme Court declared it illegal. But from now, women and men will have separate entries to the shrine and nobody will be allowed to touch the tomb.

With inputs from IANS.