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 | | Shahbanu’s husband appealed to the Supreme Court against this decision, arguing that under Muslim Personal Law, he had no responsibility to pay maintenance to his divorced wife, and therefore Section 125 did not apply to him. |
 | | Shahbanu herself endorsed this demand, condemning the court’s judgment in a public letter addressed to all the Muslims, despite the fact that it supported her claims. |
 | | In all the discussions surrounding the Shahbanu case, which was interpreted as a discussion of the religious identity of Muslims in India, Shahbanu the woman- her personal story, suffering, difficulties and interests- were lost inside the discourse of religious identity. |
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