399:’ was all over the media. Around 100 women who had finished the training programme were ready to offer namaz in the mosque. The mosque authorities then allowed only 5 women, which Farhat politely refused as they were more in number, hence the women offered namaz under the shamiana itself. Farhat told the media that they were not offering namaz inside the mosque because the mosque was too small to accommodate all the women who had come for the programme. When the journalists met the mosque head, the mosque authority developed cold feet and backed out saying that they did not give permission to anyone for offering namaz inside the mosque or in the shamiana and that Farhat and her team had forcibly entered the Masjid. This became a huge issue and a
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207:, a national rights based organisation which fights for the rights of Muslim women. Farhat is the founder and chief functionary of BIRD Trust, a non-governmental organisation which works for the upliftment of marginalized women in
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In 2008 she established her own non-governmental organisation called BIRD (Bold
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304:. Farhat then wrote and illustrated articles for various national and local dailies and magazines as a freelance journalist. During this time she had the opportunity to meet and interview former chief minister of Kerela
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in the mosque to which he said yes. He instructed the women to enter the masjid through another door and offer namaz in the library.
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227:Farhat Amin was born on 26 February 1967 in
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263:from St. Nivedita's college in Kolkata.
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245:Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack
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126:Syeda Roshanara Akhtar (mother)
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288:In 1998 Farhat married
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