Rehana Fathima

Sabarimala Temple row: Kerala HC rejects anticipatory bail for activist Rehana Fathima, who tried to enter shrine in October

The Kerala High Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rehana Fathima, an activist who tried to enter Sabarimala Temple when the shrine opened in October. The high court instructed the Kerala police to go ahead with necessary action against Rahana.

Sabarimala row: Activist Rehana Fathima transferred by BSNL after protests over her failed attempt to enter Ayyappa temple

Activist Rehana Fathima, a BSNL employee who had made an attempt to enter the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, has been transferred to the Palarivattom telephone exchange in the city where public contact is not required.

Sabarimala temple row: Rehana Fathima's attempt to enter Ayyappa abode earns her wrath of Hindus, Muslims alike

While Rehana Fathima’s adventurism has been seized upon by the extreme right as another example of how Muslims are attacking Hindu traditions, it appears to be far from the truth.

Sabarimala temple gates shut for October after protesters stall another woman's bid to enter shrine

Valiant attempts by around a dozen women, including activists and journalists in the 10-50 years age group to script history came to nought as frenzied devotees of Lord Ayyappa, the eternally celibate deity, heckled and hassled them and forced them to retreat.

Sabarimala row: Devotees prevent four women from entering temple as protests over SC verdict enter day five

Sunday was the fifth day since the Sabarimala temple gates were opened for the monthly puja after the apex court in September lifted the centuries-old ban.

Sabarimala protests day 3: Two women abandon visit to shrine, third stopped at Pamba as cops plead helplessness

Two women stopped short of creating history by entering the Sabarimala shrine while they were just 200 metres away from the sanctum sanctorum, while a third was turned away from the Pamba base camp after the shrine's priests descended in an unprecedented protest and threatened to shutdown the temple gates.