REFERENCES Scholarly articles1.Lal, R., 2004. Islam in India. In RABASA A., BENARD C., CHALK P., FAIR C.,KARASIK T., LAL R., et al. (Authors),The Muslim World After 9/11(pp. 297-320).RAND Corporation. Rollie Lal, a visiting associate professor at Elliott School of International Affairs, analyses thesocietal factors relating to the Indian Islamic Environment and states that in India, theMuslim community forms the largest minority. Here, Kashmir has been the primaryfocus for media due to its political controversies. Indian Muslim organisations,specifically Jamaat, have been largely supported by Indian Muslim women especially onits stance over the talaq (divorce) and maintenance payments relating to it. The articlealso emphasizes on the case of 1986 related to Shah Bano who was awarded continuedmaintenance payments by the Supreme Court. This was only possible due to thecontinued pressure from media on the then Rajiv Gandhi Government which led to thepassing of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act of 1986. This eventrestored the shari'a ruling and ultimately rescinded the maintenance payments with thesupport of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). The idea is bettersupported here with better research than in any other article found, specifically whichdwells upon the current environment of Muslim Community in relation to women.According to me, this research is important as it helps in providing a well-establishedbackground or premise of the topic that attempts to analyse how media influences in therole of Muslim women in Politics in India. Without ascertaining the current scenarioregarding the Islamic community it would be futile to analyse such a situation in aneffective manner as it would provide an incomplete picture regarding the same. Also,this would help me in investigating the current issues relating to women and the Islamiccommunity as a whole which is important in order to analyse the overall impact ofmedia on women politicians and their decisions related to this particular field. 2.Shukla, S. and Shukla, S., 1996. Political Participation of Muslim Women.The IndianJournal of Political Science.57(1/4). pp.1-13.1

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