India, Nov. 26 -- An overwhelming majority of married Muslim women in India are living in polygamous marriages, a recent study has shown. The survey, conducted across seven States, by the Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), interviewed 2,508 women. The data compiled as a report Breaking silence -Lived reality of 2500 Muslim women in polygamous marriages shows 87 per cent of their husbands had two wives, 10 per cent had three wives and 3 per cent had four or more wives.

The report calls for immediate reforms in Muslim Family Law and underscores the dire need for banning polygamy among the Indian Muslims.

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