Kerala India Commission To Propose Several Religious Reforms

In India, the Law Reforms Commission of the state of Kerala is scheduled to issue a controversial report to the government on January 24. India Today and IANS this week preview recommendations that will impact Muslims, Catholics and Hindus. The Commission, headed by former Supreme Court Judge V.R. Krishna Iyer, will recommend a ban on the Muslim practice polygamy, except in extraordinary circumstances and only with permission of the first wife. The report will urge that all assets of Catholic churches be held in public trusts of individual dioceses. And the report will urge that non-Brahmins be eligible for appointment as Hindu priests.