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"Our civil code is more than half a century old," she adds.

Muslim leaders and others oppose the Uniform Civil Code initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu Nationalist party saying it interferes with their own laws and customs on such issues.

Jiang Ping, a legal scholar who helped lay the foundation for China’s civil code, and whose experiences with political persecution shaped his relentless advocacy for individual rights in the face of state power, died on Dec. 19 in Beijing.

“The activities are wrongful conducts under the Civil Code and their damages are immense.”

If approved, the church will be the first to lose its legal status under a civil code violation.