Talaq, talaq, talaq: The lives of Muslim women torn apart
India | April 23, 2017 11:25 ISTFor 22-year-old Afrin, life changed forever after she received a letter from her husband in which he pronounced - Talaq, Talaq, Talaq.
For 22-year-old Afrin, life changed forever after she received a letter from her husband in which he pronounced - Talaq, Talaq, Talaq.
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to hear a plea asking for a direction to the Centre that triple 'talaq' or polygamy should not be applicable to Hindu women who are married to Muslim men.
Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel on Thursday said that the BJP’s stand on “triple talaq” has made the party popular among Muslim women.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking direction to the centre that triple talaq or polygamy should not be applicable to Hindu women who are married to Muslim men.
Remember the case of Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan’s infamous divorce through a text message? He simply wrote ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’ and parted ways with his wife and a former BBC journalist Reham Jhan.
Irani, who was in Kolkata yesterday to attend a party meet, slammed Banerjee for maintaining silence on the controversial issue, saying ‘she would love to hear about her stand on this Islamic practice’.
‘Sati pratha’ was a Hindu funeral custom where a widow immolates herself on her husband's pyre or commits suicide after her husband's death. The age old practice was, however, abolished in the 18th century.
A bizarre incident in UP’s Gonda district saw a man give his wife ‘Triple Talaq’ inside the District court which was trying to settle the differences between the estranged couple
Speaking at an event here, the CM said that he was ‘surprised over the silence’ on the issue by ‘some individuals’.
Raising the 'triple talaq' issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said justice should be done to Muslim women.
Striking a defiant posture on the contentious issue of triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today asserted that it had the "constitutional" right to implement Muslim personal law.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, feels that triple talaq should not be abolished or replaced with new set of laws.
The task force will comprise of minister from the concerned department, along with all women ministers from the Cabinet. They will hold talks with women organisations to know the opinion of Muslim women on the matter.
The Supreme Court has decided that a Constitution bench will hear the plea challenging the validity of the triple talaq, nikah halala and polygamy among the Muslims from May 11.
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that triple talaq, 'nikah halala' and polygamy violate Muslim women's right to equality and dignity and are not protected by the right to profess, practise and propagate religion under Article 25(1)
Vice-President Hamid Ansari's wife Salma Ansari has said that uttering 'talaq' thrice does not amount to divorce and asked Muslim women to read the Quran thoroughly instead of relying on clerics.
Vice President Hamid Ansari's wife Salma Ansari said that uttering 'talaq' thrice does not amount to divorce while she asked Muslim women to read the Quran thoroughly instead of relying on clerics.
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