Al Haqeeqa
A large throng of approximately 70,000 women, mostly clad in hijab, stepped out of their houses in Malegaon to join a silent march protesting against the Centre’s Triple Talaq Bill. Holding placards, they stated they did not want any interference in Sharia (Islamic law) by the government. This is the …
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Muslim Law Board to ask grooms for oath against instant talaq
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), which failed to convince the Supreme Court against banning instant triple talaq last year, is all set to make it binding on Muslim men to commit in the nikahnama (Islamic marriage contract) that they will not use the practice. Over a month after the Lok Sabha passed the …
Read More »Triple Talaq Bill does not ban but validates it
Lok Sabha has passed the Triple Talaq Bill. I have always been an opponent of Triple Talaq and consider it totally un-Islamic. But the truth is that the Triple Talaq Bill does not ban but validates it making it valid but punishable under law with 3 years imprisonment. The argument …
Read More »Muslim women will not misuse the ‘triple talaq’ law
Immediately after the Indian government announced a bill criminalising “triple talaq”, the proposal has been mired in controversy. Banning the practice of a husband divorcing his wife by uttering “talaq” three times within Muslim communities has been under discussion in India for years now. The practice has rendered hundreds of …
Read More »Need comprehensive reforms in divorce laws: Muslim body
After the Narendra Modi-led government’s decision to make triple talaq illegal, the Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal (MSM) has demanded that the proposed legislation be extended to cover all forms of divorce granted by the Muslim community under its personal laws. Activists of the Mandal founded by social reformer Hamid Dalwai, met …
Read More »Muslim men weighing in against triple talaq is encouraging
Earlier this year, a Muslim woman from Meerut, Amreen Begum, uttered the words ‘talaq, talaq, talaq’ after her husband abandoned her and her two small children. She knew that he would utter those fateful words shortly after he fled, so she pre-empted him. Many in the clergy and other organisations …
Read More »India cabinet backs bill to criminalise Islamic instant divorce
The Indian cabinet has backed a bill that will make the Islamic practice of instant divorce a criminal offence. The bill proposes jail of up to three years for a Muslim man who indulges in the controversial practice. The government hopes to get the bill passed by parliament in the …
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