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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicMuslim Marriage Act

Topic: Muslim Marriage Act

Jinnah married Parsi Ruttie after her conversion to Islam. Slander, boycott followed

In ‘Ruttie Jinnah’, Saad S. Khan explores the reasons behind the obliteration of Rattanbai Maryam Jinnah’s name from the world’s collective memory & the conscious distortion of her personality.

Modi govt takes the ordinance route to criminalise triple talaq

Ordinance is based on Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill, which was passed by Lok Sabha last year, but faced stiff resistance in RS.

In the 1970s two imams struck down instant triple talaq, but were ostracised

In this excerpt from 'Till Talaq Do Us Part' author Ziya Us Salam present a holistic view of how divorce in Islam works.

BJP tries for consensus on triple talaq Bill, but prepared to push it through by force

BJP issues whip to its MPs to be in Parliament ‘without fail’, reaches out to opposition leaders, and circulates note on the Bill to all MPs.

On Camera

Why India has friends everywhere, but leverage nowhere

India is too close to Israel for Iran’s trust, yet still blindsided. It risks losing assets like Chabahar port and export markets, while key partners don’t factor in its concerns.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.