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TopicTriple talaq

Topic: triple talaq

As a Pasmanda Muslim woman, it pains me that India took 70 years to question talaq-e-hasan

Talaq-e-hasan is often described as the “preferable” method because it stretches the process for three months, but it is not fair. It remains a one-sided, extrajudicial mechanism in India.

‘Person claiming to be Muslim women’s champion abandoned his wife’—Congress manual on minority rights

The 8-page Congress training booklet questions Modi govt's decision to criminalise instant triple talaq, saying that it accounts for 'only 0.3%' of divorce cases among Muslims.

Woman thrown out of house after triple talaq, Haryana cops book her husband & in-laws

Eight people booked for alleged dowry harassment, domestic abuse & sexual assault. Section 4 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act also brought against accused.

Triple talaq film ‘Riha’ reaches Oscar-qualifying US festival. India considered it ‘too political’

Through his debut short film 'Riha (Unlocked)', Arastu Zakia pays tribute to his mother Zakia Soman and her personal journey of escaping an abusive marriage.

Secular over personal law? SC to decide if a divorced Muslim woman can seek maintenance under CrPC

Muslim man moved apex court over Telangana High Court direction to pay Rs 10,000 interim maintenance to his former wife. SC bench appoints amicus curiae.

Two Muslim women are waging war against polygamy, halala. And paying a heavy price for it

Sameena Begum and Benazir Hina have been isolated, threatened by extremists, and forced into a financial crisis since they started their battle against polygamy, halala, and talaq-e-hasan.

‘Even Pakistan scrapped triple talaq’ — in poll-bound MP, Modi woos Pasmandas, makes a case for UCC

In MP to flag off Vande Bharat trains, PM said votebank politics spoiled lives of Pasmanda Muslims but they getting the benefits of central schemes, attacks Congress over 'scams'.

Muslim men have found a way around Modi’s triple talaq ban—torture wife to give khula

The BJP in Telangana is confident the triple talaq ban has reduced cases of injustice and torture against women but the reality on ground isn’t that simple.

Uttar Pradesh man booked for ‘triple talaq’ to wife, because she ‘served dinner cold’

‘Triple Talaq’ or the form of instant divorce was banned in 2019, and is punishable by a 3-year jail term and fine.

Male leadership won’t do. India’s Muslim community needs a woman in charge

India needs a modern Muslim woman who floats from English to Urdu, who is culturally Islamic but doesn’t necessarily dress the part. We need a hustler, not a rabble-rouser.

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