Tag: triple talaq

Triple talaq not fundamental to Islam, argues Shayara Bano as Supreme Court begins hearing

Source – intoday.in The day-to-day hearing of a batch of petitions challenging the legal validity of instant triple talaq began in the Supreme Court with main petitioner Shayara Bano questioning India persisting with the controversial practice when almost all Muslim countries have banned it. “If practices like triple talaq were fundamental to Islam, then many Islamic

Supreme Court to continue hearing on Triple Talaq case today

Source – financialexpress.com The Supreme Court will today continue its hearing on the Triple Talaq case.Attorney General (AG) Mukul Rohatgi would argue the matter today. The Centre, earlier on May 11, told the apex court that it opposes the triple talaq practice and wants to fight for women equality and gender justice.However, All India Muslim Personal

Triple talaq: India’s top court to rule on Islamic practice of instant divorce

Source – edition.cnn.com New Delhi (CNN)India’s Supreme Court decided Thursday to defer decision on the controversial Islamic divorce practice known as “triple talaq.” The practice, that stretches back over a thousand years, allows a husband to divorce his wife by simply saying the Arabic word for divorce, talaq, three times. India’s Supreme Court has convened

Will advise Qazis to tell bridegrooms to not go for triple talaq, says AIMPLB in affidavit to Supreme Court

Source – intoday.in The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today submitted an affidavit on triple talaq in Supreme Court in which it called the oral instant talaq an “undesirable” practice according to the Shariat (Islamic law) and said it will advise those performing Islamic marriages to include it in the ‘nikahnama’ (marriage contract). In