The idea is that if a man says “talaq,” you are divorced, to his wife, then she is divorced. But he can tell her to come back after he says it once, and do this again after he says it a second time. But if he says it three times, then she has to marry another man, consummate the marriage, and be divorced by him before she can return to her first husband, should he wish her to return. This is all based on the Qur’an: “Divorce is twice. Then, either keep her in an acceptable manner or release her with good treatment. And it is not lawful for you to take anything of what you have given them unless both fear that they will not be able to keep the limits of Allah . But if you fear that they will not keep the limits of Allah, then there is no blame upon either of them concerning that by which she ransoms herself. These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them. And whoever transgresses the limits of Allah, it is those who are the wrongdoers. And if he has divorced her thrice, then she is not lawful to him afterward until she marries a husband other than him. And if the latter husband divorces her, there is no blame upon the woman and her former husband for returning to each other if they think that they can keep the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah, which He makes clear to a people who know.” (Qur’an 2:229-230)
Since it is in the Qur’an, there are likely to be cries of “Islamophobia” and protests over this. But India is doing what every non-Muslim society should do: defending its own societal and cultural integrity. Or is submission the only path that would not be “Islamophobic”?
“India Bans Instant Divorce By Muslim Men,” Associated Press, September 19, 2018:
New Delhi (AP) — India’s government on Wednesday approved an ordinance to implement a top court ruling striking down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce.
The government decision came after it failed to get approval from Parliament a year after the court ruled that the practice of allowing men to divorce by simply uttering the Arabic word for divorce — “talaq” — three times violated the constitutional rights of Muslim women.
Most of the 170 million Muslims in India are Sunnis governed by the Muslim Personal Law for family matters and disputes. The laws include allowing the practice, known as “triple talaq,” whereby men can divorce by simply saying the word three times — and not necessarily consecutively, but at any time, and by any medium, including telephone, text message or social media post.
The government will have another six months to get Parliament’s approval for the ordinance to become law. But in the meantime, those who violate it can be prosecuted under the ordinance.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that nearly 22 countries, including neighboring Pakistan and Bangladesh, have banned the practice and appealed to the opposition to approve the Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill.
“The issue of triple talaq has continued unabated,” Prasad told a news conference, adding that the government had recorded 201 such divorces since the Supreme Court struck down the law last year.
“In a secular country like India,” Prasad said, “gender justice was given the complete go-by.”
India’s Muslim Law Board had told the court that while they considered the practice wrong, they opposed any court intervention and asked that the matter be left to the community. But several progressive Muslim activists decried the law board’s position….
gravenimage says
India bans “triple talaq,” Islamic instant divorce
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Good for India! This is barbaric.
And–of course–the Triple Talaq is only for men. Muslimahs have to get the permission of a Shari’ah court to divorce–and this is seldom granted even in cases of wife beating, marital rape, and threats of death.
mortimer says
India has reduced the extent to which Muslims may practice Islam in India … over 60% of Islam is ILLEGAL IN MOST COUNTRIES … things like misogyny, slavery, jihad, jizzya, and now easy Islamic divorce!
Muslims are chumps for not realizing that Islam is not only OUT-OF-DATE, but it is OFFENSIVELY WRONG on most things in life.
ISLAM IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH MODERNITY, SCIENCE and ETHICS and therefore Muslims can ABANDON ISLAM with confidence.
Frank Riley says
It’s also incompatible with humanity from any rational vantage point.
jo says
Islam is a very primitive and a very stupid religion , it has a tremendously strong power of brainwashing their adherents so that in general the majority of them are very stupid ………………………………………..
Newman says
How far away from the teaching of Christ that marriage is between one man and one woman and that it is a sacred and permanent bond, not merely a legal contract, which mirrors and teaches the unchangeable and sacrificial love of Christ or every human being. We wee again that the Koran is a human (at best) document with no supernatural provenance whatsoever. That there is no understanding of love between two human persons to be found there.
balam says
The word ‘LOVE’ and MOHABBA in Arabic can not be found even once in the QURAN. There is only SEX and SAVAGERY.
Stonewall says
It is barbaric.
However, if a Woman is in a marriage where the guy can divorce her in such a way… any Woman I have ever been with, had I acted this way, would have felt just wonderful after that statement.
Really? Thank You, see you… hopefully not.
Any Muslim Woman out there, just thank your lucky stars…
Linda M Clark says
Well done INDIA! Put the screws to Islam and Sharia!
dumbledoresarmy says
Yes.
Jai HInd!
They need to *enforce* this ban on triple talaq.
Then they need to crack down on Muslim polygyny, forced ‘marriage’ and child ‘marriage’, and on ‘honour’ murders.. which are mostly committed by Muslims, though some Sikhs and Hindus (possibly having absorbed mohammedan bad habits through centuries of very unpleasant proximity to Muslims) also do similar killings… ALL ‘honour’ murders need to be punished to the fullest extent of the law, and not winked at in any way.
Also – I understand India subsidises the hajj? If they do, they should NOT.. because when Muslims go on hajj to Saudi Arabia they are going to Hate Central, to the source and wellspring of mohammedan supremacism, imperialism, and murderous aggression. They – the Muslims – go to get their ‘marching orders’ renewed. So… don’t subsidise them. If they go on hajj they should pay for it themselves.
ALL special accommodation for Muslims, within India, should cease.
They must live by non-Islamic Indian laws, or suffer Consequences.
pemba says
India is taking steps in right direction.
Keep it up,
Our Indian Muslim sisters and mothers will get legal protection from Indian Government
Twerzig says
The old man got married
in Egypt during the war.
I often dream I have a long lost brother
somewhere in Cairo.
I suppose he would be 75 now.
I bet he looks just like me.
sidney penny says
“Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that nearly 22 countries, including neighboring Pakistan and Bangladesh, have banned the practice and appealed to the opposition to approve the Muslim Women Protection of Rights on Marriage Bill.”
The opposition in India plays to the Muslim votes, not what is right and fair to women.
sidney penny says
“India’s Muslim Law Board had told the court that while they considered the practice wrong, they opposed any court intervention and asked that the matter be left to the community. But several progressive Muslim activists decried the law board’s position….
Ask India’s Muslim Law Board and the progressive Muslim activists and the rest of the Muslims in India why they do not accept a Common Civil Code. That is one law for all.
infidel says
Asking a shameless cult to reform is an OXYMORON!!!