{"id":45322,"date":"2016-10-17T07:19:23","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T01:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=45322"},"modified":"2016-10-17T07:19:23","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T01:49:23","slug":"women-leaders-oppose-triple-talaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/women-leaders-oppose-triple-talaq","title":{"rendered":"Women leaders oppose triple talaq"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45323\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45323\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/women-leaders-oppose-triple-talaq\/triple-talaq-story\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/triple-talaq-story.jpg?fit=730%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"730,417\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"triple-talaq-story\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/triple-talaq-story.jpg?fit=640%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-45323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/triple-talaq-story.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Women leaders oppose triple talaq\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/triple-talaq-story.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/triple-talaq-story.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/10\/triple-talaq-story.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women leaders oppose triple talaq<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A passionate debate has emerged over the government&#8217;s stand to oppose the practice of &#8220;triple talaq&#8221; with some leading women politicians seeking its abolition, even as Muslim bodies accused the ruling dispensation of waging a &#8220;war&#8221; on their personal law.<\/p>\n<p>Though most of the women leaders avoided direct comments on the Centre&#8217;s affidavit or sought to dissect it, they were strongly critical of the prevalent practice of dissolving marriage through &#8216;triple talaq&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Manipur Governor Najma Heptulla, who was the Minority Affairs Minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet before being appointed to the gubernatorial post, refrained from giving her opinion on the Centre&#8217;s stand, but, on a personal level, said an &#8220;un-Islamic&#8221; interpretation was being given to the practice of &#8216;triple talaq&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Senior CPI(M) leader and former MP Subhashini Ali also opposed the practice of triple talaq and polygamy, seeking abolition.<\/p>\n<p>Their views came in the backdrop of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) taking a stand to oppose the Centre&#8217;s affidavit, which said the practice of triple talaq, &#8216;nikah halala&#8217; and polygamy among Muslims needed a relook on grounds like gender equality and secularism.<\/p>\n<p>The AIMPLB and other Muslim bodies said they would boycott the Law Commission&#8217;s proceedings in the matter and accused the Modi government of waging a &#8220;war&#8221; against their personal laws. They also said a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will &#8220;kill&#8221; India&#8217;s pluralism.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy arose after the Law Commission recently sought feedback from the public on whether the practice of triple talaq should be abolished and whether a uniform civil code be made optional.<\/p>\n<p>Making no direct comment on the Centre&#8217;s affidavit, Heptulla said those who say &#8216;talaq, talaq, talaq&#8217; in one go were not interpreting Islam correctly and &#8220;have no right to bring a bad name to religion as they are giving it an un- Islamic interpretation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While Ali found fault with the &#8220;unilateral system of divorce by men&#8221; and advocated that the Muslim clerics must &#8220;change their approach&#8221;, social activist Shabnam Hashmi categorically said &#8220;this practice (triple talaq) should be abolished.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A passionate debate has emerged over the government&#8217;s stand to oppose the practice of &#8220;triple talaq&#8221; with some leading women politicians seeking its abolition, even as Muslim bodies accused the ruling dispensation of waging a &#8220;war&#8221; on their personal law. 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