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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
11:57 AM
The triple-talaq or nikah halala in Islam, which gives the husband the right to unilaterally divorce his wife has been a topic of debate for a long time. Not only is it biased towards women, but it's also unconstitutional. We keep coming across news of Muslim men divorcing their wives over a phone call, or a text message, or via a letter! Can you imagine that?
While hundreds of Muslim women live in the fear that their husbands might divorce them on a whim, one woman from a small village in India kicked this regressive law in the gut and stood up for herself.
Unhappy with the repeated dowry demands from her in-laws, 19-year-old Mohsina, from Daha in Uttar Pradesh, said Talaq, talaq, talaq to her husband and ended the marriage.
While hundreds of Muslim women live in the fear that their husbands might divorce them on a whim, one woman from a small village in India kicked this regressive law in the gut and stood up for herself.
Unhappy with the repeated dowry demands from her in-laws, 19-year-old Mohsina, from Daha in Uttar Pradesh, said Talaq, talaq, talaq to her husband and ended the marriage.
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