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COVER STORY
COVER STORY
WOMEN EMPOWE RMEN T
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
TRIPLE TALAQ: DECLINE

IN DIVORCE CASES

MANY ISLAMIC COUNTRIES LIKE
PAKISTAN, EGYPT, SYRIA, IRAQ, FIGURES: 1985-2019 2019-20
MALAYSIA HAVE BANNED THE PRACTICE UTTAR PRADESH TELANGANA-ANDHRA

OF TRIPLE TALAQ YEARS AGO. 63,400 281 41,382 203

could have been made even in 1986 when HARYANA KERALA
the Supreme Court took a big decision in the 29,201 26 23,233 19
Shahbano case. While India is governed by the
Constitution, not by any Shariat or religious law
or order. Even before this, laws were also made RAJASTHAN ASSAM
in the country to eliminate social evils like the 33,112 83 19,008 17
Sati system, child marriage. The triple talaq law
had nothing to do with any religion, this law was
passed purely to end malpractice, cruelty, social MADHYA PRADESH WEST BENGAL
evil, and gender inequality against women. It was 22,801 32 51,800 201
related to the protection of the constitutional
rights of Muslim women. There were instances
where Triple Talaq was given orally, through MAHARASTRA BIHAR
letters, phone calls, and WhatsApp messages 39,200 102 21,200 26
which was unacceptable for any sensitive
Government of any country. Many Muslim
majority countries of the world had long ago
abolished "triple talaq" by declaring it illegal and
un-Islamic.
Egypt is the first Islamic country in the world FAMILY, CASTEISM, AND APPEASEMENT THESE THREE
to abolish "triple talaq" in 1929, making it an THINGS CAUSED GREAT HARM TO THE COUNTRY BUT
illegal and punishable offense. In 1929, Sudan AFTER THE LAW AGAINST TRIPLE TALAQ UNDER THE
banned triple talaq. It was banned by Pakistan in LEADERSHIP OF PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI
1956, Bangladesh in 1972, Iraq in 1959, Syria in WAS PASSED, PEOPLE ARE HAPPY THAT INDIA'S
1953, Malaysia in 1969. Apart from this, Islamic DEMOCRACY IS SLOWLY COMING BACK ON TRACK.
countries like Cyprus, Jordan, Algeria, Iran, ALL THE SOCIAL REFORMERS INCLUDING RAJA RAM
Brunei, Morocco, Qatar, UAE abolished triple MOHAN ROY, VEER SAVARKAR, MAHATMA GANDHI,
talaq and made strict legal provisions. But it took DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR HAVE A ROLE IN TAKING
almost 70 years for India to get freedom from THIS SOCIETY FORWARD AND THEY CONTRIBUTED
the inhuman oppression of this evil practice for TO ENDING THE EVIL PRACTICES OF THE COUNTRY.
Muslim women. WHENEVER THE NAMES OF SOCIAL REFORMERS OF
But in the parliamentary history of India, THE COUNTRY WILL BE TAKEN, THE NAME OF PRIME
August 1 has now been recorded as 'Muslim MINISTER NARENDRA MODI WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED
Women's Rights Day. After the Indian Parliament IN THE CATEGORY OF SOCIAL REFORMERS.
approved the bill to end the practice of "triple
talaq" on August 1, 2019, it was a great victory for AMIT SHAH, UNION HOME MINISTER
half the population of the country and especially
Muslim women for whom it has become the

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