The Fight Against Triple Talaq Has An Unexpected Friend, The Muslim Women Of The RSS!
The Rashtriya Muslim Manch (MRM) women¡¯s wing has started a campaign to end the Islamic divorce practice of ¡®triple talaq¡¯. The Sangh Parivar affiliated organisation is using policy, not protest in this fight, by speaking for formal marriage and divorce registration.
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A senior Muslim RSS functionary told the Hindustan Times that a June meeting will conclude plans to stop the ¡®triple talaq¡¯. ¡°Just as registration of births and deaths is mandatory, marriages and divorces should also be compulsorily registered. Our religion does not allow a man to end a marriage by merely repeating talaq thrice. There is a provision for counseling,¡± said Shehnaz Afzal, head of the women¡¯s wing of MRM.
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The RSS has been demanding a uniform civil code for many years, and it was also a part of the BJP manifesto.?
The triple talaq finds reference in Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, but many claim it has been misinterpreted: ¡°There can be no nikah without the presence of a lawyer and two witnesses, how is it then that a marriage can end with no such obligation? In the name of religion, women are being discriminated.¡±
