Muslim clerics in India unhappy over proposed amendment to 'triple talaq' law

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board in India has strongly reacted over a government questionnaire sent to stakeholders and the general public over the issue of giving divorce by uttering the word 'talaaq' thrice in one go.

The government is opposing a law which allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by uttering the word ‘talaaq’ (divorce) thrice in one go. The government maintains that time should be given to the couple to reconcile.

The Muslim board chief Wali Rehman speaking to the media in New Delhi said, “Muslims will boycott the law commission questionnaire,” the Indian Express reported.

The questionnaire sent out by the Law Commission includes questions over the issue of ‘triple talaaq’ among many other things.

The issue is being heard in the Indian Supreme Court. The Indian government wants to do away with practices of triple talaaq, polygamy and halala triggering a debate between gender equality and religious conservatism.

The debate kicked off this year after an Indian citizen Shayara Bano approached the Supreme Court after she was given the triple talaaq by her husband.