Around 50,000 Muslim women have signed a petition to abolish the triple talaq system of divorce – which has come under fire lately by women’s groups for its widespread misuse.
An organisation — Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan or BMMA — has sought the support of the National Commission for Women to abolish the practice of ‘triple talaq’, calling it an “un-Quranic” practice. The triple talaq which does not have sanctions in the Quran and yet it has caused havoc in the lives of many Muslim women and children. BMMA seems to be determined in its fight to eradicate triple talaq and uphold the constitutional values of equality and the rights ensured and bestowed.
This signature campaign started two months ago, it was meant to stop a man divorcing his wife by saying talaq thrice, said Safia Akhtar, state convenor of BMMA. “In two months we got 50,000 signatures. We had earlier sent our draft with 50,000 signatures to the Prime Minister,” she added.
