Will end triple talaq, government need not interfere, says Muslim law board

Following the massive outrage over triple talaq, the Muslim law board seems to have taken it upon itself to review the draconian practice. Dr Sayeed Sadiq, the vice president of All India Muslim law board has said that measures will be taken to review and do away with triple talaq. Dr Sadiq has even claimed that the board will move to end triple talaq in a year and a half. He, however, added that there was no need for the government to interfere in the same.

"Even if I say triple talaq 300 times, it will not materialize into a divorce. In the Shia community, divorce cannot take place instantly by saying talaq thrice. The law is there among Sunnis also but triple talaq at one go is also considered as divorce which is not actually right," " said the Shia scholar at a press conference.

The statement to do away with triple talaq comes two days after the board had said that it had received forms from 3.50 crore Muslim women favouring the practice of triple talaq. The board's women's wing chief organiser, Asma Zohra had said that the number of women against triple talaq was 'very less' in the country.

The board's statement asking the government to not interfere in the matter of triple talaq comes as no surprise since it had recently told even the Supreme Court that the pleas challenging the practice among Muslims were not maintainable as the issues 'fell outside the realm of the judiciary'.

Meanwhile, prominent muslin women including Salma Ansari, the wife of Vice President Ansari claimed that uttering 'talaq' thrice does not amount to divorce and asked Muslim women to read the Quran thoroughly instead of relying on clerics. She claimed that triple talaq found no relevance in the Quran and such a concept did not exist.

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