Not a single case of triple talaq in 1.5 yr
while women seek more khula than men’s talaq at MP Qaziyat
Bhopal: Not a single case of triple talaq has
come for hearing before the Bhopal Qaziyat (Islamic Court) during the
past-one-and-a-half year while interestingly the number of women seeking khula
(a procedure through which a woman can seek divorce from her husband) is
substantially higher than the men looking to divorce during the same period.
Bhopal Qaziyat covers 3 districts Bhopal, Sehore and Raisen.According to the
information provided by the office of the Masajid Committee Bhopal, 459 women
sought khula while 386 men sought talaq in the year 2016 and the number of
women seeking khula till March 31, 2017 was 131 while 80 men sought talaq
during this period. The number of Muslim
women seeking divorce has been double than men in 2017.In the last 2 years, 60%
of cases for divorce were filled by Muslim women reported TOI. Interestingly,
there had not been a single case of triple talaq during the period.At a time
when the nation is very much concerned over talaq and right from the Supreme
Court to the PM and the ruling BJP
expressed their concern in their way, the picture coming from Madhya Pradesh
Qaziyat is just opposite to the hysteria expressed over debates on national TV
channels. Bhopal Shahar Qazi Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadwi while talking to The
Pioneer over the issue said, "The imbalance between rights and duties is
resulting in home breaking. Both men and women are responsible for this
imbalance as both looks for their rights and forget their duties. The society
must seriously think over this and both men and women should work to make
balance between rights and duties in such a way that it should not result in
ruining families."Dr Sufiya Fatima Hussaini, a practising doctor of the
city and member women wing of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said
Islam provides equal rights to women, in fact the right to accept groom is
totally of the bride, without her consent nikah (marriage) could not get
completed and like the men have the right to divorce the women, the women also
have the right of khula to get separated from men. Cases of triple talaq are
rare of the rarest and the Board has already formulated to deal with that, the Govt
and the courts are unnecessary
interfering in Muslim Personal Law that constitution has provided to the
community, she added. TOI reported that the difference between pronouncement of
'Talaq' by men and 'Khula' by women is that the married woman seeking divorce
forgoes her right to dower (or Mehr) that she receives from her husband. Mehr,
an amount paid by man to the woman he intends to marry, is fixed as per demands
of the bride. The proceeding take place at more than a century old Bhopal
Qaziyat (Islamic Court) which cater to cases from Bhopal, Sehore and Raisen -
all 3 were part of erstwhile Bhopal State. The Pioneer /TOI
More Muslim women in Bhopal seek ‘Khula’ : TOI
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