TRIPLE TALAQ- AN INSIGHT- By Dr Khalid Muqueem

TRIPLE TALAQ- AN INSIGHT

It is so heartening to see the concern of our co-citizens for the plight of Muslim women. Many of those people who are showing a lot of concern in this matter, didn't blinked an eye, when Muslim women were raped by their own pseudo-nationalists in Gujarat and Mumbai in the communal riots.

But, any concern for fellow human beings has to be appreciated and reciprocated. I always believe in the principle of enriching oneself intellectually and culturally within the borders of one's core beliefs. Social issues are very secular. It knows no boundaries of caste and community. It is more or less prevalent in all communities.

Main points of concern are:
  1. Woman getting divorced by the husband by uttering few words.
  2. Divorce by any other way.
  3. Maintenance after divorce.
  4. Re-marriage of the young widows.
  5. Plight of single mothers and her children.
  6. Sexual and social exploitation of widows.
  7. Dowry deaths.
  8. Killing of wife to get rid of her.
  9. Abandoned women after marriage.
  10. Keeping mistresses and other extra-marital arrangements.
  11. Abusive and violent husbands.
  12. Infidelity and sexual anarchy in the society and resultant crime.
All the above points are closely related to each other. And every community has a share in all these crimes and social evils. In some communities one problem may be more and the other problems will be relatively less. The main issue should be to look into the matter comprehensively rather than in a piecemeal fashion. Every rule or law is misused by unscrupulous and undeserved individuals. But a rule or a law, has apparent and many a times subtle advantages which is not discernible to a superficial eye.
For example, if Triple talaq in a single sitting is a misused and bad way of doing thing, yet the uncomplicated and straightforward way of annulment of a marriage (done as prescribed in Shari'ah) may prevent a wife getting killed by husband to avoid alimony and the stigma of divorce. Or a husband will simply leave a wife whom he hates and start living separately. Thus contributing to the problem of abandoned wives, single mothers etc. etc.
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Lets look into the problem of sisters and mothers comprehensively and collectively. Every women of any community and caste is our sister and mother. Her problem is the problem of every honest citizen of India. We should strive ardently to eliminate all social evils haunting the society.

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