The age-old practice, allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by simply saying the Arabic word for divorce, 'talaq,' three times.
India's parliament has passed a bill criminalizing the controversial Muslim practice of instant divorce --"triple talaq" -- and making it punishable with up to three years in prison.
The age-old practice, allows a Muslim man to divorce his wife by simply saying the Arabic word for divorce,"talaq", three times.India's Upper House of Parliament passed the bill on Tuesday -- the third time the bill has come up for a vote in the upper house. Investigation launched into accident in India involving high-profile alleged rape victimIn 2017, India's Supreme Court found that the controversial divorce practice was unconstitutional.
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