The practice, called triple talaq, allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by using the word “talaq,” meaning divorce in Arabic, three times in person, over the phone or even in writing or text ...

Afreen, Shayara, Ishrat, Gulshan - and countless others. These are among the women who stood at the heart of India's historic legal battle against triple talaq - the much-debated Islamic practice that ...

The Supreme Court will hear a plea challenging the validity of Talaq-e-Hasan, a form of divorce among Muslims in India, on Wednesday (January 21, 2026). On November 19, 2025, the top court said it may ...

Since a law making it illegal for Muslim men to divorce their wives by pronouncing the word “talaq” three times was finally passed by the Indian parliament at the end of July, it has been the focus of ...

Until this week, a Muslim man in India could divorce his wife simply by saying the Arabic word for divorce three times. Not anymore. Now the custom is punishable with up to three years in prison.