According to a study conducted across 10 states by NGO called Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), the Muslim women have unequivocally voiced their dissent against the discriminatory practice of triple talaq with 92.1% seeking its ban. Nowadays Oral talaq delivered through new media platforms like Skype, text messages, email and Whatsapp have become an increasing cause of worry for the community.

BMMA working for reforms in Muslim personal law — found that a majority of the women were economically and socially disadvantaged. What is more shocking is that over half had been married before the age of 18 and had faced domestic violence.

The study, which interviewed 4,710 women between July and December 2013, reveals that 91.7% of the respondents opposed a second marriage by their husbands. Most women (93%) were in favour of an arbitration process before divorce and 83.3% believed that codification of Muslim family law would help get justice. Codification of Muslim personal law has been resisted by the community citing religious interference.
BMMA plans to take the issue up with the government, Law Commission and the National Commission for Women (NCW).

Sharia Law

• Sharia Law is the Islamic legal system derived from the religious precepts of Islam, particularly the Quran and the Hadith.
• Sharia a body of moral and religious law derived from religious prophecy.
• Sharia deals with many topics, including crime, politics, and economics, as well as personal matters such as sexual intercourse, hygiene, diet, prayer, everyday etiquette and fasting.
• In Islam, the origin of sharia is the Qu’ran, and traditions gathered from the life of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.