Divorce is a significant aspect of family law in the UAE, governing both Muslims and non-Muslims. Previously, Federal Law No. 28 of 2005 regulated personal status matters for both Muslims and ...

Sept. 3 (UPI) --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 ...

As the Supreme Court examines Khula, the question is clear: can Muslim women exercise their right to divorce without a husband’s consent? A call for statutory reform to bridge the gap between Quranic ...

The Assam government on Thursday introduced a bill to repeal a law to register marriages and divorces of Muslims, stating that it had scope to allow marriages of minors from the community. The All ...

An Indian courts decision on Tuesday to ban Islamic instant divorces highlighted a controversial practice that is disputed in Muslim countries and already banned in some. The instant divorce or ...

July 30 (UPI) --Indian lawmakers Tuesday outlawed the Muslim practice of "triple talaq" divorce, but some questioned why the law was needed since the country's Supreme Court had already ruled it ...

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 ...

The actual Muslim wedding is known as a nikah. It is a simple ceremony, at which the bride does not have to be present so long as she sends two witnesses to the drawn-up agreement. Normally, the ...

The Telangana High Court has held that a Muslim wife has an absolute and unconditional right to dissolve her marriage through khula, and that the husband’s consent is not a prerequisite for its ...

India's Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the Muslim practice that allows men to instantly divorce their wives as unconstitutional. The bench, comprising five senior judges of different faiths, ...

p The instant divorce or "triple talaq" -- when a man says to his wife three times in succession "You are divorced" -- was deemed by the Indian Supreme Court to violate the constitution. The historic ...

The Indian government and women's groups hailed "historic" legislation Wednesday that criminalised "instant divorce" for Muslims, but an influential Islamic group said it would launch a legal ...