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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indian Muslim women ride a cycle rickshaw in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. India's parliament has approved a bill to ...