India.com: Jaipur: Sunday, April
09, 2017.
In a
surprising revelation, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Saturday said
that the rate of divorce among Muslims has been found to be very low in a
comparison with other religious communities. Citing the data collected after
rigorous research of one year, board’s chief organiser Asma Zohra said that the
number of cases of divorce for Muslims stood at 1,307 against Hindu at 16,505.
The cases of divorce for Christians in these districts stood at 4,827 and 8 for
Sikhs.
She said the
exercise to collect data from family courts was started in May last year under
which statistics were sought through RTI from family courts in
Muslim-concentrated districts for five years from 2011-2015. Sixteen family
courts gave detailed consolidated reports.
Addressing a
press conference here, she said, “We have compiled the report which shows that
the divorce rate is minimal in the Muslim community. Similarly, we collected
details from various Darul Qaza which also indicate that only 2-3 per cent
cases are related to divorce out of which most were initiated by women only.”
It must be reminded that Darul Qaza is an Islamic Shariyat court.
The
conclusion could be reached after analysing figures collected from the eight
districts of Kannur (Kerala), Nasik (Maharashtra), Karimnagar (Telangana),
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Secunderabad (Hyderabad), Malappuram (Kerala),
Ernakulam (Kerala) and Palakkad (Kerala).
She said that
the issue of triple talaq along with other issues concerning Muslim women needs
to understood in right perspective. She said, “The issue of triple talaq
cropped up in recent years and was politicised. The issue needs to be
understood in the right manner and perspective. Islam has given certain
liberties to women and they are well protected in the community.”
In recent
times, the issue of triple talaq has dominated the political discourse in
India. The Supreme Court has also referred the issue to a constitutional bench
for which the hearing is scheduled on May 11. The Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court J S Khehar said that resolution of the issue like triple talaq needs
cooperation from all concerning parties. However, the plea challenging triple
talaq was opposed by All India Muslim Personal Law Board. The Muslim body said
that the practices of triple talaq, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy among Muslims
were not maintainable as the issues fell outside the realm of the secular
judiciary.
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