Credit for abolishing un-Islamic triple talaq goes to PM Modi

The way forward is the Uniform Civil Code.

- FIROZ BAKHT AHMED

The abolishing of triple talaq supported by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has saved many women's lives. Since he took over as the Prime Minister of India, his well-intentioned empowerment of the minorities without appeasement has augured very well because under the mantra of, "Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas", most Muslims have got houses under the "Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana", cylinders under the "Ujjwala" scheme and got accounts opened under the "Jandhan" help. Not only men but in fact more women have benefited from all these schemes.

Those who feel that the ban on talaq is an interference in Islam, are mistaken as the triple talaq or Talaq-e-Bidat, meaning an illicit and illegal way, was misused to throw a woman out of her house. For the minutest of reasons, Muslim women used to be slammed by the three hellish words, "talaq, talaq, talaq" and shown the door, often with her children.