Muslim woman takes divorce (Khula) during a press conference
A Muslim woman, Shajada has openly announced to take divorce from her husband after her efforts to get it done through Islamic seminaries did not succeed. In Islam, a man can take ‘talaq’, while a woman can part ways with her husband through ‘khula’, and this woman did it during a press conference.
“I tried to take ‘khula’ from my husband. I had approached the Islamic seminaries, Nadwa and Firangi Mahal, but did not get any relief,” she claimed.
“That is why I am signing the ‘khula’ in the public and sending him (the husband) the notice. I am free from him now,” she said.
Muslim Women League general secretary Naish Hasan, said the woman was sick of her husband torturing her. They had been living separately for the last 18 months.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board executive member Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali said, the process followed by the woman for ‘khula’ was not correct. For ‘khula’, a woman is bound to serve a notice on her husband and if he does not respond to three of such notices, it is deemed implemented,” he said.
All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board president Shaista Ambar supported the woman saying what she did was “valid”.
-PTC News
