
VICE PRESIDENT WIFE Smt. SALMA ANSARI SLAMS MAULANAS ON TRIPLE TALAQ
In a major development in Triple Talaq row, Vice President Hamid Ansari’s wife Salma Ansari has come forward to express what she feels about the issue.
Salma Ansari has said that uttering ‘talaq’ thrice does not amount to divorce and asked Muslim women to read the Quran thoroughly instead of relying on clerics.
Salma Ansari’s views on triple talaq come at a time when there is a nationwide debate on the practice and the validity of triple talaq, ‘nikah halala’ and polygamy practices among Muslims challenged in the Supreme Court.
“Triple talaq is not an issue. There can be no ‘talaq’ (divorce) just because someone utters talaq, talaq, talaq,” she told reporters on the sidelines of a function here yesterday.
Salma said women can find an answer to their questions in the Quran itsel...