Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the contentious issue of triple talaq should not be seen from the political prism.
Speaking at an event here, the PM also made an appeal to the Muslim community to come forward and solve the matter in order to protect women’s rights.
“Main Muslim samaaj se aagrah karunga ki triple talaq ke mudde ko rajneeti ke daayre mein mat aane dijiye. Aap log aake aakar iska samaadhan kijiye (I request Muslim society not to politicise the triple talaq issue. Rather, reformers from the (Muslim) community should come forward and solve the matter),” he said.
Further, he said that the NDA government will fight against the ‘suffering of Muslim daughters’ and will ‘work towards finding a solution’.
Earlier this month, speaking at the BJP’s National Executive meet in Bhubaneswar, the PM had said that ‘justice should be done to Muslim women’.
The Centre had even told the Supreme Court that the practices of 'triple talaq', 'nikah halala' and polygamy impact the social status and dignity of Muslim women and deny them fundamental rights guaranteed by Constitution.
The apex court on March 30 observed that the practices of 'triple talaq', 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims were important issues involving "sentiments" and a Constitution bench would hear the pleas challenging these from May 11.
Influential Muslim organisations like the AIMPLB have opposed the court's adjudication of these matters, maintaining that these practices stemmed from the Quran and were not justiciable.
The AIMPLB had recently said it would issue a code of conduct under which those pronouncing 'triple talaq' without valid reasons mentioned under 'Sharia' (Islamic law) will face social boycott.
