Indian court bans Islamic instant divorce in 'giant step for women'

India's top court has banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many Muslim women had fiercely opposed. The Supreme Court ruled that the practice of "triple talaq", where Muslim men can divorce their wives by reciting the word talaq (divorce) three times, was both unconstitutional and un-Islamic.

Victims including Shayara Bano, whose husband used triple talaq to divorce her by letter in 2015, had approached India's highest court to ask for a ruling. A panel of five judges from India's major faiths - Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Zoroastrianism - said triple talaq was "not integral to religious practice and violates constitutional morality".

They said it was "manifestly arbitrary" to allow a man to "break down (a) marriage whimsically and capriciously".

"What is sinful under religion cannot be valid under law," said the judges.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/22/indian-court-bans-islamic-instant-divorce-giant-step-women/

Oh I dunno. I reckon some Islamic women would prefer the original quick divorce method. A quick release from an oppressive marriage sounds blissful. In this patriarchal culture it's the alimony and child custody terms that need overhaul, not the time frame.