Triple talaq in India Triple talaq in India Triple Talaq, also known as "talaq-e-biddat", instant divorce and "talaq-e-mughallazah" (irrevocable divorce), is a form of Islamic divorce which has been used by Muslims in India, especially adherents of Hanafi Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence. It allows any Muslim man to legally divorce his wife by stating the word "talaq" (the Arabic word for "divorce") three times in oral, written, or more recently, electronic form. The use and status of triple talaq in India has been a subject of controversy and debate. Those questioning the practice have raised issues of justice, gender equality, human rights and
Ban on sharia law penal codes were adopted in 1926. In Tunisia some forms of Sharia law were banned. Ban on sharia law A ban on sharia law is legislation which prohibits the application or implementation of Islamic law (sharia) in courts in any civil (non-religious) jurisdiction. In the United States, various states have "banned Sharia law", or passed some kind of ballot measure that "prohibits the states courts from considering foreign, international or religious law." these include Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee. In Canada, Sharia law is explicitly banned in Quebec, upheld by a unanimous vote against it