AGRA: Joining the debate on the ongoing controversy over 'triple talaq', Vice President Hamid Ansari 's wife Salma Ansari today exhorted women to read the Quran and said that there was nothing in the holy scripture that justifies this practice.Incidentally, Ansari's comments have been hailed by Muslim women, particularly the educated ones, who insist that this is the time to put an end to this issue once and for all. "There is nothing like triple talaq in the Quran and women in India are being misguided over the issue," Salma said while addressing an event in Aligarh's Madarsa at Civil Lines here on Saturday. "Read the holy scripture to clear your doubts," she advised.Maintaining that this issue had been "unnecessarily" made up, Ansari said that those women who are speaking on it "haven't even read it (Quran)".Going a step further, Ansari also raised doubts on the interpretation of the Quran by the 'maulanas' and advised women not to take everything for granted. She said Salma Ansari should use her position to spread this word and save Muslim women from harassment.Dr Shadab Bano, assistant professor in History department, Aligarh Muslim University said that its true that triple talaq is not sanctioned in Quran and hence is "un-islamic". She regretted that this had become a practice among Muslims and men were using it to their advantage and against the interests of women.

Source: Times of India April 09, 2017 16:43 UTC