“The lives of Muslim women cannot be allowed to be destroyed by 'triple talaq,'” Modi told a rally in the town of Mahoba. “It is the responsibility of the government and people of the country to give justice to Muslim women.” Muslim women in India have long demanded a ban on the practice, banned in most Islamic countries but allowed by the Indian constitution. More than 24 Muslim women's rights groups, who wrote to Modi demanding reforms to Muslim laws on divorce and polygamy, have also filed a petition in the Supreme Court. “'Triple talaq' was Modi's new political tool to break up the Muslim vote,” said Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of a Muslim political party, the All-India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen. We want the government to protect Muslim women,” said a senior leader of the RSS in New Delhi.

Source: Sunday Times October 24, 2016 12:56 UTC