clipped from: www.positiveatheism.org The Associated Press reported on the growing movement in Muslim countries to abandon the ancient tradition of permitting husbands to divorce their wives by shouting "Talaq!" three times. Pakistan, Turkey, Syria, and Indonesia are among the nations that have abandoned the tradition, but it continues in India.
In India, a man may either shout "Talaq" three times at once, with the divorce effective four months later, or shout "Talaq" one time during each of three consecutive menstrual periods and be divorced immediately after the third shout.