Missing Guidance On Talaaq

Muslim Murasu, February 2013

Analyses on divorce and polygamy keep getting published on English and Tamil media. As usual, religious leadership do not care, analyze or react.
Healthy development of opinion is not welcome in Muslim community. One can select either rejection or complete surrender; recklessness or fake sanctity. Talaaq is casually declared. Muslim magazines publish articles on Talaaq and sexual indiscipline. Muslim religious leadership is hesitating to publish accurate, updated details. Alarm bells and sounds of haplessness are heard.
First condition in Islamic marriage is good character. Mohallas are breaking. Urbanization is sixty percent. Muslim men and women, without options, are moving out of their native in search of their needs. There are no means to check and ascertain character, to get to know or recommend personally. Fifty thousand rupees is the monthly expenditure. Women education and working has become a necessity. Share autos and crowded buses clearly show the tragedy. Glamor dress costs three thousand rupees. Pretentious covering of face is puzzling.
Muslim community is dividing into two. Religious leadership thrusting religion stands on one side. Patrons and people serving are on the other side. Marriage presided by Jamaat and Talaaq in front of Jamaat; Minimum number and competency of ‘Jamaat’ are not clear. Self-styled Jamaat, self-styled religionist, self-styled administration and practices are spreading.
Muslim population in Tamilnadu is six percent. Each Muslim is surrounded by seventeen Hindus. Practices in Hindu community are guiding Muslim community. One man-one wife, small, nuclear family, women earning are examples. Honest details on Talaaq, remarriage, widow protection should be announced in Friday speeches. Otherwise there won’t be a solution. Police is a rotting piece of flesh. One can’t get justice without spending money. Four crore cases are pending in courts. Waiting period can be twenty years.
Future of Muslim woman is caught in a difficult situation. Shariat provides a good protecting mechanism. Compulsions of life should be taken into account. Religious leadership need not bury its face in earth. Community is left without any help.