Muslim man divorces wife after she confesses to being gang-raped

The woman, who remains unidentified, says she received a message saying 'talaq' three times

An Indian man allegedly divorced his wife via text message after she confessed she was gang-raped.

The woman, who remains unidentified, said she received a message saying “talaq” three times after telling her husband about the incident, Daily Mail reported.


Although many Islamic scholars believe the word must be pronounced on three separate occasions, spread over three months, and accompanied by efforts at reconciliation to constitute a divorce, the 25-year-old woman claims she was driven out from her home after receiving the message.



The message ended her five-year marriage to a construction worker settled in Dubai. The woman’s 70-year-old mother-in-law has reportedly taken custody of her son and approves of the divorce.

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"My son has divorced his wife, so she has no right to live with us. That’s the law,’ the mother-in-law told Daily Mail

"She no longer belongs to us, but the child is part of our family’s lineage. We can’t let him go with her," she added.

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The woman who claims the rape was committed by a group of neighbours told Daily Mail, “I felt violated. I thought he would stand by my side through this, to help me through the pain of it. But I was wrong. He took the easiest way out like a coward and divorced me via text message.”



The woman has since moved back to her parent's home in Meerut, north India.

Women rights groups in India have long called for a ban on the custom of triple talaq. Although the Muslim clergy is against change in Islamic laws, many women groups have called for the Muslim Personal Law to be codified so that it is barred from interpretations



According to a survey conducted by the Indian NGO Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, 92.1% Muslim women wanted triple talaq banned. Oral divorce delivered through Skype, text messages, email and Whatsapp have increasing become a cause of concern for Indian women.

This article originally appeared on Daily Mail.