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Who is Saira Bano?A girl who was well educated, done her Masters was married to a guy Rizwan Ahmad in 2001. Rizwan was a property dealer and her (Saira Bano) marriage was more of a contract based on money (dowry). Her family background was not rich, still her father arranged her marriage to a property dealer.Rizwan Ahmad was more of a frustated man and started using physical torture and violence after marriage.Muslim women are more conservative as they have to face social pressure if they goes against family or husband.Saira Bano was facing all the mental pressure and physical torture in silence. Rizwan used to beat her, keep her hungry in a closed room.She kept silent until a day when her husband Rizwan sent a divorce notice via speed post to her.The letter stated talaq e biddat (triple talak) and custody of his children. (Her two children custody was asked to keep by Rizwan Ahmad).What is talaq e biddat?It is a form of divorce used in Islam which allows any Muslim man to legally divorce his wife by stating the word talak 3 times.Interesting part is, any muslim man can give a triple talak via message through whatsapp, facebook, letter or even on phone.After receiving the divorce notice and watching her children going away, she thought of taking legal action against her husband.Now, this was as difficult as Tom Cruise stunt on Burj Khalifa. (Mission Impossible)She became the first petitioner and was later accompanied by various other muslim ladies who were facing same situations and stood by her side. Many activists also helped them in the process.Hats off to her courage!On August 2017, Supreme Court deemed talaq e bittat unconstitutional and asked the government to ban practice by enacting a law.In 2018, a bill {The Muslim Women (Protection of rights on marriage)} was passed in Lok Sabha but wasn't passed by Rajya Sabha.Recently (30th July 2019), Rajya Sabha has passed the bill and triple talak is made a criminal offence. The man giving triple talak has to face upto 3 years in jail.One of the historical decisions for muslims including Shayara Bano!

OMG my husband used to say that a lot. Exactly as you say, each time I bring up something he doesn't like - such as help around the house by paying part of the bills, cleaning up after himself, being a supportive husband by action and not by name only.His phrase was, “if you don't like it, then go and get a divorce”When he started saying it at the early phase of our marriage, I used to be scared. Then I would back track and tried to calm him down - until the next time - because the issues never go away.7 years on, things haven't changed. He still does not contribute financially, physically and emotionally to the household. When I bring it up, until recently, it was the same go get a divorce vibe.Then I told him I would. And then I started the process. Then his voice changed. Now he wants counselling. He doesn't want to throw away 10 years of bring together (7 married) “just like that". Thing is he said it so many times that I have not only considered it but came to terms with living without him. The prospect of living without him is actually more pleasing than living with him. He adds absolutely nothing to the relationship apart from being an extra baggage to carry, plus the stress of dealing with him when things don't go his way. I certainly do not want his toxicity in my future.He now says he wants things to go back to the way it was. Prolly to a state where I don't question him about his inadequacies and just keep spending without asking questions. Wishful thinking. I don't.Be careful what you wish for.EDITI never thought I'd get so many reactions to this answer that I wrote on the cuff of my present frustration. Thank you so much, Quoraeans for your kind words.Honestly being on Quora has been my saving grace since the issue with my husband exacerbated when I lost my mum early this year. His attitude to my loss brought me to my senses. If anyone is interested, you can read it here:Since I posted my original answer this, our cold war erupted into full on verbal abuse when he began to emotionally blackmail me about forgiveness (we're both Christians but he doesn't belong to a physical church but I do.) and what the Bible says about divorce. He wants me to book counselling with my Minister - who married us. I don't necessarily want this because I am well respected in my church and I don't want him to bring his toxicity to my relationship there. He lacks tack and speaks ignorantly without thinking. While I can count on my church' support because they know me and have met him, I don't want their pity because they will see through what's going on.He’s now playing the victim and I'm at a loss what to do. I own the house and I want him gone now. The law will not look kindly to me kicking him out unless I'm in danger. He cleverly will not touch me but would tongue lash me incessantly so much I called the cops on one occasion. Since then he wouldn't raise his voice but would still curse me on a level tone so that any one hearing would think I was the crazy one.He wants me to lie on the divorce form, saying we were separated for 2 years so we can get a quickie divorce. I don't want to lie because he can use it against me. I told him my ground for divorce is unreasonable behaviour. I wrote my petition already and stopped at 7 because there were too many examples to give. He apparently doesn't want this truth to come out.He says he would only leave the house once he gets a letter from the court. The lockdown means there's a long waiting list. I don't know when this will happen. I really would like him to leave but in the meantime I'm going to have to leave the house for now when my (visiting) family goes back because I don't feel safe just being with him.Thank you guys for keeping me sane. Reading your stories and experiences show me I'm not crazy and I'm not in the wrong.

This is a complex issue in the US and despite my strong temptation to give an absolute answer in the negative I will avoid doing so.I have a low opinion of such religious courts and religious laws and I will make no secret of that.But the fact is that many religious courts do operate in the US - in the sense at least that they resolve disputes among co-religionists by what one might call a form of voluntary mediation, disputes regarding various issues, ranging from matters of contracts to issues of religious marriage and divorce and other civil issues.There are Catholic courts dealing with canon law, there are Orthodox Jewish courts dealing with the application of halakha to contractual matters inside the Jewish community as well as with marriage and divorce, so on the face of it there is no obvious reason to ban the existence of courts using principles of Sharia in the same ways among the Muslim community.But such courts must not: must absolutely not ever be allowed to excercise criminal jurisdiction in any matters. In my mind that is a line that absolutely must not be crossed - it is one thing if members of a community bind themselves voluntarily to religious courts to act as mediators in civil disputes within their own communities.But religious law cannot and must not be applied in a manner that is in contradiction with applicable local, state or federal law governing the same matters and it cannot be enforced by means of pseudo law enforcement officers.Further secular contract law must be binding in all disputes that extend beyond a community of co-religionists.Secular law must remain the supreme law of the land.