From Dubai, NRI sends wife Talaq message on WhatsApp

Kottayam: “Why are you calling me? I do not like you. Do not wait for me. If we like apple will we keep eating it every day? We will like to eat other fruits also. Talak Talak Talak.”

This is the WhatsApp message an NRI in Dubai sent his young wife barely 10 days after his marriage. The woman, a BDS student from Chertala in Alappuzha district, has now approached the Kerala Women’s Commission for help, report PTI and The Indian Express.

In her complaint, the wife has said her husband had not even informed her if he had reached Dubai, where he is working. She said the only message she got was this Talaq message on WhatsApp.

The Women’s Commission has sent a notice to the parents of the man asking them to show up and explain this situation.

Describing talaq through social media like Facebook and WhatsApp as ‘barbaric’, Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen state President T P Abdulla Majeed, said this was against humanity.

“There is no validity of such an act. Some people are playing with religion”, he said.

“Talaq cannot be practised in such a flimsy manner. It has got three stages. It has to be used only in a situation wherein it is extremely difficult to take forward a marriage”, he said.

Reacting to the development, Dakshina Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama leader Kadakkal Abdul Azeez Moulavi said there was no validity of such talaq.

PTI