Sunday, May 1 2005 18:57 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bhopal: Claiming that Indian muslims were 'not bound to follow any other Muslim country', All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today (May 1, 2005) asked them to refrain from pronouncing 'Talaq' thrice, as this allows the divorce to remain 'revokable' within three months period.

The model Nikahnama cleared by the AIMPLB in Bhopal asks Muslims to refrain from pronouncing 'Triple Talaq'. If it is pronounced once, divorce remains 'revokable' within a period of three months - called `Iddat', AIMPLB secretary Abdul Rahim Qureshi said at a press conference in Bhopal.

On practice of 'Triple Talaq' in other countries, he said, "They may do whatever they like. We are not bound to follow anyone, any other Muslim country."

"This provision was made to give a chance to the couple to reunite after they decide on divorce. If Talaq is pronounced thrice, it becomes irreversible," he said.

Stating that divorce was the most detestable thing before the eyes of Allah, Quereshi said that the Nikahnama provides that divorce should be last resort and should be attempted for if it becomes 'inevitable'.

The Nikahnama follows the 'total breakdown theory of marriage' generally followed in the West, he added.