Definitions
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- noun An
Islamic divorce ,sanctioned by theQur'an .
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Examples
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Under a rule taken from Islamic law, the man merely has to repeat the Arabic word "talaq" three times, which carries the meaning "I divorce you".
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The problem is worldwide: In Tajikistan, for instance, marital reconciliation has given way to the triple talaq aka divorce via text message, so effectively unraveling the social code that the government is now stepping in to ban the practice.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: A Year Without BlackBerry Jennifer Grayson 2011
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The problem is worldwide: In Tajikistan, for instance, marital reconciliation has given way to the triple talaq aka divorce via text message, so effectively unraveling the social code that the government is now stepping in to ban the practice.
Jennifer Grayson: Eco Etiquette: A Year Without BlackBerry Jennifer Grayson 2011
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In one incident recounted in the report, a man divorced his wife during an argument - an Islamic provision called "talaq" allows a Muslim to divorce his wife by declaring "I divorce you" three times - but the two were later reconciled.
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In one incident recounted in the report, a man divorced his wife during an argument - an Islamic provision called "talaq" allows a Muslim to divorce his wife by declaring "I divorce you" three times - but the two were later reconciled.
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Fiza told reporters in Chandigarh on Saturday that Chand had called her up from London late on Friday night and uttered "talaq" three times.
PunjabNewsline News 2009
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Firstly, he could easily divorce Razia by pronouncing 'talaq' [divorce] three times permitted in Islam.
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Fiza told reporters here Saturday that Chand had called her up from London late Friday night and uttered 'talaq' three times.
India eNews 2009
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But then he told her that he was not divorcing her the way that really counts from society's point of view - by saying "talaq".
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"There are many women coming to our crisis centre whose husbands have said" talaq "to them over the phone.
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