Kottayam:
Just 10 days after marriage, an Indian man in Dubai has sent his wife back in Kerala a triple talaq message on WhatsApp.
The 21-year-old woman, a Bachelor of Dental Surgery student, who lives in Chertala in Alappuzha district, has now approached the Kerala Women's Commission for help.
The young woman in her complaint said her husband did not inform her after reaching Ber Dubai, where he is working. After her repeated messages to him went unanswered, she got a talaq message.
"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. Talaq Talaq Talaq", the woman, who was at her wit's end seeing the message, told the Commission, its member J Prameela Devi said.
Non-Residents Affairs department has been asked to trace him, Ms Devi told PTI.
Ms Devi said she spoke to Panakkad Sadik Ali Thangal, an Islamic scholar, who was of the opinion that this type of talaq was against the rules.
The woman's widowed mother had given Rs 10 lakh as dowry and 79 sovereigns of gold. After 10 days of marriage, the husband left for Ber Dubai and did not keep in touch with her, she said.
The Commission has sent a notice to the parents of the man asking them to appear before it in the next sitting.
Following the talaq message, both the woman and her younger sister, studying in 12th standard, have left their studies.
Describing talaq through social media like Facebook and WhatsApp as 'barbaric', Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen state President TP 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.