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Can't allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by triple talaq: Narendra Modi

Updated on: 25 October,2016 08:31 AM IST  | 
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Joining the debate on triple talaq, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday opposed the practice among Muslims, and in the same breath condemned the prevalence of female foeticide in Hindu society

Can't allow lives of Muslim women to be ruined by triple talaq: Narendra Modi

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Mahoba: Joining the debate on triple talaq, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday opposed the practice among Muslims, and in the same breath condemned the prevalence of female foeticide in Hindu society.


“Female foeticide is a sin. So what if the sinner is a Hindu. My government has taken a number of steps (to stop this practice). Daughters, mothers, sisters should be protected. One should not consider religion. Mothers and sisters should be respected. We have raised the issue firmly,” he said.


“Now the issue of talaq has come up. Just like if any Hindu commits female foeticide he will have to go to jail, similarly what is the crime of my Muslim sisters that someone says talaq over phone and her life is destroyed,” he said, addressing a Maha Parivartan Rally here in the Bundelkhand region in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

“In democracy, there should be discussion. The government has put forward its position. Those who want to digress from triple talaq are instigating people...in the country, lives of Muslim women cannot be allowed to be ruined by triple talaq,”he said.

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