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In India, the cabinet has backed a bill that will make the Islamic practice of instant divorce a criminal offence. India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times. Jill McGivering, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s South Asia Editor at the World Service, explains why some Muslim women and rights groups have been campaigning for years against the custom. (Photo: An Indian Muslim bride looks on during a mass wedding ceremony in Ahmedabad on March 21, 2015. Credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images).
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