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Majority of Islamic communities and groups have welcomed Centre's move to criminalise triple talaq: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that majority of Muslims were in the favour of banning the practice of triple talaq. <br/><br/>He was speaking to reporters in Mumbai while visiting 'Hunar Haat' organised by Ministry of Minority Affairs.<br/><br/>Mr Naqvi said triple talaq is un-Islamic and is bad tradition and it is not a Hindu or Muslim issue. <br/><br/>He said that the government wants to empower the women and it cannot leave out Muslim women in empowerment programmes. <br/><br/>Naqvi said majority of Islamic communities and groups have welcomed the Centre's move to criminalise triple talaq.

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