Muslim women should also have right to say triple talaq: Taslima Nasreen

New Delhi: Famed Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen has mocked the practice of saying triple talaq by some Muslim men for getting divorce from their wives, saying women should also have similar right.

“Why should only men have the right to divorce their wives?

“Women should have the right to divorce husbands by saying talaq talaq talaq,” the author said.

“When men and women both are independent, triple talaq system is not bad.

“If a man doesn't love his wife, why should wife try to live with him?” she asked.

Taslima Nasreen has been living in exile in India after the Islamic fundamentalists in her country issued a fatwa against her many years ago.