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Talaq (طلاق) (meaning divorce) is the right of only men in Islam. If a man dislikes the wife or the marriage, he can divorce her without any reason; yet if a woman dislikes her husband, she cannot divorce him according to traditional [[Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence)]]. Although modern Islamic feminists have challenged and criticized these laws, they remain the Islamic positions of the major madhaahab (school of jurisprudence) of Islamic law. Despite this disparity, some Islamic advocates such as scholars and [[Dawah|du'aah]] claim that Islam is not 'unjust' to women, and counter that woman can also obtain separation from her husband 'through the (Islamic) court', by means of an Islamic legal device known as Khul' (خلع)<ref>{{Cite web | title = Religious Minorities Under Muslim Rule {{!}} Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research| author = | work = Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research| date =8 February 2017 | access-date = 20 October 2021| url = https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/paper/religious-minorities-under-muslim-rule}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web| title = Can Muslim women divorce?| author =  Yaqeen Institute | work = YouTube| date = 17 December 2019| access-date = 20 October 2021| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY8KtRQWzrg}}</ref>.