Several years ago, I sought a divorce to end a marriage in which I felt a fundamental and irreconcilable incompatibility, but faced resistance on both cultural grounds (“What will people say?” “This generation doesn’t have enough tolerance.”) and religious grounds (“Divorce is the most hated thing in the sight of Allah .”) At weddings, I … Continue reading Destigmatizing Divorce: It’s Not Only Domestic Violence That Makes It Halal