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The man got on a plane back to Saudi Arabia, where he unilaterally ended the marriage by saying the Arabic word for divorce: “talaq.”

The post, which begins "Dear Husband", concluded - "I divorce you, I divorce you, and I divorce you," seemingly using the Islamic practice known as triple talaq.

"But since then, they don't feel scared and their trust in the BJP is rising day by day," he claims, mentioning the criminalisation of triple talaq, or the practice of "instant divorce", as a move particularly appreciated by Muslim women.

Before the Supreme Court ruling, India was among a handful of countries that allowed triple talaq.

"This has brought awareness in the community that instant triple talaq is not the law of God and our volunteers in different states are reporting that cases are now fewer in numbers," says Ms Soman.