A recent survey says 100 out of 13,000 Muslim women are divorced. The study held in UP, West Bengal, Delhi, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala by the Muslim Mahila Research Kendra (MMRK) in coordination with the Shariah Committee for Women, says 40 of the 100 divorce cases were initiated by the women, 18 divorces were through Darul Qaza, 10 through judicial court and 12 triple talaq cases. A total of 116 were domestic violence cases, 89 dowry cases and 62 on payment of maintenance. The majority of the harassment cases were from the lower middle class, says Dr Asma Zohra, head of the women’s wing of the AIMPLB. The survey also brought on surface that a lot of Muslim women were living with their husbands for the sake of financial dependency. RTI replies of family courts of Karimnagar, Nashik, Secunderabad and Guntur, filed by the MMRK, clearly show that divorce and maintenance cases of Muslims were much less than Hindus or Christians between 2011 and 2016.