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New Delhi : Poorly informed Muslim clerics are often to blame for the plight of women in the community, particularly when it comes to triple talaq, the Muslim practice of instant divorce that has been declared illegal, says a new book. The state of affairs is more pronounced in small towns, particularly in northern India, says Ziya us Salam in "Till Talaq Do Us Part" (Penguin). In just a month after the Supreme Court set aside instant triple talaq, three Muslim women -- one each in Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), Jodhpur (Rajasthan) and...