ARA DAMANSARA, June 19 -- The top three reasons why Muslim couples' marriages broke down in Malaysia over the past 10 years were communication problems, domestic violence and infidelity, a 10-year report by Muslim advocacy group SIS Forum (Malaysia) has shown.

Based on SIS Forum (Malaysia)'s latest report released yesterday, a total of 4,761 persons (about 90 per cent women) had approached its free legal advice service Telenisa in the past decade from 2016 to 2025, with 3,438 of those cases involving marriage breakdowns.

In the past 10 years, the top three reasons accounted for 56.6 per cent, or more than half, of those marriage breakdowns recorded by Telenisa.

What do these numbers mean?

In the report, SIS Forum said communication pr...