RECLAIMING WOMENS’ RIGHT TO DIVORCE IN ISLAM

RECLAIMING WOMENS’ RIGHT TO DIVORCE IN ISLAM

By Hasan Mahmud,

Director, Sharia Law

Muslim Canadian Congress, Canada

Historically this law has resulted in grave injustices to women; we will look at some documents from 17th century Sharia Courts later. It does not take a rocket scientist to realize how much agony and torture a woman must go through before she decides to break up her home. A few years ago the Egyptian government passed a law that, if a wife was willing to repay the bride-money, the court could dissolve a marriage without husband’s consent. In only six working days a staggering 3,000 women applied in Cairo alone.

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