New Divorce Laws For Muslim Women
Mr. Christopher from the My Wedding Favors blog with some encouraging news. Muslim women in India have been touted by women around the world as the most mistreated and right-denied people on the planet. Having to cover almost every inch of their bodies in public to avoid enticing men, being subservient to their men and forced to do many things that would have American women crying foul.
Well thanks to The All India Muslim Women Personal Law Board (AIMWPLB) and the release of what’s called the “Shariat Nikahnama”, things are getting a lot more difficult for Muslim men in India to carry on their male chauvinistic ways towards their wives. The organization established many new divorce laws that create more equality between Muslim men and women. Muslim women now have the right to divorce their husbands if they’re caught having illicit affairs, if he has AIDS and even if she is forced to do unnatural sex acts.
AIMWPLB President Shaista Amber says, “We have framed the new nikahnama strictly in accordance with the tenets of Islam, which clearly prohibit any kind of harassment or oppression of a married woman by her husband.” It also allows for a woman to get a divorce if the husband is denying to grant it. Other ground breaking amendments include the ability to divorce if there has been no sexual relations for a year, if the husband doesn’t provide for the wife and family, if the husband has abandoned her in excess of 4 years, or in the case of any kind of ill treatment or torture.
Basically this is huge progress for Muslim women in India and there’s much more to come. Not to say that the Muslim women will take a stand and take advantage of laws designed to protect them, but at least there are laws now available for those women who say, “Enough is enough”. The new laws have Muslim men shaking in their robes because this changes a once archaic view of marriage and begins to put things in line with the rest of the world. Maybe there is hope on the horizon for equality among the sexes in India after all. The opportunity exists, so hopefully Muslim women will stand strong and take advantage of these new laws afforded to them that have kept them in marital slavery for many generations.
I am very happy to know that the equility of the women and men is on the move in India.
I hope musllim women take this step little and should also teach the same to there sons whem they are y0ung.
I am very confident if the mother teaches this to the son when he is young he will grow up to be respecting women, This is what we have tought to our son.
Also, (women) mother in law (women) daughter should treat them with rest. Then the Islam would reach equaltiy.
What is equality and does it really exist?
First, I will not say what is right or wrong for any culture that I do not truly understand. I just want to deliver points that people of the western culture fail to admit too.
1. There is domestic violence in every society, especially so called free thinking societies. If this were not true than may every feminist go blind and bald for dragging the western culture through continual judicial hell for the counless amounts of “abuse” toward wives who live through such situations. (keep in mind that women here in the western culture can wear whatever they feel they comfortable in. Including topless in their own yard. Please reference state laws. every state in not the same. and every state will not allow this to happen.)
My main point is that it has become common place for women to dress provocative. In many cases it is the mother who allows the child to dress the same as she does.
2. It has become common place for a man to be belittled by women. It is in our movies where you can see men being slapped by women but rarely the opposite. So who are the abusers. According to movies; women. Just go out and grab 10 flicks from your local movie rental store and see how many times a woman is abusive verbally or physically.
3. Everyone should learn to repect other cultures. I learned in grade school that you cannot point a finger without the other four pointing back at yourself.