Indian Muslim Women Against Polygamy, Triple Talaq and Child Marriage

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OP - August 25, 2015, 07:59 PM

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/indian-muslim-women-against-polygamy-triple-talaq-child-marriage-study-643862

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The survey, conducted by Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), says that over 90 per cent of the respondents wanted the "triple talaq" divorce ritual and polygamy banned in the country, while 75 per cent supported a ban on child marriage, Thomson Reuters Foundation reported.

Good for them, time to get rid of such archaic stuff.

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Muslims, the largest minority in the country, have a low Human Development Index compared to other demographic groups.

I wasn't aware of this.

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However, compared to Muslim men, the social condition of the women in the community is worse. Muslim women receive the least healthcare, education and employment in the country.

And there we have part of the reason.

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About 92 per cent women said a Muslim man should not be allowed to practise polygamy, while 88 per cent wanted the "triple talaq" system be replaced with "talaq-e-ahsan", a legal divorce method spread over a period of 90 days and involving negotiation.

The triple talaq system is extremely pathetic and misogynistic, I can not fathom how even well educated muslims in Pakistan sometimes practice it. Would not surprise me if the situation is the same in India.

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Interstingly, the study also found out that some women were divorced orally while others through letters, phone calls or even SMSes.

As long as traditional interpretation of Islam gives as much power to men as it does in family matters, such things are just bound to happen. Muslim women, especially the educated ones, need to realize that the traditional interpretation of Islam is not to their advantage. And thankfully some of them are now recognizing it.
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Reply #1 - August 25, 2015, 08:13 PM

Interesting. I wonder how western muslims that can pick and choose so freely will react.

`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.'
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
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Reply #2 - August 25, 2015, 08:39 PM

Unfortunately too many of them (muslim women in the west) are staunch defenders of polygamy, because they don't have to deal with it on a personal level. But the situation is not very different in Pakistan, only difference is that polygamy is legislated by law in Pakistan, while in the west it is not. In Pakistan polygamy is viewed as a social ill, most Pakistani women don't want to be in such a relationship, and most men don't want their sisters/daughters to be in such a relationship, yet people are afraid to speak up against the practicde, because polygamy is deemed morally acceptable by religion. And since religion is the ultimate truth and perfect guideline for mankind, people must continue to endorse polygamy (conveniently enough as long as they are not victims of it themselves).

It is a prime example of religious thuggery.
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