Zainah Anwar, executive director of international rights group Musawah, blames the regressions in family law on the rise of ‘political Islam’, adding that these issues remain due to the current patriarchal state of society.
“In 1984, the Islamic family law was amended and new laws were provided, which was amazing. It gave us so many rights and expanded the rights for women to get divorced,” she said with divorce and polygamy decided by the courts. Another regression, she said, saw the responsibility of children born out of wedlock being wholly given to the mothers, which meant they could not make any claims for maintenance or inheritance from the father.
“What is galling is the fact that for non-Muslim women, law reforms have moved forward to recognise equality. But for Muslim women, in the name of Islam, you can be discriminated against.”
Ambiga_S Only a cult and regressive culture allow polygamy. So we should embrace it. Thank god Iove my pork.
Does anyone know who was the Prime Minister then?
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