... required from both the bride and groom. The Koran also makes it clear that a wife had the right to ask for a divorce from her husband on the same grounds on which a husband could ask to divorce his wife. Islam does say that a man must present his wife with a dowry at the time her marries her, ... confines of Hindu tradition, because divorce is strictly prohibited. When women in India married, it was customary for their families to give a dowry to the girl's husband and his family. Often when the dowry was not paid or the desired amount was not met, the bride would be set on fire by the g...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and independent will. Admission to faith is entirely a personal matter. Nor does a woman become a Muslim merely because of her relationship to father, husband or any other male. Muslim women, on the strength of their unshakable personal faith, used to work for the propagation of Islam. Many of them ... to a man for marriage, orally or in writing, she can freely choose her spouse, reject a suitor she does not like or obtain divorce from an estranged husband against his will. But a male relative normally formalizes the marriage contract and marriage dissolution or divorce on a woman's initi...

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... from freedom and therefore see it as patriarchal. In contrast, Black/Asian feminist writers accuse Western feminists for having ignorant "euro centric" attitudes towards an understanding of the Islamic law. Therefore in relation to my rational, arguments based on Western romanticism and arranged marriages will be referred to. Also ... contemporary Pakistani society are not always followed. Nevertheless, some Muslim writers believe that forced marriages still exists amongst Pakistani Muslims. In the 'New statesman' an article written by Allibah et al based on females in Yorkshire supposed...

• Word Count: 2153
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate