Does Islam Snatch the Rights of Women? by P.Zainul Abideen - HTML preview

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INTRODUCTION 4

PREFACE 5

RIGHT TO AMASS WEALTH 7

THE LAW OF INHERITANCE 8

THE RIGHT TO SELECT A BRIDE-GROOM 10

MARRIAGE GIFT (MAHAR = A SECURITY RECEIVED BY BRIDE FROM BRIDEGROOM) 11

WOMAN NEED NOT RETURN BACK HER MAHAR 14

HALF MAHAR FOR DIVORCING BEFORE CONSUMMATION 16

WOMANS RIGHT TO REMARRY 17

ECONOMICAL SECURITY FOR WOMAN AFTER DIVORCE 19

MEN AND WOMEN ARE EQUAL IN RELIGIOUS ENDEAVORS 23

SECURITY FOR WOMAN 26

ISLAMIC CULTURE 30

DOES ISLAM SNATCH AWAY THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN? 34

ARE MAN AND WOMAN ARE EQUAL TO EACH OTHER? 35

POLYGAMY 39

POLYGAMY IS PRACTICED NOT ONLY BY MUSLIMS 40

PROHIBITION OF POLYGAMY WILL LEAD THE ROAD TO PROSTITUTION. 42

UNPUNISHED NON-MUSLIMS BY COURT FOR POLYGAMY. 48

THE WORST CONSEQUENCES WILL BE IN PROHIBITING POLYGAMY. 50

MALAYSIAN HINDUS DEMAND POLYGAMY 51

REASONS FOR PERMITTING POLYGAMY 54

1. THE RATIO OF GIRLSBIRTH IS MORE. 54

2. THE RATIO OF MENS DEATH IS MORE 56

3. SUICIDAL DEATH RATE OF MEN IS MORE THAN WOMEN. 58

4. DOWRY 59

5. BURIAL ALIVE 60

6. BACHELORHOOD 60

7. SEXUAL AFFINITY 61

TALAK (DIVORCE) 67

LEAVING WITHOUT ANY CONJUGAL LIFE 69

ABSTAINING FROM BED TO CORRECT 73

BEATING LIGHTLY TO CORRECT 74

THE FIRST STAGE 78

THE SECOND STAGE 80

‘MUTHTALAK’-DIVORCING THRICE AT A TIME EXPLANATION 82

WOMENS RIGHT TO DIVORCE 84

ALIMONY 88

THE FIRST PROTECTION 92

THE THIRD PROTECTION 97

HIJAB(BURKA) 98

FALSIFICATION OF HIJAB ACCUSERS 99

SAFETY FOR WOMAN 100

THE LAW OF INHERITANCE IN ISLAM 106

WITNESSES 113

EXAGGERATING 115

INSERTION OF HEIRS 127

DICTATORSHIP 128

IS WOMEN ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE PRAYERS IN THE MOSQUE? 133

SLAVE WOMEN 136

GLOSSARY 144