Posted on 06/25/2006 8:50:57 AM PDT by Alouette
June 25, 2006 -- A Brooklyn anesthesiologist callously ditched his wife and three kids, leaving them homeless after he secretly sold their house and fled the country with all their money, the wife alleges. Dr. Raihan Chowdhury was deemed a fugitive Wednesday for ignoring repeated court orders to provide for his hapless family.
His wife, Sharmin Sultana, who gave up her career as a gynecologist to become a full-time mom, is now broke and staying at a women's shelter with the couple's two daughters and toddler son.
All while her husband lives in luxury in his native Bangladesh, possibly having remarried without getting a divorce here, according to her divorce documents and her lawyer's statements in Brooklyn Family Court.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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Her family name is Sultana. Unless I'm much mistaken, that isn't a very Hindu name, is it?
Hope he gets bitten by a Russel's Viper.
Non-Muslims who leave Bangladesh tend to not want to go back there.
Sweeping generalization will get you everywhere.
Bangladesh may be majority Muslim (approx. 80%), but that still leaves 20% of others (of which approx. 17% are Hindu).
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And this would be relevant to such a list how?
Luxury in Bangladesh: Bread twice a day, tin roof rather than straw and a fan.
She probably has it better in the shelter.
Oh come on, he went with well over a million dollars. It's cheap to live there and he can retire. He can live in a completely urban place such as Dhaka:
LOL
Well, believe. It's true in Missouri also. Wife would have to sign a waiver to allow such a transaction.
you are indeed very much mistaken, Sultana is a Hindi name ... the bearer of the name may be Muslim or Hindu, the name is NOT exclusive to a particular religion.
Source please.
But she surely would qualify for a nurses aide - there is a shortage of them in many areas. I know of someone in New Jersey who got on the job training and the place also has a day care.
If the house is in his name, and he doesn't volunteer that he's married (or lies), and is out of the country immediately after the sale, what is the recourse?
True, we have Gloria to thank. Where did women's rights help this poor woman, one might ask.
Every one has a water front view.
When the full impact of this crystallization made its mark, men suffered no conscience in parading themselves as inherently, or even divinely, superior. Gender based notions of superordination and subordination became entrenched as values and norms of Muslim society. The result of all of these is the shocking state of Muslim women in many Muslim societies today. They are abused, physically and emotionally, in the name of a supposedly divine conception of privileged authority. And none suffers more than the wives at the hands of despotic husbands. It is this condition which has led a prominent Human Rights author to observe that "In many many Islamic states, paternalism remains strong and causes cultural resistance to economic and social rights which aim at ensuring equality between men and women including equal access to education, equal pay for equal work, and above all equality in inheritance laws which severely affect the right to property. The maintenance of Shariah law, in conflict with international human rights law, constitutes one of the major systemic challenges to universal human rights in our time" (Asbjorn Eide 1995)
Nowhere in your quote does it support your statement that under Sharia women cannot own property. Try again.
He was not paying liability/malpractice insurance and I doubt that he really had that much debt from his schooling.
http://www.maimonidesmed.org/staff/rchowdhury.htm
The Bitter Lament of a Muslim Woman
By Jahanara Begum
There is a villaye near Basra in Iraq. That village was well-known for supplying eunuchs for the nawabs’ harems. Nearly 60% of the young lads who were castrated there used to die. This butchery has ceased today. There are many Muslims like Idi Amin who have numerous wives but the eunuchs are no more there to watch over the women. But for us, nothing has changed. The men of our society are completely without concern for their women. By granting a few property rights they seem to think that a lot has been done for us Muslim women. What good are these property rights when our marriages are scarred with an unending chain of divorces and re-marriages? The Muslim law has, on the other hand, given rise to a lot more persecution of Muslim women. If a divorced Muslim woman files a suit for her property and alimony rights, then the Muslim court moves very slowly indeed. In the meantime, the husband can get remarried without any hindrance from our Islamic laws. The law of the land that helps women of all other communities under similar circumstances is of no use to us Muslim women because we are supposed to go by the laws of Islam only and nothing else.
Full article here
Over the years, I have come to know many foreign resident doctors.
It is not uncommon for male doctors from many countries not to allow their wives to practice medicine or work out of the house.
No feminist hand wringing in the world will change thousands of year’s worth of traditions.
Women in many countries are treated like chattel and are no more valuable than goats or cattle.
OK a short synopsis of the situation:
You are a foreigner just came to America to get your medical license
Someone said months to get a license.
Actually, it would probably take at least four to seven or more years to get a license to practice medicine here in the United States.
I am also presuming that she is an American citizen.
The cost associated with receiving a license to practice medicine is not inexpensive and can run from more than $20,000 to $40,000 dollars depending on many circumstances such as fees, travel, lodging, meals, exam costs, translations, time away from work.
She would have to apply to, take, and pass her TOEFL EXAM (Test Of English Foreign Language).
She would then need to check the World Health Organization to see if her medical school is on the approved list of the WHO book.
If her school were not listed, she would not be eligible for licensing here in the United States.
She would then need to gather up graduation documents from her medical school. That could take several months depending on various factors (lazy secretaries, communications, mail, etc).
The documents would then need to be translated into English by a certified English translator.
When this part of the process is complete, she would then apply to the ECFMG (Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates).
The ECFMG would evaluate all of her documents and then assign her an identification number.
Using her identification number, she would then be required to take a series of exams the USMLE (United States Medical Licensing Exam).
Since she graduated some years ago, she would probably need at least two to six months of extensive study time on each exam.
Cost of each exam $645.00 dollars.
That is lots of money in a foreign country where many doctors earn less than $300.00 dollars a month.
http://www.usmle.org/step1/default.htm
STEP 1 assesses whether you understand and can apply important concepts of the sciences basic to the practice of medicine, with special emphasis on principles and mechanisms underlying health, disease, and modes of therapy. Step 1 ensures mastery of not only the sciences that provide a foundation for the safe and competent practice of medicine in the present, but also the scientific principles required for maintenance of competence through lifelong learning.
STEP 2 assesses whether you can apply medical knowledge, skills, and understanding of clinical science essential for the provision of patient care under supervision and includes emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. Step 2 ensures that due attention is devoted to principles of clinical sciences and basic patient-centered skills that provide the foundation for the safe and competent practice of medicine.
Clinical Skills (CS) examination only given in Philadelphia or Atlanta. CIS performance is assessed by the standardized patients who provide a global rating of these skills using a series of generic rating scales. The domains included in these scales are, in part, based upon the scales used in the former Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA) of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, with enhancements based upon national consensus statements on essential communication skills and upon review of other commonly used rating forms.
After taking and passing her USMLE examination, she would then apply to the NRMP.
http://www.nrmp.org/
The National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) is a private, not-for-profit corporation established in 1952 to provide a uniform date of appointment to positions in graduate medical education (GME) in the United States. Five organizations sponsor the NRMP:
• American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• American Hospital Association (AHA),
• Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
Most future resident doctors including AMG’s and FMG’s are matched once a year to approved hospital residency programs
Because of her graduation date from medical school, she would probably be considered an old graduate. Old graduates have a harder time being chosen to enter a residency.
. Usually some 35,000 to 39,000 medical school graduates vie for the 21,000 residency positions.
Residency programs are anywhere from three to seven years depending on the specialty chosen.
After being chosen for a residency program a future doctor must then apply for a residency in training license.
In California, they require a PTAL letter or Post Training Authorization License, which takes from 90 to 120 days depending on the availability of documents. Cost for the letter is $790.00 dollars.
Usually during the end of the first or second year residents, take the USMLE Step Three.
http://www.nrmp.org/
STEP 3 assesses whether you can apply medical knowledge and understanding of biomedical and clinical science essential for the unsupervised practice of medicine, with emphasis on patient management in ambulatory settings. Step 3 provides a final assessment of physicians assuming independent responsibility for delivering general medical care.
All State medical boards in the United States require this exam.
After all this is done, the resident graduates from the program and applies for a formal state license.
Ah, thank you. The women do have property rights.
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