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To: null and void

Is that Sharia you are quoting from? I think not.


152 posted on 06/25/2006 1:22:21 PM PDT by OmahaFields
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To: OmahaFields
Unfree Under Islam
Shariah endangers women's rights, from Iraq to Canada.

BY AYAAN HIRSI ALI

The draft Iraqi bill of rights favors men in other respects, such as the right to marry up to four wives, and the right to an easy divorce, without the interference of a court, simply by repeating "I divorce you" in the presence of two male witnesses. A wife divorced in such a fashion will receive an allowance for a period of three months to one year, and after that period nothing. On the other hand, if a wife wants a divorce, she must go to court and prove that her husband does not meet her material needs, that he is infertile and that he is impotent. Once a divorce is finalized, if there are children, the custody of the children will automatically go to the father (for boys at age 7 and for girls from the start of menstruation). Inheritance based on the Shariah means that wives will get only a small portion of the property of their husbands and a sister will get half what her brother gets.

here

It appears you are correct. Sharia law does allow women rights. The right to 3 month's alimony, the right to give up her children upon divorce (how liberating that must be!) The right to a few crumbs from her late husband's wealth, the right to half what she would get as a son.

Read post #146, under that 'perfect' islamic family law a woman can own property, but her husband or ex-husband controls what she can do with it.

Replace 'husband' with 'government', and you have the definition of Fascism: private ownership, under total government control.

162 posted on 06/25/2006 1:32:10 PM PDT by null and void (When you're thinking about beating the odds, consider the outcome of the odds beating you.)
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