Do you see a line striking down half of your nikahnama? You forsook your legal rights long before the CII did.

When will #CII concentrate on rights of woman, no marriage against will, right 2 divorce, etc. etc. Rights which are consistently violated! — Ali Sher Rahman (@Baahirezaman) March 11, 2014

Wow: Permission from 1st wife for 2nd marriage& inability to marry underage girls are the key issues that make #Pakistan unIslamic~ #CII — Ilmana Fasih (@ZEEQUEUE) March 11, 2014

Issues in #Pakistan:Terrorism, economy,famine,educn,poverty.

Issues for #CII:Oiling wheels of second shaadi & making it legit to marry kids. — Maheen Usmani (@MaheenUsmani) March 11, 2014

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Question 18: Whether the husband has delegated the power of divorce to the wife. If so, under what conditions?



Question 19: Whether the husband’s right to divorce is in anyway curtailed?



Question 20: Whether any document was drawn up at the time of marriage relating to dower, maintenance etc. If so, contents thereof in brief.

Question 21: Whether the bridegroom has any existing wife, and if so, whether he has secured the permission of the Arbitration Council under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961, to contract another marriage?

“Whether the bride is a maiden, a widow or a divorcee?”

If you are a Muslim married in Pakistan please take out yourright now. Do you see a line striking down half of it? Good. Welcome to the club. You forsook your own legal rights long before the maulana asked the government to snatch them from you.So now please hold your peace.Theis a legal contract. Islam allows special conditions to be laid in any legal contract and it is done to avoid disputes in the future.Here is a quick review for those readers who are not familiar with the section of theI am talking about:And the golden question under debate. After all, it has to do with men’s right to polygamy, so how could the maulana ignore it?This entire section of theis usually crossed out by the maulvis of our local mosques before handing it to the bride or groom at the time ofbecause they claim it is not in accordance with Shariah.Andlet them cross it out.They conveniently forget that they cannot take the law of the land in their own hands andforget to remind them.do not question them when they erect a mosque on illegally acquired land by our donations.pray behind them even though their Friday sermons are filled with hate speech.help them adorn mosques in the hope that they will reserve a little plot for us inhave given them power they do not deserve.These so-called religious scholars, on grass root level, need to be reminded that religion should never be confused by the culture of a land. What may be acceptable in one culture may be considered extremely distasteful by some other cultures. Islam is bigger than any specific culture and there is a certain difference between what is allowed in Islam and what is made compulsory.If thesurvives the Council of Islamic Ideology’s (CII) recommendation, perhaps you can ask the maulvi sahib present at yournot to cross out the section that talks about your rights under the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 If he still insists, ask him to put it against question number five of thewhich asks,Tell him if a man is not asked a similar question at the time of the, a woman should not either.