Muslim Personal Law vs State Law – Marriage & Divorce There is a deep concern growing in some quarters for the imploding moral fabric of our […]
Women, Marriage, Religion And The Women Protection Bill
Women, Marriage, Religion And The Women Protection Bill The passing of the Protection of Women against Violence Bill in Punjab is a remarkable development. Although, the […]
Islam, Law Of The Land, Women’s Rights And Women’s Day In Pakistan
Islam, Law Of The Land, Women’s Rights And Women’s Day In Pakistan March 8 comes and goes every year. Like every year, this year also seminars, […]
Maintenance Of Wives In Islam
Maintenance Of Wives In Islam At the risk of sounding like a “conformist”, a “conservative” and maybe “recessive”, I wonder if we as a generation have […]
Forced Marriage And Conversion Stem From Institutionalized Intolerance
Forced Marriage And Conversion Stem From Institutionalized Intolerance Religious diversity forms the bedrock of civilized democratic state, however in Pakistan the right to propagate and freely […]
Revisiting The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961
Revisiting The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 The Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (MFLO), 1961 was promulgated to, inter alia, safeguard matrimonial rights of women. To this extent, […]
South Korea Top Court Upholds Ban On Divorce Rights For Unfaithful Spouses
South Korea Top Court Upholds Ban On Divorce Rights For Unfaithful Spouses The Supreme Court of South Korea upheld a law that forbids an unfaithful spouse […]
Uganda Supreme Court Bans Dowry Refund on Divorce
Uganda Supreme Court Bans Dowry Refund on Divorce Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled that the practice of refunding the price of the bride upon the dissolution of a […]
The Impact of Islamisation of Laws on Muslim Family Law- Especially the Khula Law- in Pakistan
Although the sacred act of marriage has been given immense importance in Islam, both husband and wife have been given the right to dissolve the marriage if […]
UK’s First Female Sharia Judge Allows Polygamy for Muslim Men
Amra Bone, UK’s first female Sharia Council Judge has recently expressed astonishing views on Sharia marriage stating that, “The government cannot — ask Muslims not to […]
Hindu Marriage Act, 2015 Paused Nationwide Due to Provinces’ Lack of Efforts
The Hindu Marriage Act Bill 2015 is meant to allow members of the Hindu community to register their marriages for the first time in the country. […]
Controversial Turkey Court Verdict on Religious Marriages
Turkey’s Constitutional Court’s verdict has allowed couples to be religiously married without legally binding civil formalities. This has been protested by human rights and women’s rights […]