Was trying to skip through the Sania Shoaib marriage news which has turned into a controversy now. Sorry, I dont have to say anything about them other than some news channels which depends only on BREAKING NEWS are relieved that they do not have to do anything for filling the time.
The reason for this blog is some what related to the topic though. In one of the articles in Hindu, a lawyer from pakistan has mentioned about a law, a law in a completely muslim state, a marriage law which states that “According to the Family Law Ordinance (1962), under Section 6, a man can’t take a second wife without fulfilling the conditions of divorcing the first one or taking her consent,” (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/sania-shoaib-wedding/Shoaib-faces-jail-if-he-doesnt-comply-with-Paks-family-laws/articleshow/5758788.cms). Till now I knew that having four wives is a fundamental right for a muslim man and the wife has no say in it. But, the news is very refreshing as not everything is lost on those poor muslim women. Ohhhhh! sorry, I was in a hurry. Though there is some deterrent for the second (and third and fourth) marriage in Pakistan, it is not the same in India. In India, a muslim man can simply say those five lettered words (even in a drunken stage, which is again illegal by Qoran by the way) and get away with the marriage. Or worse, he can choose to remain the pathi and enjoy all the four. Our Indian law makers never ever are gonna try to change this as for them, Muslims is just a vote bank and nothing more. They do not care what the muslim women has to suffer. The vote politics by Indian politicians are depriving the muslim women and nobody raises a word against it, so as not to be branded as communal. And, many of our rich and famous has mis-used this too. If you want to get married the second time without getting (not giving) the divorce, become a muslim. Do you remember one of our Superstars, or in recent times the saga of Chander Mohan and Fiza ??
Hope our so called psedo seculars wake up at-least now and try to bring in some changes . . . only a wish
