Malaysia's Muslim Men Shirk Financial Duties To Divorced Wives, Activists Say
"Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia —
Many Malaysian Muslim men who divorce their wives are ignoring their responsibility to provide for their children because the Islamic legal system fails to punish them, a women's rights group says. Sisters In Islam said women who were unable to get their ex-husbands to pay child support comprised nearly one-third of the 214 complaints it received in the first three months of 2007, adding that those cases constitute “only a small fraction of what is happening.” "
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=1e44d245-1c15-4708-9ba3-2e272e871fde
Obviously, biblical standards are very different.
If you marry a wife, you are not supposed to divorce her in the first place, other than on grounds of sexual immorality, but to take care of her for all your life. If you marry a second wife, you are not to diminish the first wife's rights in any way, and you are responsible for both of them for the rest of your life.
Biblical Law is based on responsibility that we are not to shirk. This article shows the lack of responsibility on the men's part, and is really only an example of how people avoid responsibility nowadays.
Technorati Tags: divorce, financial responsibility, Malaysia's Muslim men, biblical standard, polygamy, Joshuah's House
Many Malaysian Muslim men who divorce their wives are ignoring their responsibility to provide for their children because the Islamic legal system fails to punish them, a women's rights group says. Sisters In Islam said women who were unable to get their ex-husbands to pay child support comprised nearly one-third of the 214 complaints it received in the first three months of 2007, adding that those cases constitute “only a small fraction of what is happening.” "
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=1e44d245-1c15-4708-9ba3-2e272e871fde
Obviously, biblical standards are very different.
If you marry a wife, you are not supposed to divorce her in the first place, other than on grounds of sexual immorality, but to take care of her for all your life. If you marry a second wife, you are not to diminish the first wife's rights in any way, and you are responsible for both of them for the rest of your life.
Biblical Law is based on responsibility that we are not to shirk. This article shows the lack of responsibility on the men's part, and is really only an example of how people avoid responsibility nowadays.
Technorati Tags: divorce, financial responsibility, Malaysia's Muslim men, biblical standard, polygamy, Joshuah's House
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