Sharia

Muslim Leaders Defend Marriage by Choice

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by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

March 13, 2008 - 8:48am (Print)

In India, women -- viewed as either the husband's or father's property -- cannot make decisions about their own marriages. But a new decision made by Muslim bodies and Islamic scholars says that under Sharia law, a woman cannot be married against her will.

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