The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)'s article in question:
Article 15
1. States Parties shall accord to women equality with men before the law.2. States Parties shall accord to women, in civil matters, a legal capacity identical to that of men and the same opportunities to exercise that capacity. In particular, they shall give women equal rights to conclude contracts and to administer property and shall treat them equally in all stages of procedure in courts and tribunals.
3. States Parties agree that all contracts and all other private instruments of any kind with a legal effect which is directed at restricting the legal capacity of women shall be deemed null and void.
4. States Parties shall accord to men and women the same rights with regard to the law relating to the movement of persons and the freedom to choose their residence and domicile. (source)
5 ►I charge thee, speak!:
Thanks for blogging about this, Ma3boos.
Well Islam has always been the answer, its just the misinterpretation of it that causes us problems. They are afraid of allowing Muslim girls to marry non-Muslim men or to marry someone without the approval of their parents and this is totally against Islam laws in marriage
Actually Ahmad Hamdan, I agree with you about the misrep. of Islam as a source of many problems in our society; however, it is not Islamically forbidden for a muslim woman to marry without the consent of her parents. Consent is encouraged, but a girl marrying without it is not forbidden. Most scholars agree this situation is circumstantial. If it's believed that the parents aren't basing their feelings on sound or islamic principles (which is widely the case today) then an islamic court (or today it would be an imam/sheikh) can legalize a marriage without consent.
From what I understand most scholars view a marriage without the guardian (usually father) of the girl having knowledge of it is forbidden...but knowledge and an actual consent are 2 different things.
To say something is Islamically forbidden is a strong statement to make and you should be careful about loosely denouncing something as haraam.
Asoom, that is a very good point. I personally believe a girl should go with her parent's wishes for a spouse, that the Western dating model is not conducive to lasting, fulfilling marriages.
But by making it a law, a father doesn't have to build the kind of trust/love/respect relationship with his daughter which would make his advice worth seeking and following.
Joyful submission based on trust trumps forced obedience based on laws any day.
I think it would be amusing to insert "man" wherever "woman" is mentioned in the Jordanian constitution, and see how quickly it gets changed.
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