Amana Begam Ansari is a columnist, writer, and TV news panellist. She runs a weekly YouTube show called ‘India This Week by Amana and Khalid’. She tweets @Amana_Ansari.
No offence but the entire Shari’ah-compliant system of haq mahr is a sickening concept. If you study the fiqh (jurisprudence), you realise it is essentially money for s*x and nothing else (e.g. consider the cases in which it should be returned vs not).
Always welcome your activism and enlightened debate.
Would the proposed UCC make it easier?
No offence but the entire Shari’ah-compliant system of haq mahr is a sickening concept. If you study the fiqh (jurisprudence), you realise it is essentially money for s*x and nothing else (e.g. consider the cases in which it should be returned vs not).
Degradation sold as empowerment.