The dramatic murder of the two Spanish women in Pakistan, in a case of attempted forced marriage, once again highlights the stifling climate of discrimination suffered by women in much of the Third World as a result of atavistic customs that often dress in religion. All the testimonies collected by the media coincide: Islam does not approve in any of its texts the marriage against the will of the woman, and much less the murder if she refuses to bow to the decision of the parents.
Unlike Christianity, Islam accepts divorce for both men and women. The Church contemplates the separation, if it is seen as necessary, and the judgment of nullity.
The Muslim religion instead offers the breaking of the contract, which allows both spouses to remarry. A saying (hadith) of Muhammad expresses the prophet’s disgust at divorce but he accepts it as ‘legal’.
In Islamic legal practice, each current establishes its method. They all agree that it is very easy for a man to divorce his wives (he is allowed to have up to four), unilaterally. The woman, on the other hand, can only get a divorce if she has the consent of her husband or, if not, if she obtains a favorable sentence from an Islamic court.
In Sunni Islam, the majority, a man does not need witnesses in a divorce case; it is enough that you express your desire to divorce three times, with a space of three months between each announcement. Shia Islam, for its part, requires the husband to have two witnesses, and also a waiting period.
The wife, on the other hand, requires the consent of the husband to obtain a divorce. In the event that she is not like that and goes to a Sharia court, she must return the dowry to her husband and a waiting time is required to ensure that she is not pregnant, before obtaining a favorable sentence or not.
