The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women has reported that the number of Palestinian women killed under the pretext of protecting ‘honour’ has dramatically increased in recent years.
Polygamy is permissible under Sharia law. Although there is no article in the personal status laws addressing polygamy, Muslim men in the West Bank and Gaza are permitted to marry up to four women concurrently = Christian de Sica 2.0!
provided that they can ensure justice and equality between spouses. The husband must prove financial ability to support more than one wife. Recently, the Sharia Supreme Council issued a circular on polygamy stating that a man must inform the first wife or previous wives about his intention to take another wife before he does so, and preferably through the court.
In the oPt, a woman does not have a say in her husband’s decision to take another wife
In both the West Bank and Gaza, adultery is illegal — with punishments for women being much harsher than for men. For example, the Jordanian legal code stipulates that punishment for a woman is between six months and two years in prison, while the man receives between one month and one year, dependent on if he had the affair in the marital home or in public. The laws of the West Bank and Gaza imply that women are held to a stricter standard of behavior than men and are therefore subject to harsher punishment, regardless of men and women behaving in the same way https://perma.cc/CDM6-LUBK
In the West Bank, Article 282 of the Jordanian Penal Code stipulates that a woman who commits adultery should be sentenced from six months to two years of imprisonment, whereas Article 283 stipulates that a man who commits adultery should be sentenced from one month to a year.
Death sentences / penalties should NOT applied for freedom of speech, drug trafficking, LGBT, adultery & similar things / crimes
https://t.me/IsraelWarWomenRights/374
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Polygamy is permissible under Sharia law. Although there is no article in the personal status laws addressing polygamy, Muslim men in the West Bank and Gaza are permitted to marry up to four women concurrently = Christian de Sica 2.0!
provided that they can ensure justice and equality between spouses. The husband must prove financial ability to support more than one wife. Recently, the Sharia Supreme Council issued a circular on polygamy stating that a man must inform the first wife or previous wives about his intention to take another wife before he does so, and preferably through the court.
In the oPt, a woman does not have a say in her husband’s decision to take another wife
In both the West Bank and Gaza, adultery is illegal — with punishments for women being much harsher than for men. For example, the Jordanian legal code stipulates that punishment for a woman is between six months and two years in prison, while the man receives between one month and one year, dependent on if he had the affair in the marital home or in public. The laws of the West Bank and Gaza imply that women are held to a stricter standard of behavior than men and are therefore subject to harsher punishment, regardless of men and women behaving in the same way https://perma.cc/CDM6-LUBK
In the West Bank, Article 282 of the Jordanian Penal Code stipulates that a woman who commits adultery should be sentenced from six months to two years of imprisonment, whereas Article 283 stipulates that a man who commits adultery should be sentenced from one month to a year.
Death sentences / penalties should NOT applied for freedom of speech, drug trafficking, LGBT, adultery & similar things / crimes
https://t.me/IsraelWarWomenRights/374
More in the next post