CONCERNING DIVORCE

7. Concerning divorce ~ 177 ~ been cast adrift, helpless, with no one to look after them. Indian columnist, Khushwant Singh has remarked that we do not hear of Muslim women committing suicide or being tortured like Hindu women, which is a proof that Islam has already given them adequate liberty and has made enough provision for them to be supported in times of emergencies. 147. A standard book on Islamic Law. 148. Al-Shaokani, Fath al-Qadir, 3/344. 149. Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar ‘ala ad-Durr alMukhtar, 2/733. A new dimension has been added to the issue since the women of this day and age can leave their homes to work, and are therefore not as entirely dependent on men as they used to be in the past: there is no need then to make laws which provide for them at the expense of their menfolk. When they are earning like men, what is the point in making such a law? Only in exceptional cases, surely, do they need to be looked after, and ways and means