Human_Error
07-02-2005, 11:04 PM
A ruling by a Muslim seminary in India that a woman allegedly raped by her father-in law must separate from her husband has been met with protests.
"She had a physical relationship with her father-in-law. It does not matter if it was consensual or forced," Mohammad Masood Madani, a cleric at Deoband, told Reuters.
The religious edict or fatwa was issued by the Darul-Uloom Deoband, a powerful Islamic school which was established more than 150 years ago.
The Deoband school promote a radical brand of Islam which is said to have inspired the Taleban in Afghanistan.
But other Muslim bodies in India have opposed its latest ruling.
The alleged rape attracted widespread attention after reports that reports that a Muslim council of community elders had ordered the victim to marry her father-in-law.
On Friday, the alleged victim failed to appear before a Sharia court set up by Darul-uloom Deoband to hear the case, the Press Trust of India reports. Earlier reports quoted her as saying she would abide by the fatwa.
More here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4640905.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4640905.stm)
"She had a physical relationship with her father-in-law. It does not matter if it was consensual or forced," Mohammad Masood Madani, a cleric at Deoband, told Reuters.
The religious edict or fatwa was issued by the Darul-Uloom Deoband, a powerful Islamic school which was established more than 150 years ago.
The Deoband school promote a radical brand of Islam which is said to have inspired the Taleban in Afghanistan.
But other Muslim bodies in India have opposed its latest ruling.
The alleged rape attracted widespread attention after reports that reports that a Muslim council of community elders had ordered the victim to marry her father-in-law.
On Friday, the alleged victim failed to appear before a Sharia court set up by Darul-uloom Deoband to hear the case, the Press Trust of India reports. Earlier reports quoted her as saying she would abide by the fatwa.
More here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4640905.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4640905.stm)