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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous]Above is for men.  Women do not have the right of divorce automatically, although they can write it into the marriage contract.  Obviously, however, writing it in raises eyebrows so socially may be difficult to pull off.

Other than that, a woman can petition the Islamic court for a divorce for cause.  Depending on the country, this could be extremely hard to obtain, even with more dire reasons like the husband is imprisoned or is a drug addict.  Taking a second wife would not be cause for divorce as Muslim men are permitted more than one wife. [/quote]

False again! Both men and women have the right to get a divorce for any reason and yes you can get a divorce if your husband gets a 2nd wife,  you can get a divorce if you hate his guts , you can get a divorce just because you don't like him,  really you can get a divorce for almost anything. The only difference between a husband and wife is 
1., A husband has the right to divorce his wife at any time by just saying I divorce you and having the intention to divorce her.
2. A wife needs to ask for her husband to divorce her, ie she can't just say I divorce you and sever the marriage. She had to ask him and he has to agree to divorce her. If he doesn't agree, she can go to any imam and ask for a divorce, at which point the imam will grant a divorce whether the husband wants it or not.  [/quote]

True--forgot the step where she can ask her husband to divorce her because in practice this is often not readily agreed to.  There are plenty of cases where the religious authorities will not grant the woman her request to divorce where her husband disagrees but rather encourage her to try reconciliation instead.

As I said, this depends on the country--imams in Lebanon would more likely grant the request than those in Afghanistan.  But it is not a walk in the park in the U.S.  even.  As this article shows, women often go "imam shopping" for years to find one that will grant her a divorce, even in relatively straightforward cases of physical abuse.

http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_7475

Also, in cases of divorce women are almost always denied custody of their children if they are over a certain age.[/quote]

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