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I think previous posters have said this but I'll say it again: what people do, how hard a time they had in getting a divorce in other countries has no bearing on and is not a reflection of the religion itself. You keep confusing practice with the religion. Two entirely separate things. You can't rely on google stories and anecdotal evidence as your research for understanding the religion of Islam. If your goal is to find sad stories about Muslims, you can find it anywhere. However if your goal is to learn about Islam, you should stop relying on how it is practiced and learn the principles of Islam.[/quote]
Keeping aside the discussion of how the community can veer SO far away from what the religion prescribes, you must admit that there is precious little in the Islamic scriptures themselves that cover wife-initiated divorces.  Surah at-Talaq is directed exclusively at men and deals with husband-initiated divorces in very great detail, but there is nothing there, nothing at all about women-initiated divorces.  The right of divorce belongs to the "one holding the calf", i.e. the husband.

So if you want to talk about what the religion itself prescribes for women-initiated divorces, what exactly are your scriptural sources? The hadith about "give him back his garden?" The very general verses on "be nice to women?"  Not very much, don't you think?[/quote]

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