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A 7 page paper comparing the lifestyles of these two groups of women. The writer explores the cultural and religious differeces and modern society's perceptions of their traditional roles. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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should marry and procreate -- to repair demographic damage done at the battlefront. To encourage this, he banned contraceptives and offered large cash incentives for weddings and births (Brooks 211).
Under Islamic law, a marriage is legal once the groom and the brides father sign a wedding contract, or agd. The main purpose of the contract is generally to document
how much the groom pays the bride upon their marriage, and how much more he will have to pay her if he later decides to divorce her. An Islamic aqd
is the Eastern version (more or less) of the Western prenuptial agreement -- a "document addressing the possibility that marriage may fail" (Brooks 211). A well-written aqd can help to
ameliorate some of the inequalities that still exist in Islamic family law. A womans right to work outside the home, for example, and to continue her education, can be addressed.
It can also add grounds for divorce to the very few that are allowed her under law. Many Islamic women today add a clause known as the esma, which gives
the right to obtain a divorce if the woman asks for one. Others include a narrower stipulation -- stating the womans right to divorce if her husband ever takes a
second wife (Brooks 211). Until this century, most Muslims married soon after puberty. Today, however, its generally recognized that there is a need for maturity in marriage, and most young
Muslims delay getting married until their twenties and early thirties. This puts increased pressure on Islamic females to remain virtuous -- until she is married, a devout Muslim girl is
expected to avoid all contact with a strange boy, even to not making eye contact. In many Islamic countries, marriages remain arrangements between strangers. In Saudi Arabia, it wasnt
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