Social:Half-widow
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Half-widow is a term given to Kashmiri women whose husbands have disappeared and were still missing during the ongoing conflict in Kashmir.[1] These women are called "half-widows" because they have no idea whether their husbands are dead or alive.[2] Thousands of husbands in Kashmir disappeared during the conflict.[3]
Most of the half-widows have not remarried due to doubt about their husband's fate and a lack of consensus among Muslim scholars on the issue. In Kashmir, a group of religious scholars issued a fatwa on the 26 of December 2013 saying that half-widows are allowed to remarry after a waiting period of four years.[4]
References
- ↑ "The other half: For many Kashmir 'half-widows', the remarriage ruling means little". The Indian Express. 2 March 2014. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/the-other-half/.
- ↑ "In pictures: Kashmir's 'half-widows'". BBC World News. 11 December 2013. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-24530201.
- ↑ "The dilemma of Kashmir's half-widows". Al Jazeera. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/09/dilemma-kashmir-half-widows-201392715575877378.html.
- ↑ "Issue of remarrying of kashmari HALF-WIDOWS? -UmmahHelpline". ummahhelpline.com. http://ummahhelpline.com/qa/291.php.
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