The Law Applied to "Honor Crimes" is a Disgrace to the Law

Abstract

If the right to divorce is unilateral, i.e. restricted to the husband unless the marriage contract states otherwise, the law of the personal status in Mohammedan communities compensates the wife by imposing on the husband certain duties which he must fulfill if he decides to divorce his wife: first he has to pay her the "mahr" or dowry required in the marriage contract; second, in case he has children from the divorcee, he has to provide her with the regular allowance necessary for their support.