06-11-2007, 11:36 PM
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--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> Bad luck Shokin! If only she was your ex-daughter-in-law! That would have been allowed by Shariah! wonder what was his ex-stepmother's age?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Marriage with step-mother equivalent to rape: Clerics
PTI | Muzaffarnagar
Declaring the marriage of a 22-year-old youth with his divorced step-mother as "null and void", Muslim clerics have said such relationships will be treated as 'rape' and the culprits will be punished as per Islamic law.
The youth identified as Shokin of Gangeru village in the district married his divorced step-mother in a Haryana court recently after eloping from the village.
In a ruling, Mufti of Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Maulana Ahsan Qasmi said that marriage was illegal and ruled that relationship will be treated as rape according to the Shari'ah. He asked the couple to immediately break the relationship to avoid harsh punishment.
Maulana Mohammad Irfan, the president of Shariah court, said Islam prohibits such marriages.
The president of Uttar Pradesh Imam's (clerics) organisation Mufti Zulfikar said, "The act was shameful and illegal under Islamic law."
The marriage has led to tension in the village following clash in which six people, including four women, were injured when supporters of Shokin's father clashed over the marriage on the couple's return to the village.
Security has been stepped up in the village to avoid any untoward incident, police said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> Bad luck Shokin! If only she was your ex-daughter-in-law! That would have been allowed by Shariah! wonder what was his ex-stepmother's age? <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Marriage with step-mother equivalent to rape: Clerics
PTI | Muzaffarnagar
Declaring the marriage of a 22-year-old youth with his divorced step-mother as "null and void", Muslim clerics have said such relationships will be treated as 'rape' and the culprits will be punished as per Islamic law.
The youth identified as Shokin of Gangeru village in the district married his divorced step-mother in a Haryana court recently after eloping from the village.
In a ruling, Mufti of Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Maulana Ahsan Qasmi said that marriage was illegal and ruled that relationship will be treated as rape according to the Shari'ah. He asked the couple to immediately break the relationship to avoid harsh punishment.
Maulana Mohammad Irfan, the president of Shariah court, said Islam prohibits such marriages.
The president of Uttar Pradesh Imam's (clerics) organisation Mufti Zulfikar said, "The act was shameful and illegal under Islamic law."
The marriage has led to tension in the village following clash in which six people, including four women, were injured when supporters of Shokin's father clashed over the marriage on the couple's return to the village.
Security has been stepped up in the village to avoid any untoward incident, police said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->