What types of divorce exist under Sharia law?
There are two types of divorce - revocable and irrevocable. A revocable divorce will allow the husband to cancel it at any point up until the end of the three-month Iddat, or waiting, period. After this period, if the couple wish to reconcile, they must do so by getting married. An irrevocableRead more
Capital Governor Shaikh Hisham bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa has strongly condemned the terrorist bombing happened yesterday in Sitra resulted in injuring a married couple passing by the targeted scene.
The governor stressed the violence and vandalism that target intimidating people will not derail the development march launched by HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
He added such terrorist acts areRead more
A married couple have been injured by a bomb blast on the island of Sitra in Bahrain.
The Bahrain Ministry of Interior described the incident as a ‘terrorist blast’ on Twitter.
The couple were passing by when the explosion happened. Police are at the scene.
“Terrorist blast in Sitra minorly [sic] injures a married couple passing the site. Police atRead more
An elderly Afghan cleric has been arrested after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said Friday, in the latest case highlighting the scourge of child marriages in the war-battered country.
Mohammad Karim, said to be around 60, was held in central Ghor province as he claimed her parents gave him the girl as a “religious offering,” officials said.
But theyRead more