According to the local chief Minister of Borneo the Island state that is administered by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei the divorce rate amongst Muslims is rapidly rising with some estimates indicating the divorce rate may be as high as 50%.
Clearly the Minister is absolutely correct that Muslims couples are marrying far to early and as a result are unable or unwilling to take on the responsibilities that marriage entails. Going down the route of pre marriage courses may help but the bigger picture is the age factor which is why they seem to divorce within the first five years of marriage.
MONOTONE CRUSH
1 day ago
A big factor in the failure of muslim marriages has to be strict rules on premarital relationships in the Islamic religion. When couples are not able to live together before marriage, how are they to know whether they can really live and run the same household together? Also whether their partner has bad/annoying habits, which aren't seen until after marriage? Not to mention whether the partners are sexually compatible or not. These are issues which should be dealt with and resolved before couples take the plunge and get married.
ReplyDeleteWhen parents decide that they must separate, their children are often left in the middle of the situation. Even in families where both parents have the best interests of the children at heart, figuring out where they will live and who will be responsible for the various parts of raising them is not always easy. Child custody laws in each state help the family courts determine which parent should have custody of the children, where the children should live, and how and when they will communicate with the other parent.
ReplyDeleteThis is sad news.
ReplyDeleteIt's actually surprising for me to know that even Muslims undergo divorce. I guess it's not really in the religion or culture of married couples but in the bond itself between them, just like what my sister's Jacksonville family lawyer told me. I agree with the first comment that there are certain issues that should be dealt with before people take their relationship up a notch.
ReplyDeleteI've talked to some divorce lawyers (Jacksonville, Florida-based) before, and they said that one of the most common reasons why couples separate is the fact that certain habits and attitudes arise only after they get married. Sometimes, these things are too ugly for the other to accept, and so they divorce.
you are stating that the reason why the divorce rate in muslim community is growing is because " When couples are not able to live together before marriage, how are they to know whether they can really live and run the same household together?" WELL to answer to what you have to say: that 50% of american ( christian) are getting a divorce. SO you are telling me that even them aren't "able to live together before marriage"? THEY seem to have a higher rate then us.. so what are you gonna say know, they are not untitled to have a stable relationship? its so funny how people just try to ridicule islam in any sort of way. after all: the religion is not the factor that's making these people get a divorce.
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