Imza wrote:Not sure how reliable it is what the sources are. In terms of custody, the issue seems even more bizarre (according to this website at least) as the link below shows. Apparently the women has first rights to custody of child unless she remarries. I'm not quite sure what the logic in that is.
http://www.islamic-sharia.org/children/ ... rce-3.html
thanks for sharing this link,in general while children are still young (around seven to 9)they can be left with the mother unless she remarries or leaves the religion,after that they will go with the father(in fact even while they are with the mother the father is the real custodian,she just being a temporary caregiver).
the reality of sharia law,which in my opinion this uk islamic sharia council tries to sugar over is that women only loose,children should go to the main care giver but in islam it's the father,divorce should be dealt with on an equal level but under islamic law all the husband has to do is pronounce to the wife 'i divorve you" and that's that.
in malaysia where i staid all a man has to do is send a textmessage saying that he is divorcing his wife,whereas a wife demanding a divorce without her husbands approval can take many years,if she gets it at all.
as far as i know beating your children is allowed and even recommended by the prophet as shown in some hadiths;when children become rebellious,of course the usual don't break their bones and leave no marks caution applies,just as it does with 'disciplining' your wife.
if then the parent looses it and transgresses these rules,ending up with a little heap of misery like that boy in the pic as far as i know there is no religious law which says that the caregiver has to be punished,by imprisonment or fine.
the only punishment which is in store will be something that god dishes out in the hereafter but only if the parent dies and the child upon reaching adulthood has not forgiven her/him.
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