>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list              <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: polygamy/Ylva >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:40:25 +0000 > >Sister Jabou, > >Can you provide me with the proof (Quran or Sunnah) for “Did you >know that >Islamic >>law does infact allow for a couple to draw up a pre-nuptial >>agreement that >>the husband will not marry another wife if the couple agree on >>this?” > >Regards, >MJohnson > > > >>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: polygamy/Ylva >>Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 13:47:35 EST >> >>In a message dated 2/28/04 11:58:33 AM Central Standard Time, >>[log in to unmask] writes: >> >> > I believe that in Senegal there is a legal provision whereby a >>bride can >> > choose whether she >> > accepts that later on the husband will take another wife. Is >>there >>anything >> > like that in The >> > Gambia? >> >>Ylva, >> >>No, there is no such established law in The Gambia. Did you know >>that >>Islamic >>law does infact allow for a couple to draw up a pre-nuptial >>agreement that >>the husband will not marry another wife if the couple agree on >>this? >>There are also no laws passed in Gambia that I am aware that >>enforces the >>payment of child support or the award of alimoney although I do >>believe >>Islamic >>law also allows for alimony. There are also no laws regarding the >>fair >>division >>of property when a couple divorces. Women basically have the short >>end of >>the >>stick in our neck of the woods. >> >>Jabou Joh >> >>Jabou Joh >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >>[log in to unmask] >> >>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >>Gambia-L >>Web interface >>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >_________________________________________________________________ >Watch high-quality video with fast playback at MSN Video. Free! >http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200365ave/direct/01/ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the >Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~