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- noun Islam A form of
divorce initiated by awife
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This option, known as khula, offers women previously unavailable privacy, but in exchange, they give up any legal rights to property and their dowry.
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This option, known as khula, offers women previously unavailable privacy, but in exchange, they give up any legal rights to property and their dowry.
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ABU DHABI - The Shariah Circuit of the Federal Supreme Court has granted a woman a 'khula' divorce (in which the woman demands divorce) in return for giving up her dowry of six bracelets and Dh20,000.
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Till now, even though family courts have over the past few years granted women seeking divorce their right to annul a marriage more often than before, the long drawn-out procedure for 'khula' has meant repeated visits to courts and the airing of all kinds of messy matters in public.
Bloggers.Pakistan 2008
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Namaje sibonga siyanconcoza emphakathini waKwaZulu Natali ngalokhu, sithi khula KZN khula.
ADDRESS BY MR N MTHETHWA ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEBATE ON THE PRESIDENCY BUDGET VOTE 2004
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But Manyata†™ s first husband challenged the khula she secured from a qazi in Mumbai, saying only a man could give one.
The Times of India 2010
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Starlet Manyata married Sanjay Dutt after she filed for a khula from then husband Meraj.
The Times of India 2010
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He was plain wrong, says lawyer Neelofar Akhtar, who fought and won Manyata†™ s case. “If the Quran allows men the right to pronounce talaq, it also grants women the right to khula. â€
The Times of India 2010
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Below that: Varta ke liye loktantra ka dwar khula hai
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010
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Below that: Varta ke liye loktantra ka dwar khula hai
Culture | guardian.co.uk Arundhati Roy 2010
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