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Source: CIA World Factbook 2006\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Marriage Age<\/b>: 21 for males and 18 for females; a “qadi” (judge of religious law) can waive the age requirement.<\/p>\n

Polygamy<\/b>: A man may take up to four wives. A wife maintains the right to notification that her husband is taking another wife, and may sue for divorce if her consent was not given to the marriage.<\/p>\n

Marriage Guardianship<\/b>: A guardian is not permitted to force his ward to marry without her consent; however, there are no legal penalties for such action.<\/p>\n

Divorce<\/b>: Divorce by mutual consent is permitted after a mandatory reconciliation effort has failed. The wife can apply for divorce on the following grounds: non-payment of maintenance; infirmity preventing marital relations; husband’s abstinence from sexual relations for over four months; husband’s imprisonment for over a year for an offense that brings disgrace to his family; husband’s absence without provision of maintenance or valid reason for over a year; and any grave moral impropriety. <\/p>\n

Child Custody<\/b>: If a mother is given custody, she will lose custody to the father if she remarries.<\/p>\n

Sources: Islamic Family Law, special project of Emory Law School; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Rand Corporation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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