Half-widow

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Half-widow is a term given to Kashmiri Muslim women whose husbands are currently missing who have likely been abducted or detained and have been missing in the ongoing conflict in Kashmir. [1] These women are referred to as "half-widows" because they have no idea whether their husbands are alive or dead. [2] [3]

Thousands of people in Kashmir have disappeared during the conflict. [4]

Most of the half-widows have not remarried due to doubt about their husband's fate and a lack of consensus among Muslim scholars on the issue. In Kashmir, a group of religious scholars issued a fatwa on the 26 of December 2013 saying that half-widows are allowed to remarry after a waiting period of four years. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "The other half: For many Kashmir 'half-widows', the remarriage ruling means little". The Indian Express. 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "In pictures: Kashmir's 'half-widows'". BBC World News. 11 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Beigh, Sumeera Nazir; Manzoor, Shazia (2018-07-07). "Half-Widows in Kashmir: A Psychosocial Study". Indian Journal of Psychiatric Social Work: 68–74. doi:10.29120/ijpsw.2018.v9.i2.90. ISSN   2582-4996.
  4. ↑ "The dilemma of Kashmir's half-widows". Al Jazeera .
  5. ↑ "Issue of remarrying of kashmari HALF-WIDOWS? -UmmahHelpline". ummahhelpline.com.


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