Bangladesh's top court has ruled the word 'virgin' must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in a landmark move after campaigners challenged the 'humiliating and discriminatory' term.Under the South Asian country's Muslim marriage laws, a bride has to select one of three options on the certificate - whether she is a Kumari (virgin), a widow or divorced.In a brief verdict on Sunday, the court ordered the government to remove the term and replace it with 'unmarried', deputy attorney general Amit Talukder said. Bangladesh's top court has ruled the word 'virgin' must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in a landmark move after campaigners challenged the 'humiliating and discriminatory' term (stock) RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Meghan Markle's three wise women: From the crisis expert... How recycling is a massive con job and an environmental... Share this article Share The court is expected to publish its full verdict by October, with the changes to the certificate expected to come into effect then.'It is a landmark verdict,' Aynun Nahar Siddiqua, a lawyer for the groups which filed the case challenging the term in 2014, said on Monday.Rights groups have long criticised the term - used in certificates since they were introduced in 1961 - saying it is 'humiliating and discriminatory', and that it breaches the privacy of the woman getting married. Under the South Asian country's Muslim marriage laws (stock pictured), a bride has to select one of three options on the certificate - whether she is a Kumari (virgin), a widow or divorcedThe judgement also ordered authorities to introduce the options 'unmarried, widower or divorced' for the groom on the certificate.Bangladesh is the world's third-largest Muslim majority nation and nearly 90 per cent of its 168million population are Muslims.
Bangladesh ends having to disclose virginity on female marriage forms
Bangladesh's top court has ruled the word 'virgin' must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in a landmark move after campaigners challenged the 'humiliating and discriminatory' term.Under the South Asian country's Muslim marriage laws, a bride has to select one of three options on the certificate - whether she is a Kumari (virgin), a widow or divorced.In a brief verdict on Sunday, the court ordered the government to remove the term and replace it with 'unmarried', deputy attorney general Amit Talukder said. Bangladesh's top court has ruled the word 'virgin' must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in a landmark move after campaigners challenged the 'humiliating and discriminatory' term (stock) RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Meghan Markle's three wise women: From the crisis expert... How recycling is a massive con job and an environmental... Share this article Share The court is expected to publish its full verdict by October, with the changes to the certificate expected to come into effect then.'It is a landmark verdict,' Aynun Nahar Siddiqua, a lawyer for the groups which filed the case challenging the term in 2014, said on Monday.Rights groups have long criticised the term - used in certificates since they were introduced in 1961 - saying it is 'humiliating and discriminatory', and that it breaches the privacy of the woman getting married. Under the South Asian country's Muslim marriage laws (stock pictured), a bride has to select one of three options on the certificate - whether she is a Kumari (virgin), a widow or divorcedThe judgement also ordered authorities to introduce the options 'unmarried, widower or divorced' for the groom on the certificate.Bangladesh is the world's third-largest Muslim majority nation and nearly 90 per cent of its 168million population are Muslims.
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