How prosperity fuels dowry demand in India
bbc.com By Soutik Biswas India correspondent As education and job opportunities for men in India have improved over the decades, the prevalence of dowry has increased, a new study has […]
Muslim body in India bans dowries, lavish weddings after suicide
BY ANADOLU AGENCY APR 02, 2021 – 2:02 PM GMT+3 The nikah ceremony is the heart of an Indian Muslim wedding. (Shutterstock Photo) Following the suicide of a woman over […]
‘Evil customs’: why a Kashmiri village abandoned dowries
Global development Dowries, illegal since 1961, still cause 20 deaths a day in India. But Babawayil has had no divorces or violence against women since it banned them Global development […]
Saudi Arabia: Dowry rates fixed to contain spinsterhood
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. (SPA) ABDULHADI HABTOR Published — Wednesday 19 August 2015 JEDDAH: An unmarried woman’s dowry has been officially fixed at SR50,000, (13’500 US$)while for a divorcee, it would be SR30,000. The move follows instructions from Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is also adviser to […]
Bride calls off marriage after dowry demand in Sikar
JAIPUR: A 20-year-old girl taught a lesson to her fiancee for demanding dowry and insulting her parents in Sikar. Taking a bold step, she called him up a few hours […]
SR1 dowry
A Saudi in Remah married his daughter off to a young Saudi for a single riyal after the groom lost the money he had saved up for paying the “mahr” (dowry) in a traffic accident, sabq.org reported on Saturday. The groom met with the accident while returning from the bank […]