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Stop mansplaining the #MMDA Stop thinking tis part of the religion.

Do us all a favour, go read Quran and Hadith from the beginning to the end and see if MMDA makes any sense.

Dowry is prohibited in Islam, yet MMDA has it as kaikuli/dowry.

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Islam says bride's consent is necessary but MMDA doesn't even let the bride SIGNšŸ˜±

Islam says monogamy is most preferred and polygamy is subjected to certain conditions and allowed only under certain situations, but MMDA has unconditional polygamy.

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Islam says husband needs the permission of the wife to conduct a polygamous marriage (subject to conditions) but under the MMDA, no such thing. Men marry other women without their wife's knowledge.

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Today Iā€™ve been invited to attend two webinars from Sri Lanka on the proposed #MMDA reforms which are being seen as a challenge to religious freedoms. there are strong emotions on both sides of this argument but there has to be representation of both sides of the argument (1)
The two #mmda webinars are all male panels which I find bizarre, because if the discussions are around reforms to marriage laws and involves women, why are there no women on the panels?Itā€™s unacceptable to not have people who are directly affected by the reforms on the panel (2)
This is basic community engagement. And for Godā€™s sake this is the 21st century. To not have women on a panel discussion on the #mmda reforms even if they share the opposite views really shows where peopleā€™s thoughts on the reforms actually lie (3)
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Lets talk numbers on Child marriages in #SriLanka

As of 2012, there were a total of 104,176 married citizens (registered & customary) between the ages of 15-19.

Also, 3530 of those married were below 15.

#lka #SriLanka

All figs taken frm National Census of Population 2012.
When looking at gender breakdown, all 3530 married who are below 15 years of age are female.

85,392 of the 104,176 married citizens between ages of 15-19 are female too.

#lka #srilanka
Looking at those married through ā€œRegistered Marriageā€ by Ethnicity.

There were a total of 3204 citizens aged BELOW 15 married this way, out of which 2200 (69%) were of SINHALESE ethnicity. In contrast, only 471 was Sri Lankan Moor.

#lka #srilanka
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