Dowry is a Social Curse

Dowry is a curse of a society that means an amount of property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage. It is a very old tradition in our society that may compel both the poor and the rich to anyhow carry out this evil practice. As for the rich, they generously spend their fortunes on the daughters’ wedding. That creates a lot of obstacles, problems and difficulties not only for the poor but also for the middle-class people in getting their daughters married. That is why the birth of a daughter, in recent time, becomes a cause of a great concern for families, particularly those from poorer demographics, as they must then start to figure out how they will pay a dowry when it comes time for the daughter to marry. Indeed, it disrupts the entire social fabric because what is, unfortunately, happening in our society is that out of lust for money. People are often asking for dowry and extracting as much money as they can, they kill the woman and marry again and then again, they commit the murder of their wife for the same purpose. rnQuran Reading, Arabic course, Quran reading with tajweed, Tajweed Course, Online Quran Program Shaken by such news published in the leading newspaper of the nation, we have to regretfully say that our society has become an ill and sick society that is now devoid of respect, affection and love for women. Even in this election season, where rhetoric is king, the reality of Indian women – who everyone seems to want to “empower”- is not even a blip on the horizon to save their chastity and dignity. Yet, it has been evident for decades that all talks about “women’s empowerment” has little meaning if we are unable to deal with the despicable attitudes, practices and such social set-up that guarantee that women will not be held in high esteem in the society, and if they are, then what is the level of civilization of a society in which a large number of women are raped, brutalized, burnt alive and killed for dowry and treated in a horrendous and barbaric manner?rnQuran Reading, Arabic course, Quran reading with tajweed, Tajweed Course, Online Quran ProgramrnIt is alleged too that dowry system leads partially to female infanticide and feticide in India, though exact figures relating to this are difficult to determine. According to 2011 census data, in the age group 0-6 years, there are 914 girls to every 100 boys in India. Figures calculated by the Toronto Globalist indicate that comparing this figure to the natural male/female birth ratio show that about three million girls are “missing” from actual population numbers, while recent studies show that girls in this age group have a much higher mortality rate due to violence, negligence or murder than boys do.rnQuran Reading, Arabic course, Quran reading with tajweed, Tajweed Course, Online Quran ProgramrnAgain, in our country, it is also estimated that more than 5,000 women are killed each year because their in-laws consider their dowries inadequate. A tiny percentage of their murderers are brought to justice.rnQuran Reading, Arabic course, Quran reading with tajweed, Tajweed Course, Online Quran ProgramrnThen we can easily come to understand that this tradition is very shameful for our society. We should prove hard and endeavour to get rid of this system. There are some laws to stamp it out from the society. But we cannot use them properly. Islam can be the perfect guidance and law for us. If we consider the Holy Quran and the teachings of Hadith, this curse can be taken away permanently from our community and country.rnQuran Reading, Arabic course, Quran reading with tajweed, Tajweed Course, Online Quran Program.