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Adnan Oktar
Harun Yahya

to be exhibited in conditions, especially such as divorce, in which a
woman may suffer great difficulties. Almighty God advises the man to

keep the woman close by him during the divorce so that she should
not experience difficulties and to ensure that she is sufficiently pro-
tected. Indeed, He says that this means that he should watch out for
her in times of danger. Making appropriate facilities available for her
after divorce until she can find a place of her own to live and ensuring
that no harm comes to her is an important responsibility for a believ-
er:

Let them [the women that you have divorced] live where you live,
according to your means. Do not put pressure on them, so as to
harass them. If they are pregnant, maintain them until they give
birth. If they are suckling for you, give them their wages and con-
sult together with correctness and courtesy. But if you make
things difficult for one another, another woman should do the
suckling for you. (Koran, 65:6)
The importance of this needs to be reiterated: these protective
measures cited in the verses do not, of course, mean that a woman is

too weak to fend for herself; that is simply one of the fabrications
spread by prejudiced people in order to attack Islam. The aforemen-
tioned verses speak of a superior moral value. The subject here is a
kindly moral value attaching superiority and value to women. It is a
question of watching out for the woman and making her feel she is a
valued and respected person. It means translating the importance that
God bestows on women and His protection of them into reality.

Women must not be inherited by force

One of the obligations in terms of the protection of women is that
they should not be inherited by force. God says in one verse:

You who believe! It is not lawful for you to inherit women by

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