http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=83848&d=16&m=6&y=2006
Friday, 16, June, 2006 (20, Jumada al-Ula, 1427)
Court Reviews Case of Father vs. Daughters
Zainy Abbas, Arab News
Muhamad Hassan Al-Ruwaees
MAKKAH, 16 June 2006 - The general court in Makkah is
presently reviewing a case filed by the father of three women who accuses them
of going against his wishes and being disobedient.
However, the three educated women have denied the allegations
saying that the father behaves like a bully, takes their money and has even
forbidden them from marrying.
Muhamad Hassan Al-Ruwaees, a lawyer representing the three
women, refutes the father's claims saying that he mistreats his own daughters
especially the eldest who is a 43-year-old PhD student at a local university.
Speaking to Arab News, Al-Ruwaees said, "The father is
ignorant and does not know how to treat his daughters according to the
principles set by Islam. He prevents them from going outside the house and has
even banned them from marrying.
"The father takes possession of the daughters' salaries and
takes them to task for each and every riyal. He's even prevented them from
buying textbooks saying that they're a waste of money."
The lawyer explained that the situation got so bad that the
father even prevented the eldest daughter from pursuing her doctorate.
Relatives and family friends finally managed to convince the
father who then allowed his eldest daughter to continue her education.
"After a while he wanted to stop her again and then used to
beat his daughter with the help of his eldest son who is just as bad as the
dad. They even prevented her from going to the hospital for treatment," said
Al-Ruwaees.
Al-Ruwaees explained that Islam forbids beating women and
that a father has no claim over a woman's finances in how and where she spends.
Things then took a worse turn when the father tried to stop
two of the daughters from working as teachers in the Ministry of Education.
This prompted one of the younger brothers to find another
house for the three sisters to live in away from the family home.
When the father realized that he couldn't control them
anymore, he filed a lawsuit against them and the youngest son accusing them of
being disobedient.
The Commission for Investigation and General Prosecution
reviewed the case and ruled there was no disobedience. A court in Makkah is now
looking into the case.
Al-Ruwaees said that the sisters and younger brother did not
file a lawsuit against the father in spite of his violent behavior and absurd
rules. Al-Ruwaees says he has accumulated evidence supporting the daughters'
case and hopes that justice will soon be done.
Many young working women are rapidly missing out on the
opportunity of finding husbands due to the selfish intentions of their fathers.
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