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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{orphan|date=June 2022}}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Half-widow&#039;&#039;&#039; is a term given to [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] women whose husbands have [[Forced disappearance|disappeared]] and were still missing during the [[Kashmir conflict|ongoing conflict]] in [[Kashmir]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/the-other-half/|title=The other half: For many Kashmir &#039;half-widows&#039;, the remarriage ruling means little|date=2 March 2014|work=The Indian Express}}&lt;/ref&gt; These women are called &quot;half-widows&quot; because they have no idea whether their husbands are dead or alive.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-24530201|title=In pictures: Kashmir&#039;s &#039;half-widows&#039;|work=BBC World News|date=11 December 2013 }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Thousands of husbands in Kashmir disappeared during the conflict.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2013/09/dilemma-kashmir-half-widows-201392715575877378.html|title=The dilemma of Kashmir&#039;s half-widows|work=[[Al Jazeera]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Most of the half-widows have not remarried due to doubt about their husband&#039;s fate and a lack of consensus among [[Muslim scholars]] on the issue. In Kashmir, a group of religious scholars issued a [[fatwa]] on the 26 of December 2013 saying that half-widows are allowed to remarry after a waiting period of four years.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://ummahhelpline.com/qa/291.php|title=Issue of remarrying of kashmari HALF-WIDOWS? -UmmahHelpline|work=ummahhelpline.com}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Kashmir conflict]]<br /> [[Category:Marriage in Islam]]<br /> [[Category:Marriage law]]<br /> [[Category:Widowhood]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{JammuKashmir-stub}}<br /> {{Culture-stub}}</div>

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