Islamic Sharia Council subservient to the English law." In an April 2013 report, the BBC's "Panorama" asked whether the Islamic Sharia Council was "failing vulnerable women and mothers" by requiring women seeking divorce to give back their marriage dowry (or "mahr"). The question of "khula" divorce often turns on the dower: if the woman is seeking the divorce, she has to return the dower to the man, or else the divorce cannot proceed. Since in traditional Islamic society, men are traditionally the bank account holders and women are traditionally homemakers, the woman has no purchase, and cannot obtain a loan in order to
Sharia and securities trading call option as "extremely controversial among `traditional`" Islamic banking and finance scholars. Sharia and securities trading The Islamic banking and finance movement that developed in the late 20th century as part of the revival of Islamic identity, sought to create an alternative to conventional banking that complied with sharia (Islamic) law. Following sharia it banned from its practices "riba", (usury) — which it defined as any interest paid on all loans of money — and involvement in "haram" (forbidden) goods or services such as pork or alcohol. In addition, it also forbid gambling ("maisir") and excessive risk ("bayu al-gharar"). This