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
Council of Islamic Ideology on the procedure for khula. (See also Talaq (conflict)). The council was then known as Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology. Its first nine members were: Council of Islamic Ideology Council of Islamic Ideology () is a constitutional body of Pakistan, responsible for giving legal advice on Islamic issues to the government and the Parliament. The body was founded in 1962 under the government of Ayub Khan. The council has the following functions: However, the Government can make a law before advice is furnished by the council. The council is also responsible for submitting an annual interim report, which is discussed