Second-Marriage

Police have arrested Maksuda Islam, the first wife of Member of Parliament G.M. Nazrul Islam, after the hanging body of his second wife Mariam Khatun was recovered. Nazrul is also being questioned. After Mariam’s hanging body was recovered from a flat at the residential building for MPs, known as the NAM Flat, in Dhaka on Sunday evening, police took Nazrul and Maksuda into custody and began questioning them. Later that night, Mariam’s father Masum Billah filed a case with Sher e Bangla N...

In Islam, marriage is not merely a private relationship between two individuals. It forms the foundation of a family, a society, and a civilization. The Holy Quran describes marriage as a ‘mithaqan ghaliẓan’ (a solemn covenant) (Surah An-Nisa, verse 21). While Islam encourages making marriage easy, it does not promote a culture of secrecy. Instead, it establishes a marital system that clearly safeguards the rights of spouses, the identity of children, and social dignity. Today, many p...