نيجيريا: مشروع تزويج المطلقات والأرامل دعمًا للاستقرار الأسري

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

شهدت مدينة "كانو" بولاية "كانو" شمال "نيجيريا" حفل زواج جماعي لمائة امرأة ممن سبق لهن الزواج من المطلقات والأرامل، في خطوة إيجابية للتصدي لمشكلة الطلاق والإنفاق على الأرامل من قِبَل هيئة الحسبة لدعم الاستقرار الأسري.

وقد تم مراسم الزواج بالمسجد المركزي بـ"كانو"، وتولت الحكومة نفقات حفل العرس ومراسمه، إضافة إلى دفع هيئة الحسبة 63 دولارًا كصداق بدلاً عن الزوج، وقدمت 95 دولارًا للعروسين لعمل مشروع محدود مثل الخياطة أو بيع الأطعمة.

وقد أعرب المستفيدون عن سعادتهم من دعم رجال الحسبة والحكومة لتزويجهم، إضافة إلى تأكيد جمعية "صوت المطلقات والأرامل" أن جميع المشارِكات في الحفل من المتطوِّعات، في حين أكد "أمينو داوراوا" - رئيس هيئة الحسبة - أن عمليات التزويج ستستمر، وأنه سيتم رصد مطلقات وأرامل لتشكيل المجموعة الثانية من المستفيدين من المشروع. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Nigerian Muslims: Pairing widowers, widows and divorcees

One hundred couples tied the knot at a mass wedding organised by the sharia police, known as the Hisbah on Tuesday, when Muslim women who were either divorcees or widows were made to select their husbands from a group of Muslim men who were also divorcees or widowers.

The ceremony took place at the central mosque in the city of Kano in Kano state, whose government bears the cost of the weddings.

The Sharia police say the state-backed Hisbah programme is meant to address what officials say is a high divorce rate as well as to provide a stable home environment for children.

Muslim women in rural Nigeria generally depend on their spouses due to lack of education, and being single often means economic hardships.

Women who volunteered for the programme included those left in difficult circumstances after the death of their husbands or a divorce in a region where arranged marriages are common.

The Hisbah pay a $63 dowry for a groom and provides the bride with furniture and kitchen wares, as well as $95 to enable them to start small businesses such as tailoring or catering.

"I'm in high spirits today because I have married the woman of my choice virtually at no cost because the government has shouldered the cost," 55-year-old Sule Alaramma told journalists and wellwishers outside the mosque.

The brides were represented by the emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, and the grooms were represented by a senior government official on behalf of state governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.

"We will continue to conduct the weddings in batches and soon we will have the wedding of the second set of 100 women already screened," the head of the Hisbah, Aminu Daurawa, told reporters after the wedding conducted by the city's chief imam.

According to the Voice of Divorcees and Widows Association of Nigeria all women participated on a voluntary basis.

"I'm very happy today. May God reward all those involved in this project," 40-year-old bride Magajiya Ya'u told AFP.

Whether pairing divorcees, widows and widowers under a short period of acquaintance would address the issue of divorce or family stability in the Muslim community remains to be seen.