getting justice

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Feb 2, 2008 at 15:34

A word of warning to those contemplating marriage to a muslim man and if the marriage turns out to be fraudulent.

If you decide to seek justice in terms of compensation or alimony and the marriage was in the muslim country, the justice system is very different. I speak from my experience in Turkey only. The police flaunt the law that says they must report protection orders given by a judge and there is no consequence. You will need to know people who have influence in order to persuade a prosecutor to press charges. Compensation will be minimal if you get anything at all as these countries protect their own and you are obviously one of those wealthy westerners rolling in money in their eyes.

You can be starving literally as i was and the judge will order him to pay a pathetic few dollars. They really do not care. Get this into your minds and repeat it because you may one day need help. They do not give a damn about your little sad story. He can easily refuse to pay the ordered alimony with no consequence because the court system is slow and ineffective. Don't count on compensation unless you have a LOT of money for a lawyer. Your friends and family will abandon you saying you are crazy to fight for justice even if it is the one way you can hold your head up, having lost everything else.

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