have addressed rape under the rubric of adultery, requiring it to have four eyewitnesses; this has been the subject of international controversy. Women could serve as witnesses in court but her testimony worth half that of a man. As mentioned in the Quran "Call in to witness from among your men two witnesses; but if there are not two men, then one man and two women of such as you approve as witnesses, so that if one of the two (women) forgets, the other (woman) may remind her" Divorce law In Islamic law, men only have to utter "I divorce you," or "Talaq" three times in the presence of his wife to officially initiate divorce; nonetheless, there is a required waiting period of three months, and if in that time the wife is discovered to be pregnant, the divorce is still not effective until after she has delivered. Women have always had the right to initiate divorce in Islamic law, but have to go to court through a judicial process and prove grounds for separation, which include cruelty, lack of provision, desertion, impotence of the husband, and other actionable grounds. Women could initiate divorce without any of those grounds by a different route called khula', a wife-initiated divorce which involved returning the mahr (dowry or bride-gift), that the husband had paid to her upon marriage. Upon any divorce initiated by the husband, the ex-wife is entitled to payment of the remainder or "delayed" portion of that mahr. Marriage law The Quran clearly allows polygamy up to 4 wives as mentioned: "And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four. But if you fear that you will not be just, then [marry only] one or those your right hand possesses. That is more suitable that you may not incline [to injustice]." The consent of the first wife before marrying another women isn't needed in Islamic laws according to the Standing Committee of fatwa. According to an opinion within the Hanbali school of thought, the father can give his underage daughter to marriage without her consent, as Ibn Qudamah ( a Hanbali Muslim Scholar) states: "With regard to females, the father may give his minor, virgin daughter who has not yet reached the age of nine in marriage, and there is no difference