[wvns] Nigerian Prefers Prison to Home
Fatima's Mother Speaks Out, Says Husband Hid Crucial Details
Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=92481&d=21&m=2&y=2007&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
DAMMAM — As the controversy over the Fatima divorce ruling continues,
the mother of the woman who resides in a Dammam prison, refusing to
return to the custody of the family members that forced her to divorce
her husband based on tribal incompatibility, spoke to Al-Watan
newspaper to give her side of the story.
"Would any of you (people) allow their daughters to stay with such a
man?" asked Fatima's mother. "Mansour (Al-Timani) made use of the
tribal issue and he hid his injustices to his other wives."
She claims that Mansour, the husband, is hiding behind the tribal
issue and not disclosing full details of his background. The mother
claims that Al-Timani had five children from another marriage and a
second wife that he left and did not disclose this information when he
approached Fatima's father (now deceased) for her hand in marriage.
The mother also claims that Al-Timani has been unemployed and is an
insufficient provider for his wives.
According to the mother, whose name was not revealed in the paper,
Al-Timani has concealed details of his personal life from the media
just as he hid details from the family when he was courting Fatima and
seeking the blessings of her father. The mother claims that her
daughter was forced to asking people for zakat money, the charity
payments that all Muslims must pay to the needy as one of the pillars
of the religion.
The mother went on to site references in the Qur'an regarding how a
man is obligated to provide for his family. The mother went on to
claim that Al-Timani doesn't provide for his former wives and children.
The mother said Al-Timani was a weak man, who was too cowardly to
attend all the court hearings that initially annulled his marriage in
the absence of the couple. She also says Al-Timani's own family has
distanced themselves from him.
"If his family doesn't support him is it expected that we would leave
our daughter with him?" she said. "Maybe he was able to libel us, and
maybe there are some people supporting him, but this would never erase
his treatment of his other wives and children. Therefore, we are not
going to make him proceed in torturing our daughter. We have recently
visited her and we were all happy."
For her part, Fatima has expressed her refusal to leave prison into
the custody of her half-brothers, and the mother did not explain why
her daughter would make that choice if she were happy to be with her
family when they visit her in prison.
Prison officials have denied Arab News further access to Fatima after
publishing an exclusive interview with her.
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