How women in Bangladesh exploit Islam in Bangladesh

There's a term called "Mohrana" or "Denmohor" in Islamic Marriage. Basically, it's a sum of money or gift that the man gives to his wife. Without paying this amount,your marriage won’t be legal.

Anyways, long story short,that tradition has become a matter of honour and pride for the woman. It’s as if the woman's self worth is somehow related to the amount of money they get in "Denmohor". What happened in our country is that,people just decided to ignore the 2nd rule,which is,paying it up front. What they'd do is,ask you for a ridiculous amount in "Denmohor" just before marriage. They'll ask you that in a situation when you've spent already spend hundreds of thousands of bucks in the wedding ceremony. You can't walk away from the marriage because It's a question of your social status. So the guy usually agrees to it because he doesn't have to pay it right now.

Now,in cities,the divorce rate is around 50%. In most cases that have a big amount of dowry, the marriage ends in a divorce. As a result, the guy has to pay the dowry that he promised to the woman. This has become a common trend in Bangladesh where women marry men that agree to a big sum of dowry and then, divorce them within six months.

"I have noticed a trend. Girls and their families in Bangladesh target wealthy boys and their families (many of whom live/study abroad) with the sole purpose of the girl getting married to the boy and initiating a pre-planned divorce 6-12 months later. They fix a high dower money (den mohor) of 20-30 lakh BDT and the girl and her family essentially do this to get rich quick. When the groom or his family pay this money to the girl, they end the marriage. I have seen this happen first-hand recently to a very close friend of mine. And I don’t know how he has the strength to live. Because not only did this girl marry for money but she CHEATED on him and GOT CAUGHT."