Divorce Rate on a rise in Qatar
A total of 982 couples ended their marriage in the first 11 months of this year, and the figure by the end of the December is expected to cross the 1,000 mark, according to the figures released by the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA). The figure means that around 80 couples get divorced every month, and an average of almost three every day. Last year, the courts recorded 939 divorces.
The figures show that of the 982 divorce cases this year, 655 involved Qatari women, compared with 327 non-Qatari women.
The months of April, May and June witnessed the highest numbers of splits, with 127 women divorced in May, 107 in June and 101 women in April, the daily The Peninsula reported.
Qatar had 496 divorce cases in 1999, but the figure has grown steadily over the past decade, reaching 997 in 2007 when 721 Qatari nationals and 276 non-Qataris getting divorced. The figure went slightly down in 2008 with 939 cases.
The total number of marriages celebrated this year in the first 11 months in Qatar was 2,917.
In November, 266 couples got married, but 90 couples were divorced, including 57 Qatari women. In May, the month with the highest divorce figure, 323 couples got married.
Stealth, it was posted on the 6th and still discussed on the 8th:0 Is their an expiry date for QL threads? You know, you always have the option to ignore a thread if your not interested.
wy is this topic rearing its head once again. Already discussed a few days back
804063, going by your logic then this must mean that there is no divorces in cultures were males and females mix.:0
I agree with Olive comments about the social stigma of divorce these days, it means that people dont tolerate crap in marriages anymore, they have no qualms about leaving relationships. Its better be single and happy than married and miserable.
"they don't understand what marriage is and if these thing happens to people with religious conviction and tolerated by their religion, then it's not a true religion. It's very clear, "What God joined together, let no man put asunder" (I hope I quote that right)."
from which book you are referring to where you quote that sentence...
and how you could judge whether your union is by God. it is easy to pick words and criticize but this is not sufficient to say ones religion is false due to divorce. that is why i asked you which book you are talking to. because i can say that divorce can found from that book of laws also.
dmighty, stop the religious bashing....
qatarisun, thanks for saying the obvious, it's just many people have blinders on, and won't look at it...
chinx_lady, what will be over soon???
figures in the article show 33% percent of divorces (2,917 marriages and 982 divoirces for 11 months).
It is pretty close to the average divorce rate in the whole world.
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They are, as what they do. We should leave it aside as, own choice.
I can imagine, but who can tell me:
How do women feel if they are joined together with a man if the price is right, culture is it? How does these marriages go anyway, do women have the right to really pick a relationship and be with the one they truly have feelings for.
they don't understand what marriage is and if these thing happens to people with religious conviction and tolerated by their religion, then it's not a true religion. It's very clear, "What God joined together, let no man put asunder" (I hope I quote that right).
"I'm back, simple as that"
Very interesting...missing one big equation to this scenario.
tsk tsk tsk just another statistics
804063, people not from our culture should mind their own business.
The cause of Divorce might be attributed to strict separation of boys and girls form young age. How do you expect strangers to stay together just after first marriage night meeting?
Boys and Girls should be allowed to interact to learn about the behaviors of each gender otherwise marriage between 2 strangers ( after parents have arranged the same) and with a lot of different cultural influences and media will lead to divorce. In fact nowadays marriage and then divorce is used by young couples as gateway to freedom from societal bondage.
they say 127 women divorced in May but are they all married in May 2009 or before May 2009?
The statistics in my opinion in this thread is wrong.
Showing number of marriages and divorces next to eachother seem to imply that of the 3000 marriages in that year, 900 ended in divorce... while many/most of the divorces would be from marriages in previous years.
It's just a statistic. With collateral damage.
The main cause of divorce is marriage.
Live and let live...
If you go on the internet google search
You will find the following
The number of unmarried people in the west is decreasing and the number of kids born before marriage is increasing and in some states in USA I found that the number of the new borns before marriage is 30 %
please visit the sites and see these links
http://www.chicagolandmarriage.org/marriage_statistics.htm
http://blog.worldvillage.com/family/10_shocking_statistics_about_children_and_divorce.html
In USA the pragnancy out marriage is high so that there are continuous efforts to reduce it please see the link
http://www.professorshouse.com/family/children/pregnancy-before-marriage.aspx
In today's world? I'm afraid so. With the stigma against divorce becoming less and less and the focus on personal fulfillment becoming more and more, people aren't going to stay in loveless marriages anymore.
Its one way or the other, right?
Well blablabla, if you think about it, in the West before marriage most people would have a couple of semi-serious and serious relationships, to prepare themselves for marriage, so they know what they like and what to expect. Perhaps multiple marriages will be the new "dating" for Qatar.
Olive I think they cann't do both. then what? jaryz's trial and error is the only option left.
Should divorce be a problem first? especially when it happense before the couple has kids..
1. Lack of education from man and woman.
2. Bad western media (there is also very good western media), media is like the books which can be good or bad.
3. Maids as some maids make black magic, in many cases maids do bad things becasue of bad treatment.
4. Bad friends for man and woman.
5. Man and woman families interaction in the couples life on a daily basis.
6. There is no fear from God from both Muslim man and woman as they decide to divorce on silly reasons like not bringing a cup of water or what ever.
7. The forbidden friendship married man having many girl friends and married woman having many boy friends.
8. The over drinking of alcohols and the unimaginable anger from both sides.
9. Man and woman never set togather and commit their mistakes.
These are some reasons which came to my mind
following modernization, or whats so called "modernization"
Aim for the stars..
Reach the roof
hope it will be over soon.
when a nation has a bad habit of keeping servants to do all House works even taking care of their own children too
Secondly,taking huge loans for Luxurious lifestyles & marriage
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So how there marriages can last for long. They are fully responsible for these DIVORCE rates.
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As they claim to be "Muslim" then they must know that our Prophet Mohammad [P.B.U.H.] has instructed us to have MODERATE LIFESTYLE.
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Stay single or demand that they be allowed to find men to marry OTHER then Qatari's.
Olive, what should qatari women do now?
What do you expect? Qatari women tend to be intelligent, hardworking, ambitious and educated girls, while their male counterparts tend to be lazy, fat, uneducated and want nothing more in life then to go out and harrass people in their land cruisers and these girls HAVE to marry them! I'd divorce the losers to.
The way this is managed is wrong.
To know the divorce percentage, you should take into consideration the number of marriage and out of these marriage, how many will end up with a divorce.
Exemple :
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In November, 266 couples got married, but 90 couples were divorced, including 57 Qatari women.
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The 90 divorced couples were included in the 266 married couples ?
If not, you cannot end with : 33% divorce...
My 2cents
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hahaha good thing i dont feel that way @ colt :-P
I firmly believe, women who seek to be equal to men, lack ambition... :-P
We can look at the numbers of women who are working and professionals, and its increasing. Women now are becoming more independent,with more conviction, and trying to learn new things beyond their way of culture.
I think part of it has a lot to do with the way women have progressed in today's world. Back in the day, women would stay with their husbands just coz they didn't have other means to support themselves, but that no longer is the case now. Women are more independent and don't give a rats azz about you if you're mistreating them, they will kick your royal butt out the door... :-P
Divorce just hurts tooo !!! and Divorce is not the solution of al the prblems usaly ppl dont understand how to go through the situation and they justwana run out ..if they can console marriage that would their achivement for life.
"Don't Touch what you can't AFFORD"
come to think about it, it is better to be divorce than face everyday married life as hell...and the positive side of it, the husband will pay for it and not leave you penniless unlike in our part of the world, husbands can do what they want and even leave us zero in everything not only in material things i'm talking here but the emotional side of us women :(