Re: Bangladesh clerics warn intermim govt against changing inheritance laws
The whole point on the male-female inheritance ruling is that a male gets double, because he's expected to share that wealth with his wife. Women getting half need not worry much about finances, as the male figures in their life have the main responsibility to provide for them.
Having said that, I don't see these same clerics getting gung ho about other reforms that are perfectly halaal, like microfinancing small industry for women to be able to earn on their own, etc. They selectively pick battles that favor them. Even though theoretically the inheritence laws make sense, we all know that there are families in which the male takes from his wife's inheritence, etc.
Hmm! I agree with what you have stated. Ideally if we were following such a setup it would be equitable however people themselves make it inequitable when they deviate.