Now Sinar Harian reports that divorce among the elderly Muslims of Terengganu has been on the rise for the last 5 years.<\/em><\/a>
\nThe increase came to notice after the number of couples aged 60 and over attending marriage counseling increased at the Terengganu Religious Affairs Department (JHEAT). <\/p>\nOne might conclude that although the win-loss ratio may not be in their favor, they are incredibly effective at getting to the bottom of marital discord.<\/p>\n
Global studies in silver year divorces have observed that couples find themselves with empty nests, and the children that often held them together, now have lives of their own. <\/p>\n
Kuala Terengganu JHEAT officer, Mohd Ariffin Jusoh, agrees with this. <\/p>\n
One of the most common problems he finds is that most couples wait until their children have grown up until seeking a dissolution of the marriage.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, although divorce among the Malay community has risen 2.3 times between 2004 and 2014, many rural, poor women are still finding it hard to seek a divorce from unhappy unions. <\/p>\n
Lack of financial independence keeps them bound to the monetary assistance from their husbands.<\/p>\n
However, Bernama reported, the Second Honeymoon Programme carried out in Terengganu since 2009 has reconciled nearly 99% out of 1,094 couples intending to divorce.<\/p>\n
State Health, Women, Family and Community Development Commit-tee chairman Datuk Mohamad Pehmi Yusof, said the programme managed by the Terengganu Family Development Foundation (YPKT), had been most effective.<\/p>\n
He said the programme had given a positive impact on getting couples and families to patch up and continue their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cNearly 99% of the couples did not proceed with their divorce plan after going through the motivation programme and carrying out various activities together with their partners,\u201d he said after officiating at a parenting convention, here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Mohamad Pehimi said that 40% of divorce cases was caused by a third party while the second most commonly given reason was the failure of couples to better understand each other\u2019s tasks after marriage causing irreconcilable differences in their relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost of the divorce cases involved couples who have been married between one to five years and they are mostly aged between 30-35 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Thus far, records showed 156 couples had divorced in Terengganu on 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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