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Below mentioned is the report of HRW. Human Right Watch of 2012 "Will I get my Dues....before I die?" Muslims Muslim personal laws are discriminatory in their embrace of polygamy for men, their unequal provisions on divorce,their limited rights to maintenance during marriage, and after divorce, their lack of maintenance beyond 90 days. . However, it is important to emphasize some positive aspects of Muslim personal law. It recognizes that the marriage is a contract. In fact a standard form marriage contract affords women the opportunity to negotiate better economic protection during marriage. But Human Rights Watch found that the 71 Muslim women whom we interviewed had little knowledge about the contract and the ways in which they could negotiate better terms" SOURCE:  http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/bangladesh0912ForUpload.pdf 1) Embrace of Polygamy in Islam. 2) Unequal provisions on divorce, different for husband and wife. 3) Limited r