Women can hardly rejoice, however, considering all the limits and restrictions that hamper them in modern-day Egyptian society. Ta'a was in fact introduced by an 'Alawite caliph who invented the procedure in order to compel his own wife to return to him. This law explicitly disregards Shari'a, human rights and even constitutional provisions. Yet Egyptian women suffered the humiliation of being brought back to a house where they did not want to live, and to a husband they wanted to divorce for half a century before the law was finally disregarded. Both ta'a and laws regarding permission to travel raise questions about the abuse of women's rights.
Marriage is by default a condition of mutual agreement.
Islam allows neither man nor woman to live with a spouse against their will. What is even more disturbing is that it has come to be associated with Islam.