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Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2018
The National Council for Women (NCW), headed by Dr. Māya Mursī, congratulated Ḥasnāʾ Shaʿbān who became the first female judge in the Economic Court of Tanta, the capital of Gharbiya Governorate, north of Cairo.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2016
President `Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi’s announcement as 2017 being the Year of the Woman renewed hopes of female jurists and feminists that the new year will see more pleasant events, giving women more rights and gains which are currently absent.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The stand of the judge’s club against
appointing female judges shocked civil and feminist trends which believe that this stand is contrary to the
principle of judge’s independency. It also violates the Egyptian constitution and the international
charters.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
The Legislative Committee of the Egyptian Parliament examines the possibility of allowing women to occupy all judiciary position according to the constitution, which stipulates gender equality.
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2003
The appointment of the first Egyptian female judge in the Supreme Constitutional Court caused a dispute between the Grand Imam of the Azhar and Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi concerning women working in the judiciary.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar approves that women can be judges, muftis and members of the Islamic Research Institute. He stressed that cloning human beings is impermissible. He believes that God may have given Amr Khaled the gift of preaching or perhaps people are impressed by his new way of addressing...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
The situation became very complicated for Christians who are either seeking divorce or are getting married again after they have secured a court ruling for obtaining a divorce. Now there are about 160,000 cases attempting to deal with this complicated issue.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
Although the Islamic sharī‘a [code] gives equal rights and duties to men and women, the criminal law violates the principle of equality when it comes to punishing the crime of adultery.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
The Culture Committee at the National Council for Women held a discussion group under the tile ‘Discrimination against women in the religious discourse.’
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
A recent symposium held by the National Council for Women (NCW)’s cultural committee called for making a list of cheap religious books that contain non-credible hadīths [Prophet Muhammad’s saying and tradition] despising women.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 1999
The article discusses female genital mutilation among Yemeni females. There is a wide difference between the actual teaching of Islam and what is externally practiced in various Islamic states by Muslims who have at time mixed up customs, traditions and secularism with Islamic teachings.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 1998
Lawyer Fatma Lasheen files a law suit asking to be appointed as judge. If she wins, the door will be open for women for the first time to sit on the bench.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 4, 1998
Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar University, discusses several religious issues with the students from the University of Alexandria in a meeting with them during their summer camp.
