Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Her Royal Highness Princess Basma spoke about discrimination against women at a conference where studies were presented about the rights, privileges and freedoms guaranteed to Muslim women in the Sharia.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The University of Al-Azhar, the highest religious authority in the Muslim world, has stated that storage of human eggs is not forbidden by Islam. "Sharia (Islamic law) does not ban the freezing of human eggs if they are subsequently fertilized by the husband’s sperm in order to guarantee the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Under the existing law, a rapist has the choice of either facing criminal charges or marrying his victim. Article 290 of the Penal Code stipulates that rape is punishable by death, but Article 291 states that if a rapist offers to marry his victim and she agrees, criminal charges are dropped and...