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The Family Affairs Court has explained the reasoning behind its decision to allow Copts to apply their own religious law when it comes to matters of inheritance in the Christian community. This followed a lawsuit brought forth by a Coptic woman seeking to amend the inheritance to be received by her...
Lawyer Nabeeh al-Wahish introduced a notification against Dr. Nawal al- Sa’adawi, in which he accused her of dispising Islām and transgressing moralities. The Muftī, Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, said that he would not comment on al-Wahish’s notification until al-Sa’adawi stands before the court. If...
Well-known Egyptian feminist writer, Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī and her daughter, Muna Hilmi, otherwise known as Muna Nawal Hilmī, have sparked heated controversy over their recent statements, in which they argued that a child should take his/her mother’s name, thus contradicting Islamic shari‘a...
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