A new law draft will soon face the legislative body of parliament, calling for jailing husbands who remarry without telling their first wives for six months. The law was submitted by MP Abla Hawary and has stirred debate between Islamic scholars and women’s rights advocates. Hawary told Egypt Independent she considered the law to be necessary, “we are fighting polygamy at its core. “To begin with, Maazouns [Islamic clerics], cannot remarry a husband unless he [informs] his first wife. However, MP Ghada Agami disagrees, “religion says if she [the first wife] is not accepting the fact that he has a second wife, she can demand divorce.

Source: Egypt Independent March 09, 2018 10:18 UTC