In a recent statement, an Egyptian female professor has called for a law that would grant female divorcees a part of their husband’s salary, and another to inherit half of her husband’s wealth after his death, has stirred controversy amongst Islamic scholars and re-opened a debate about women’s rights and their inheritance in Islam. “Millions of women find themselves on the streets, with no fixed source of income after their husbands divorce them, and in the case of their death. These women deserve a clear law that secures their finances and future,” she said. Many Egyptian women spend all their life cooking, cleaning and raising kids at home and in one minute she is left stranded in the streets because she got divorced,” she questioned. He further added that family courts are available to secure women’s rights in all cases, including divorce.

Source: Egypt Independent July 08, 2017 17:34 UTC