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Gaza 'not consulted' over reforms to divorce law
The chief Islamic judge in the West Bank Sheikh Yusef Ideis announced Thursday that the Islamic supreme court would meet Monday to discuss a new law granting women the right to initiate divorce. The law will come into effect in September, Ideis said in a statement. But the head of Islamic courts in Gazoo Hassan al-Juju told Ma'an there had been no coordination on the new law. "No one consulted us on this issue." Al-Juju said Islamic authorities in Gazoo would be happy to study the new law if it was discussed with them, but as they had not been consulted it would only apply in the West Bank. He added that personal status laws should be unified across the West Bank and Gazoo. Meanwhile, ...back at the pool hall, Peoria Slim had found another sucker... member of the Secretariat of the General Union of Paleostinian Women Khawla al-Azraq welcomed the reform which she said would protect women suffering from domestic violence. The new law follows a rise in incidents in which women were killed by their relatives and husbands in the West Bank, al-Azraq noted. She told Ma'an that rights campaigners were waiting for the Paleostinian Authority to adopt a new set of personal status laws, drafted by women's groups, to protect women from domestic violence. Laws in the West Bank and Gazoo are drawn from several legal systems as a result of various foreign occupations. Jordanian law is applied in the West Bank, and Egyptian laws are in force in Gazoo. Both legislative systems discriminate against women, allowing men to divorce far more easily than women. Efforts to unify the legislative framework and enact Paleostinian laws have been hampered by Israel's occupation and detention of politicians, and the internal division which led to separate governments in the West Bank and Gazoo Strip. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-08-24 |
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