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Saudi Women Suing Male Guardians Over Adhl Abuse The warning from the Quran (Koran) is clear. Muslim men should not prevent their female relatives – including daughters and sisters – from getting married. Otherwise they are guilty of encouraging these female relatives to engage in sexual relationships outside marriage. Yet there are Saudi men who abuse their [...] When Male Guardianship Prevents Justice From Being Heard We have heard of cases when Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship system is abused by Saudi men, resulting in Saudi women suffering. What happens when male guardianship stands in the way of a court hearing? Can justice be denied because of this male guardianship system? The Experience Of Um Hasan A Saudi [...] Saudi Physician Dr Fadha Sultan Trapped Saudi Arabia has strict male guardianship system. But when male guardianship is abused, it is the women who suffer. Examples that come to mind includes Jennifer Birrell and Nazia Quazi. Now there is another case, this time involving a Saudi physician called Dr Fadha Sultan. She too has been trapped inside Saudi [...] Reform Of Family Law In UAE Two recent rulings by the United Arab Emirates Federal Supreme Court bode well for progress in equality between and men and women under family law in the nation, where major reform in family law has been underway since 2005. As part of this program the Ministry of Justice has recently launched [...] Women Support Ban On Gender Mixing Just when it seems that the anti-sex segregation lobby is gaining momentum in Saudi Arabia, along came a group of Saudi women declaring their support for the existing law. What prompted this action, and why did they do it? Open Letter Noor Al-Islam published an open letter on its website. This open letter is [...] Another Case of Saudi Arabia’s Male Guardianship Being Abused Remember Jennifer Birrell, the Australian woman who converted to Islam, got married to a Muslim man, and migrated to Saudi Arabia in 2004 with her husband and children? While there she became an abused wife, subject to physical and emotional abuses and forced to work as the family’s [...] Have you ever wondered who exactly is this Saudi poetess Hissa Hilal? She is taking the Arab world by storm with her performances in the Abu Dhabi TV idol-like Million’s Poet Contest. To be sure, no one outside her family has seen her face. She appears on TV weaing a niqab, face veiled. But she makes [...] In case you are wondering what happened to Jennifer Birrell, here is an update. Last we heard, she had appealed to Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud to intervene for the release of her Egyptian husband Mohammed Ahmed Nagi, who was imprisoned and caned on false charges brought by her former husband. Now, unexpectedly, on the [...] Saudi Arabia has strict laws on male guardianship and sex segregation. Male guardianship simply means that every female must have a male guardian who has authority over her on practically everything. Sex segregation means male and female don’t mix together. In March this year, a court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a 75-year old widow from Syria now [...] An article in the Sydney Morning Herald caught my attention today. It tells the sad story of how an Australian lady who converted to Muslim and later moved to Saudi Arabia became a victim of the abuse of the Saudi Arabia system of male guardianship. Jennifer Birrell was 19 years old when her husband died barely 7 months [...] |
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