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Al-Azhar And Her? How A Fatwa On Gender And Inheritance Threatens The Powerful Islamic Authority

March 13, 2024, Cairo, Egypt: The mosque is organizing a collective Iftar for the second year for foreign students, providing 4,000 meals per day, which totals 120,000 meals per month, as part of the humanitarian, religious, and patriotic role that Al-Azhar plays in serving and caring for its expatriate children, who are guests of Egypt, in Cairo, Egypt, on March 13, 2024. (Credit Image: © Mahmoud Elkhwas/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
Al-Azhar’s Grand Imam has issued a new fatwa reaffirming that women should inherit half the share of men, citing Islamic tradition, a move that critics say entrenches gender inequality in Egypt’s legal and religious framework.

Al-Azhar’s rooting of the idea of ​​unfairness in inheritance division, based on the logic that men deserve twice as much as women, leaves women without full entitlement. One legal scholar is challenging this longstanding edict, and with it the very authority of the venerated Islamic institution.

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At Least Six Killed In Cairo Clashes

AL-AHRAM (Egypt), REUTERS Worldcrunch CAIRO – At least six people have died on Tuesday in clashes between ousted president Mohammed Morsi supporters and opponents in central Cairo. According to a health administration official, as many 33 people were also injured in the clashes that erupted near a Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Cairo University, reports Al-Ahram. […]

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