lack of awareness about Islamic inheritance laws is often cited as a primary reason for mismanagement of inheritance among Muslims in this country. This oversight frequently leads to disputes among ...

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board condemned a plea in the Supreme Court that seeks to invalidate Islamic inheritance laws, claiming it discriminates against Muslim women. AIMPLB argues such laws ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 photo, human rights lawyer Hoda Nasrallah poses for a portrait at her office in Cairo, Egypt. Since ...

A Coptic Christian woman in Egypt is taking on the country's unequal Islamic inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men. Huda Nasrallah, a 40-year-old human rights lawyer, has ...

The Federal Shariat Court has declared any custom by virtue of which any female member of a family is being or has been denied or deprived of her right of inheritance, which is granted by the Holy ...

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday criticised a petition in the Supreme Court that seeks to invalidate Islamic inheritance law, even as the body described it as “mischievous” ...

A Coptic priest burns incense as an Egyptian couple is married in June at St. Samaan’s Church in the predominantly Christian Manshiyat Nasser area of Cairo. Egypt’s legal system grants the Coptic ...

CAIRO — One Egyptian woman is taking on the country’s inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men. Since her father’s death last year, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has stood ...