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 ...

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 Supreme Court (SC) has said that an agreement to sell a property does not transfer the ownership rights and ruled that all assets left behind by a deceased person form part of ancestral property ...

The top court, in its judgement, also expressed strong displeasure over the poor quality of English translation of a trial court judgement, stressing that translations must faithfully capture the ...

In India, Muslim personal law governs Muslims' succession and inheritance according to the Quran and Hadith. Even though such rules provide clarity, they leave a person with not much scope to ...

DUBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The misinterpretation of Islamic law and a lack of knowledge about inheritance rights are major hurdles in improving women's access to land in Muslim countries, ...

ANI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a response from the Centre on a petition filed by a non-believer Muslim woman ...

For his day, the Prophet Muhammad was a feminist. The doctrine he laid out as the revealed word of God considerably improved the status of women in 7th century Arabia. In local pagan society, it was ...

SC upholds widow’s inheritance rights under Muslim law, flags poor quality of translation of order Under Muslim law, the bench said a wife is entitled to one-fourth share if the deceased leaves no ...

India, Oct. 18 -- The Supreme Court (SC) has said that an agreement to sell a property does not transfer the ownership rights and ruled that all assets left behind by a deceased person form part of ...