Tunisian president proposed new law to give the same amount of heritage for men and women due to gender equality
News24xx.com - Tunisian President, Beji Caed Essibsi proposed a change in the rules for the distribution of inheritance rights for men and women which were controversial by the scholars because they were contrary to Islamic law.
Tunisia became the only Muslim country in Africa which gave attention and alignment to gender equality after the revolution that overthrew President Zine El-Abidin Ben Ali.
Although the law prohibiting Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men was revoked last year, the people want Tunisian constitution to cover all fields. Thousands of people rallied in front of the parliament building to demand equality of inheritance rights on Saturday, August 11th 2018.
So far, based on Sharia law, men have inherited twice as much as the inheritance given to women. "I submitted a law for equal rights" said President Essebsi in his speech.
However, he left a few exceptions for families who wanted to divide inheritance rights under Islamic law after facing a lot of criticism from conservative party. Now, the parliament is discussing the regulation.
Thousands of people, women and men, held a demonstration to demand changes to the rules for equal inheritance rights between men and women in the capital city of Tunis. Even so, the opinion of the Tunisian community is divided. There are also circles who reject changes to the inheritance rights. They also held similar protests which were attended by thousands of people.
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