Dear Afthab, I think this news need not be seen in a positive spirit . This is just another way to impart the patriarchal structure and rules through women . Will it be possible for these women judges to take independent decisions ? I think they will become only robots to obey the Sharia laws . In another way , its is getting the things done through the victims itself .
--- On Tue, 24/2/09, Afthab Ellath <aftha...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Afthab Ellath <aftha...@gmail.com> Subject: [GreenYouth] First Females Islamic Judges Inaugurated in Palestine To: "Greenyouth" <greenyouth@googlegroups.com>, "fourth-estate-criti...@googlegroups.com" <fourth-estate-criti...@googlegroups.com> Date: Tuesday, 24 February, 2009, 10:12 AM http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2009/02/18/first-females-islamic-judges-inaugurated-in-palestine For the first time in the history of Palestine, two women were appointed as judges to the Islamic Sharia court in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Ramallah. President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the appointment of the two female judges among 11 judges appointed to the Sharia Courts in the West Bank, after each woman successfully passed two competitive judicial exams held in Ramallah. Before the ratification of the appointments, President Mahmoud Abbas asked that Dr. Tayseer Rajab Al-Tamimi, the Chief of Judges and the Chairman of High Council of Islamic Law for Palestine, to confirm that the appointment is legitimate according to the Sharia and in the opinion of the the Islamic court, according to one of the new female judges, Asmahan Yusif Al- Wahidi, who was appointed as a judge to the Islamic Court of Hebron. Regards Afthab Ellath Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
