If gender equality is enshrined in the constitution of Tunisia, then the nation must strive to deliver it in every area of human endeavor.
Source/Credit: Toronto Sun
By Farzana Hassan | September 21, 2017
Tunisian president Beji Caid Essebsi must be congratulated on lifting a forty-year ban on a basic human right of Tunisian women.
Last week the country’s progressive president finally allowed women to marry non-Muslim men.
It was a brave move, given that most clerics opposed the president’s initiative, stating it was a “flagrant violation” of Islamic precept. However, that is a puzzling conclusion considering that two of the prophet Mohammad’s daughters were married to non-Muslim men.
The president supported his decision by stating that the ban violated the new constitution of Tunisia, adopted after the so-called Arab Spring.
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