[Excerpt: The decision is considered a historic step, as Qatar becomes the second country in the region to have begun the liberalisation of its Islamic personal law.....In a meeting on Sunday the council took other important decisions, including the establishment of a special department that examines and registers official documents of personal and family affairs of the members of the Shiite group.]
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=150095 Published: 1/2/2005, 06:46 (UAE) Qatar sets up Shiite personal law court By Barbara Bibbo', Correspondent Manama: Qatar has set up a Shiite personal law court, the second Gulf country to liberalise its judicial system after Bahrain. The decision was announced after a meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council, the highest authority in the country's judiciary. According to the Council's decision, both Qatari nationals and expatriates will be eligible to approach the Shiite court to seek resolution of disputes relating to marriage, family matters and inheritance. The court will follow the Shiite Jafria school of thought. Personal, marital and inheritance-related disputes of Shiites were previously resolved according to Sunni law. The decision is considered a historic step, as Qatar becomes the second country in the region to have begun the liberalisation of its Islamic personal law. In a meeting on Sunday the council took other important decisions, including the establishment of a special department that examines and registers official documents of personal and family affairs of the members of the Shiite group. The Supreme Judicial Council's meeting was the first this year and its chairman was Mubarak Khalifa Al Assiri. The decisions were officially issued by the secretary-general of the council, Mohammad Abdullah Al Mohannadi. The council named three judges who would head the special court for Shiites. They are Mustafa Mohammad Ebrahim, Al Hadi Abbas Abdullah and Nasser Kazim Zuair. Zuair has been additionally appointed head of the department that would examine and register official documents related to personal and family affairs of the members of the Shiite minority. The council also issued a decision to allow a special division of the lower court to hear criminal cases, including murder. Such cases were earlier heard by the Sharia Court, which was merged with parallel courts after the new judicial system was introduced last year. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give underprivileged students the materials they need to learn. Bring education to life by funding a specific classroom project. http://us.click.yahoo.com/FHLuJD/_WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
