Tunisia has abolished a decades-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims, the Times of Israel website reports today (September 16, 2017).
The announcement comes a month after President Beji Caid Essebsi called for the government to scrap the ban that began in 1973.
Until now, a non-Muslim man who wished to marry a Tunisian woman had to convert to Islam and submit a certificate of his conversion as proof.
Tunisia is viewed as being ahead of most Arab countries on women's rights, but still discriminates against women -- especially in matters of inheritance.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment