DUBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The misinterpretation of Islamic law and a lack of knowledge about inheritance rights are major hurdles in improving women's access to land in Muslim countries, ...
Fox News: Egyptian woman uses Christian doctrine to fight unequal Islamic inheritance laws
A Coptic Christian woman in Egypt is taking on the country's unequal Islamic inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men. Huda Nasrallah, a 40-year-old human rights lawyer, has ...
The Hindu: Muslim Personal Law Board condemns Supreme Court petition challenging Islamic inheritance law
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday criticised a petition in the Supreme Court that seeks to invalidate Islamic inheritance law, even as the body described it as “mischievous” ...
Muslim Personal Law Board condemns Supreme Court petition challenging Islamic inheritance law
The Nation Newspaper: Inheritance: Islamic law governs estate of deceased Muslim with Christian Wife – Appeal Court
Inheritance: Islamic law governs estate of deceased Muslim with Christian Wife – Appeal Court
MSN: Al-Azhar And Us? How A Fatwa On Gender And Inheritance Threatens The Powerful Islamic Authority
Al-Azhar And Us? How A Fatwa On Gender And Inheritance Threatens The Powerful Islamic Authority
Inheritance laws govern the rights of a decedent's heirs to inherit property. FindLaw explains the basic types of inheritance laws in most states.
Inheritance refers to property acquired through the laws of descent and distribution. Though sometimes used in reference to property acquired through a will, the legal meaning of inheritance includes only property that descends to an heir through intestacy, when a person has died intestate.