{"id":7169,"date":"2026-01-18T05:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/ground_post\/personal-status-and-family-law-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:48:04","slug":"personal-status-and-family-law-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa","status":"publish","type":"ground_post","link":"https:\/\/godshand.link\/en_gb\/ground_post\/personal-status-and-family-law-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Status and Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"hero\">\n<div class=\"block-layout-region\">\n<div id=\"block-herointernalpageblock\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-hero-internal-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero_wrapper custom-hero  internal-hero-js-adjust\">\n<div class=\"internal_hero\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(0, 0, 0, 1) 3%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)), url(\" https: www.uscirf.gov themes custom uscirf2020 assets images defaulthero.png\"); background-position-x: center; background-position-y: center\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h1 class=\"internal-hero-title\">Personal Status and Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa <\/h1>\n<div class=\"custom-breadcrumb hidden\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"insertNavHere\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"container\">\n              <a target=\"_blank\" id=\"main-content\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-drupal-messages-fallback class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-uscirf2020-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"basic-page\">\n<div class=\"paragraph-section paragraph-unique-17982\" style=\"\" data-animation=\"fadeIn\" data-animation-delay=\"0.3\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"single-container row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"full-content\">\n<p>This report continues USCIRF\u2019s ongoing assessment of the global religious freedom implications of government laws based on official or favored religions, in this case examining the dynamics of personal status and family laws in the Middle East and North Africa. The report examines illustrative case studies from a range of countries in the areas of marriage and divorce, inheritance, and guardianship. It finds that the compulsion of obedience to officially accepted interpretations of religious law often results in limitations on religious freedom, particularly for women\u2014even in countries in which the population generally faces less religiously repressive conditions than those which USCIRF already recommends for designation as Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) or Special Watch List (SWL) countries.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn-primary single-cta-btn\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2023-09\/2023%20Personal%20Status%20and%20Family%20Laws%20in%20MENA.pdf\">View PDF<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"block-taxonomytermview\" class=\"block block-custom-blocks block-taxonomy-term-view\">\n<div class=\"content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/publications\/personal-status-and-family-law-middle-east-and-north-africa?rand=6542\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Status and Family Law in the Middle East and North Africa This report continues USCIRF\u2019s ongoing assessment of the global religious freedom implications of government laws based on official or favored religions, in this case examining the dynamics of personal status and family laws in the Middle East and North Africa. 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