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Malaysia appoints women judges for Islamic courts for the first time | For the first time in Malaysia 's history, two women
judges were appointed on Thursday. Suraya Ramli, 31, was appointed a sharia judge
in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, while Rafidah Abdul Razak, 39, was
made a Kuala Lumpur Sharia court judge. Citizens of the country hailed the move
as one that would redress gender imbalance in the Sharia judiciary. The Bernama
news agency reported that the appointments were cleared by Prime Minister Najib
Razak. Islamic courts run in parallel with civil courts in this Malay Muslim-majority
country but women say they face much discrimination in Islamic divorce proceedings,
inheritance and child custody cases. |
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