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Nabatiyeh Jaafari Court repeals decision, protects sexually-molested children
31-7-2018
Following the May 31 decision by the Jaafari Court in Nabatiyeh, Aladdine Sharara, allowing the child molesting and abusive father to see his two daughters for 24 hours each week (c.f: https://goo.gl/cVFCzD), the Sharia Jaafari court judge, Sheikh Abdallah Shaito, yesterday overturned the above ruling declaring it null and void and forced the defendant (father) to pay the court costs. The repeal reportedly came after Bitar’s (the mother of the two girls) case turned into a public opinion issue provoking angry reactions by activists who revived debate over women predicaments in religious courts, according to Al Akhbar. The newspaper wrote about a correlation between the new ruling and the pressure exerted on the court by activists, women in particular, while reminding that Bitar was threatened with imprisonment for refusing to execute the court’s decision. The pressure, Al Akhbar said, succeeded when Judge Sharara quit the case transferring it to another judge. Meanwhile, the National Campaign to Increase the Age of Custody for the Shiite Sect described the decision as a positive step towards real change aimed to improve the conditions of women in religious courts. (Al Akhbar, July 31, 2018)
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