03 May 2017

Everyone knows if you say it three times, it must be true

Who speaks for Islam and reform? Debate heats up in Egypt.  It was a startling collision of religion and politics. Egypt’s president proposed a new law that would prevent Muslim men from ending their marriages simply by saying “divorce” three times. The country’s top institution of Islamic clerics, Al-Azhar, bluntly rejected the idea, saying Islam gives men that right and nothing can change that.  In the months since, that confrontation escalated into a blistering feud over who speaks for Islam and how to bring reforms.   WTOP

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