July 2016

SIHA highly welcomes the formation of a special committee initiated by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice and supervised by judge Hassan Hussen Sharfie, to review and amend the Muslim Personal Law Act of Sudan 1991. The Committee will include  members from different institutions such as the Islamic Fiqh Academy, Khartoum University, Omdurman Al-Islamia University, and Al-Quran …

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On Monday 12th July, Akhair Lhaza a Khartoum based newspaper published  an interview with Ahmed Abu Shanab, Commissioner of Khartoum/Mothamad, who was stating that “ after 15 days from now  street vendors across Khartoum will be banned  from working  in public areas in Khartoum.” The street vendors will then according to him, be assigned booths within market areas. Many women …

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