Mathrubhumi: On 25 February this year Egyptian government appointed Amal Soliman , a 32 year old woman as the Muslim world's first mazouna, or female marriage registrar. The all-male Committee of Egyptian Mouzuns had challenged her application from the beginning – they argued that it would be inappropriate for a woman to perform that duty. A Mazoun or mazouna presides over the ceremony of marriage or divorce.
Soliman, who holds a Masters degree in Islamic Sharia law, broke in to the all-men club last September and performed her first marriage ceremony by reciting verses from the Quran and signing the official certificates making the union legally binding.
Soliman, a mother of three children really wants to pursue a doctoral degree in Islamic laws. Recently Al Jazeera carried an interview with Soliman
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