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...husband without his consent, she will also be able to garnish his wages if he is recalcitrant in providing support. A state fund has also been established to assist those whose husbands cannot be found. Perhaps as noteworthy as the reforms, though, is Egypt's proof that granting equal rights to women does not require sacrificing religious beliefs...
Civil law in Egypt is grounded in the Shariah, the Islamic legal code. An extensive text whose passages can be read in conflicting ways, the Shariah has been subject to reinterpretation throughout its history. It is in this malleability that the best hope for securing equal rights for women lies. Egyptian activists are quick to point out that the divorce amendments did not come at the expense of religious law, but were successful precisely because they were justified in the context of religious teachings. Indeed, a crux of the reform movement was its ability to stave off the objections...
...interest in change to realize that religious interpretation may currently be the most successful vehicle for reform in Islamic nations. Incremental reforms, over time, give way to large scale changes, and while accepting justice through installments is never desirable, it may be the most expedient way to guarantee women equal rights...
...focus of the debate now shifts to the 20 states without Proposition 22-type laws, and in particular to Vermont, whose state supreme court recently ruled equal benefits must be allowed to all domestic partnerships, even if not under the union of marriage. "It all depends on what happens in Vermont," said TIME nation writer John Cloud. "If their legislature approves gay marriage, then maybe we could see more things like Proposition 22, but it doesn't look like Vermont is going to pass that." All hope is not lost, though, for those in favor of sanctioned homosexual unions. Proposition...
...wager--it's about people leveraging bets in the stock market in pursuit of their million. No one knows how much has been borrowed to play the market, but this has been a hot issue since margin debt at brokerage firms soared in recent months to $244 billion, equal to a record 1.4% of the market value of U.S. public companies. Most firms will lend investors as much as 50% of the value of their securities. The interest on such margin loans is fully deductible as long as you have an equal amount of investment income. The loans tend...