Suad Ibrahim Salih () (1945) is an

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ian television personality, preacher, and Islamic scholar. She is Professor and Head of Comparative

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and Dean of the Faculty of the Women's College at

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. She was formerly dean of Islamic and Arabic studies for women at Mansoura University.

Biography

In 1998, Salih campaigned in Egypt to allow women to serve as

mufti A Mufti (; ar, مفتي) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion ('' fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatwas'' played an important rol ...

. She petitioned the Grand Mufti of Egypt,

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, to allow her to become a mufti and issue

fatwa A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist ...

s, arguing Islam does not prohibit women from serving as muftis. She has authored works of gender analysis on Islamic law. Salih was featured in the 2010 documentary ''Veiled Voices'' by

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and Karen Bauer, that profiles Middle Eastern female Islamic scholars.

Controversies

In 2007, Salih called for an 11-year old rape victim, Hind, and her father to be flogged for defamation in mistakenly accusing the wrong man of rape. Hind had become pregnant as a result of the rape. Salih questioned the age of the victim, asserting that she was 16. This was contested by the victim's family. In March 2010, she opposed a bill to legalize abortion and sterilization of women whose health or finances are incompatible with having children. On her television program in 2014 on Al-Hayat, Salih argued that Islam allows Muslim men in warfare to capture non-Muslim women, enslave them, and have sex with them as

concubines Concubinage is an interpersonal and sexual relationship between a man and a woman in which the couple does not want, or cannot enter into a full marriage. Concubinage and marriage are often regarded as similar but mutually exclusive. Concubin ...

to humiliate them.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salih, Suad Muslim reformers Living people Women scholars of Islam Egyptian Islamic religious leaders Female Islamic religious leaders Muslim scholars of Islamic jurisprudence Al-Azhar University faculty Egyptian television personalities 1945 births