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Mudawana is the
family code of
Morocco. Based on the
Maliki school of
Sunni Islam, the code has been praised by
human rights activists for its social and religious
reform.
History
Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the
Maliki school of
Sunni Islam, wrote
Al-Muwatta and
Al-Mudawana, the first
collections of Muhammad's sayings collected and published by an
imam with
commentary.
Al-Mudawana largely consisted of family law, regulating
marriage, inheritance, and
child custody.
Tamara Sonn, professor of religion and humanities at the
College of William and Mary, criticized the book as promoting violence towards, and inequality for,
women under
Islamic law. In contrast, Sonn commends Morocco's code for the abolishment of the
patriarchal family and
diction respecting women. Parliament revised the code in February
2004, giving royal assent by
King Mohammed VI, Morocco's supreme religious leader and
head of state.
Citizenship
King
Mohammed VI publicly endorsed amending the code to offer citizenship to the children of Moroccan mothers and foreign fathers in his State of the Nation Address on
July 30, 2005. Article 6 of Morocco's 1958 Citizenship Act previously limited citizenship to children born of Moroccan fathers. Exceptions to this rule are children of fathers whose citizenship is unknown or non-existent, or in cases in which the child is between the ages of 16 and 18 and his legal status as a Moroccan isn't challenged by the Justice Minister. The King also has the right to grant citizenship to anyone on a case-by-case basis. a modification of the law was submitted for vote in the Moroccan parliament.
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