Is not it strange that Justice always pictured as a lady all over the world where as the State council judges believe that women should not be judges in the state council !!??
Is not it strange that many of these judges have used their connections to appoint their own daughters in the prosecution office !!??
Is not it strange that we already have women judges in the constitutional courts and in the family courts for years now where as we refuse to appoint women judges in the state council !!??
My dear readers it is an insult to tribute this strange refusal of the council members to have women judges in their gentlemen only club to religion where as the State council is considered a secular council considering the fact it deals with the cases against the state and the government !!??
I think women in Egypt know their religions and their limits whether Muslims or Christians but this matter has nothing to do with religion , if the religion is against having women judges then why we have a honorable judge like Noha El-Zainy !!?? Why do we have women judges in family courts whose laws come mainly from the Islamic Sharia !!??
The reasons I hear and read from the state council gentlemen club only make me so sick , these reasons are insulting to the judges themselves.
Zeinobia,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your statement but let’s be carful not to obliterate the judicial branch or damage its independence during this process. It is maybe the only honest place left in Egypt
I like to believe that judges, men and women, all have the highest level integrity and intelligence, they relay on facts, reasoning, evidence and logic in their daily decisions.
They hold in their hand a GOD given right of live or death.
This conversation must be confined among the judges themselves. Human rights organization and media has no place in these conversations.
I trust our brilliant women judges that they should reject any intervention and I am sure they can get their position through the judicial channels in more dignified way than a street protest or media circus
Mohajer Masry
@Mohajer Masry
ReplyDeleteI dont agree with you. Judges are a part of our society, which gave them the duty to be the referee in case of conflicts. It is not they who chose to be judges, they were chosen. In a country of fairness, judges are chosen according to criteria defined by the society through constitution and law. If judges are the ones who define the criteria, then they become legislators, not judges.
Moreover, it is a shame that in the name of the independance of judiciary power, judges give themselves the right to do whatever they want to protect their own interests.
Concerning the State Council, it is an institution that is, unfortunately, corrupted like all our country institutions. It is one the main reasons I refused to study law, although I come from a family of jurists. My father was one of the youngest men in the modern history of Egypt to be a member of the State Council, and he resigned because of the corruption of this institution (by the way, at the time they used to appoint 8-10 new members per year only).
From a religious point of view, the only problem concerning women as judges is when they deal with "hudud", which is not the case in State Council (unlike Penal Courts). This is the point of views of most mazaheb (religious jurisprudence schools), but not all of them.
The fact that Balqees is the only monarch cited in Quran who accepted to follow God's path (unlike all other kings who refused and were punished) and that she took the advice of her council before deciding what to do with Salomon's letter show that wisdom is given by God to whoever He wants.