Suad Salih

Suad Ibrahim Salih (Arabic: سعاد إبراهيم صالح; born 1945) is an Egyptian television personality, preacher, and Islamic scholar. She is Professor and Head of Comparative Jurisprudence and Dean of the Faculty of the Women's College at Al-Azhar University.[1][2] She was formerly dean of Islamic and Arabic studies for women at Mansoura University.

Suad Ibrahim Salih
سعاد إبراهيم صالح
Born1945
NationalityEgyptian
Occupation(s)Islamic scholar, television host

Biography

In 1998, Salih campaigned in Egypt to allow women to serve as mufti.[1][3][4] She petitioned the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Nasr Farid Wasil, to allow her to become a mufti and issue fatwas, arguing Islam does not prohibit women from serving as muftis.[2]

She has authored works of gender analysis on Islamic law.[5]

Salih was featured in the 2010 documentary Veiled Voices by Brigid Maher and Karen Bauer, that profiles Middle Eastern female Islamic scholars.[6]

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. [7]

In March 2010, she opposed a bill to legalize abortion and sterilization of women whose health or finances are incompatible with having children.[8]

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 to humiliate them.[9][10][11]

References
  1. Bartuli, Elisabetta (2005). Egitto oggi. Casa editrice il Ponte. ISBN 978-88-89465-01-1.
  2. Elgousi, Hiam (2016-04-20). Women's Rights in Authoritarian Egypt: Negotiating Between Islam and Politics. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85772-779-4.
  3. Existe-t-il un féminisme musulman ?, Islam & laïcité.org, Editions L'Harmattan, 2007, ISBN 2296035035, 9782296035034, page 65
  4. "Woman Aspires To Be Muslim Mufti". AP NEWS. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
  5. Badran, Margot (2013-10-01). Feminism in Islam: Secular and Religious Convergences. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-78074-447-6.
  6. "Veiled Voices | Department of Near Eastern Studies". nes.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  7. "11-year-old rape victim tells her story amid accusations by Azhar scholar - Daily News Egypt". dailynewsegypt.com. 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  8. "Egypte : projet de loi autorisant la stérilisation des femmes pauvres. Synthèse de presse quotidienne du 24 mars 2010".
  9. El-Azhari, El-Azhari Taef (2019-06-24). Queens, Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History, 661-1257. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-2320-5.
  10. Webel, Charles; Tomass, Mark (2017-02-17). Assessing the War on Terror: Western and Middle Eastern Perspectives. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-315-46916-4.
  11. "Al-Azhar Professor Suad Saleh: In a Legitimate War, Muslims Can Capture Slavegirls and Have Sex with Them (Archival)". MEMRI. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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