Law 188 of 1959 unified Sunni and Shia personal status in a single code and is comparatively progressive in regional terms; amendments to allow sect-based application have been repeatedly proposed and contested, most recently in 2024, so the applicable rules are politically live rather than settled.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- specialised
- Court type
- Personal-status courts
- Jurisdiction
- Marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance, applying the Personal Status Law 188 of 1959 to Muslims and community law to recognised non-Muslim communities.
- Seat
- Nationwide
- Established
- 1959
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