Judge Sharara to the national campaign for increasing children’s custody age: the campaign is a waste of time!?

The national campaign to raise children’s custody issued a statement in which it shared details of its meeting last week with the Judge Abdulhalim Sharara who had allegedly noted that the work of the Campaign seeking an increase in children’s custody age within the Shiite confession, is simply a waste of time, since the letter of the Sharia law is very clear and explicit and cannot be changed except through a theological debate which may take generations to happen.  The statement clarified that although the some current court practices actually condones the stipulation of some of the Sharia laws which indicate that the child custody age for both girls and boys is 7 years of age this is by far being a very common practice and totally depend on the individual interpretation of the judge .
The Campaign concluded its statement by a call for a peaceful sit this upcoming Saturday, the 5th of October, at 12 noon in front of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council.
Source: Al-Akhbar, Al-Nahar 30 September 2013