Women's Group in Lebanon Rejects Muslim Opposition To Family Violence Bil

Lebanon's Daily Star today reports that the Lebanese Women's Council has issued a statement supporting a proposed law to protect women from domestic violence.  The statement comes after both Dar-al Fatwa, the country's highest Sunni organization, and the Higher Shiite Council came out in oposition to the bill that was approved by the Cabinet and sent to Parliament in April 2010. Dar-al-Fatwa claimed that the proposed law is a Western idea designed to destroy the Muslim family. It is also concerned that the law undermines the role of religious courts.