section_path: Muslim female judges/Scholarly debate
section_name: Scholarly debate
paragraph_text: Scholarly debate
  
  There is disagreement among Islamic scholars as to whether women are qualified to act as qadis or not. Many modern Muslim states have a combination of religious and secular courts. The secular courts often have little issue with female judges, but the religious courts may restrict what domains female judges can preside in, such as only family and marital law.