The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire through the British mandate and the establishment of the state of Israel created a reality in which no Muslim legislator existed in the country. Thus the chief judgeQadi al Qudat due to the dire need for reforms in the Sharia family law and in order to minimize the intervention of the nonMuslimIsraeli legislator in the divine family law took it upon himself to initiate the reforms. As such this experience is considered the worldwide pioneerand unique in