Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam caused controversy. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin agreed with the fatwa and explained that the Qur’an prevents a woman who has joined Islam from staying with her apostate husband and not her Kitabi husband. Dr. Mohammed Madkour said that the wife follows her husband in everything because he is superior. That is why remaining with a non-Muslim husband threatens her Islamic beliefs.