kengr

since he was male when he received the inheritance, he was entitled to keep it in full...

After American doctors told him, "You're a female, not a male," he considered a sex-change operation

It seems to me that if he really wanted to be treated as a woman he'd agree to the inheritance cut. <shrug>

Some of the country's most eminent religious scholars have also weighed in, some vexed merely by the concept of gender ambiguity. "There is no mention in the Koran of a 'she-male',"

Sounds like a problem with the religion to me, not the individuals who are "she-male" or whatever other "ambiguous genders" they may be.

Furious at the perceived disgrace he had brought on their family

"Perceived" seems to be the operative word here. Maybe humans need to quit perceiving disgrace and offense where there is none.

Interesting story. Thanks for posting it.