Gender And Equality In Muslim Family Law

Author : Lena Larsen,Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Christian Moe,Kari Vogt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857733528

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Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law by Lena Larsen,Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Christian Moe,Kari Vogt Pdf

Dante is one of the towering figures of medieval European literature. Yet many riddles and questions about him persist. By re-reading Dante with an open mind, Barbara Reynolds made remarkable discoveries and unlocked previously hidden secrets about this greatest of Florentine poets. A fundamental enigma has tantalised readers of the 'Commedia' for seven centuries. Who was the leader prophesied by Virgil and Beatrice to bring peace to the world? Many attempts have been made to identify him, but none has seemed conclusive - until now. As well as proposing a solution to the famous prophecies, this lively, engaging and elegantly-written biography contains a provocative new idea in virtually every chapter. Dr Reynolds' research indicates that Dante smoked cannabis to reach new heights of creativity. That Beatrice, Dante's great love, was not who most scholars think she was. That Dante was a talented public speaker, who created a quite new form of poetic art, holding audiences spellbound. Above all, Reynolds views Dante as one of the greatest spin-doctors of Western civilization. His aim was not to preach an interesting parable about punishments for sin and rewards for virtue. It was to use poetry to change the politics of the age, and unite Europe around the secular authority of an Emperor. To promote this idea, which dominated his writings from his exile onwards, Dante combined it with a dramatic presentation of the Christian belief in Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. Vividly told in the first person, with a colour and immediacy derived from the pop art of street narrators - now made to seem respectable by its use of classical predecessors like Virgil - this extraordinary journey through the three realms was always profoundly political in intent. Dante here comes alive as never before: irate, opinionated, settling scores - a man of mutifaceted gifts and extraordinary genius, whose role as an interpreter of world history makes him more than ever relevant to the new millennium.

Author : Lena Larsen,Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Christian Moe,Kari Vogt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857721693

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Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law by Lena Larsen,Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Christian Moe,Kari Vogt Pdf

Gender equality is a modern ideal, which has only recently, with the expansion of human rights and feminist discourses, become inherent to generally accepted conceptions of justice. In Islam, as in other religious traditions, the idea of equality between men and women was neither central to notions of justice nor part of the juristic landscape, and Muslim jurists did not begin to address it until the twentieth century. The personal status of Muslim men, women and children continues to be defined by understandings of Islamic law codified and adapted by modern nation-states that assume authority to be the natural prerogative of men, that disadvantage women and that are prone to abuse. This volume argues that effective and sustainable reform of these laws and practices requires engagement with their religious rationales from within the tradition. Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law offers a groundbreaking analysis of family law, based on fieldwork in family courts, and illuminated by insights from distinguished clerics and scholars of Islam from Morocco, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia, as well as by the experience of human rights and women s rights activists. It explores how male authority is sustained through law and court practice in different contexts, the consequences for women and the family, and the demands made by Muslim women s groups. The book argues for women's full equality before the law by re-examining the jurisprudential and theological arguments for male guardianship (qiwama, wilaya) in Islamic legal tradition. Using contemporary examples from various contexts, from Morocco to Malaysia, this volume presents an informative and vital analysis of these societies and gender relations within them. It unpicks the complex and often contradictory attitudes towards Muslim family law, and the ways in which justice and ethics are conceived in the Islamic tradition. The book offers a new framework for rethinking old formulations so as to reflect contemporary realities and understandings of justice, ethics and gender rights. "

Author : Lisa Fishbayn Joffe,Sylvia Neil
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781611683271

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Gender, Religion, and Family Law by Lisa Fishbayn Joffe,Sylvia Neil Pdf

Groundbreaking theoretical and legal approaches to resolving conflicts between gender equality and cultural practices

Author : Zainah Anwar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Domestic relations (Islamic law)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132782389

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Wanted by Zainah Anwar Pdf

Author : Lynn Welchman
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789053569740

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Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States by Lynn Welchman Pdf

A number of Arab states have recently either codified Muslim family law for the first time, or have issued amendments or new laws which significantly impact the statutory rights of women as wives, mothers and daughters. In Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States Lynn Welchman examines women's rights in Muslim family laws in Arab states across the Middle East while also surveying the public debates surrounding the issues. The author considers these new laws alongside older statutes to comment on the patterns and dynamics of change both in the texts of the laws, and in the processes through by which they are drafted and issued. She draws on original legal texts and explanatory statements as well as on extensive secondary literature particular to certain states for an insight into practice, and on; interventions by women's rights organizations and other parties to the debate in the press and in advocacy materials. The discussions are set in the contemporary global context that 'internationalises' the domestic and regional debates.The book considers laws in states from the Gulf to North Africa in regard to their approaches to issues of codification processes and issues of and of registration, capacity and guardianship in marriage, polygyny, the marital relationship, divorce and child custody. -- Publisher description.

Author : Lynn Welchman
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 1842770950

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Women's Rights and Islamic Family Law by Lynn Welchman Pdf

Explores the present-day realties of Islamic family law, with particular emphasis on the rights of women, and focusing on law in its living social context as reflected in public opinion and personal experience.

Author : Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Mulki Al-Sharmani,Jana Rumminger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780747170

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Men in Charge? by Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Mulki Al-Sharmani,Jana Rumminger Pdf

Both Muslims and non-Muslims see women in most Muslim countries as suffering from social, economic, and political discrimination, treated by law and society as second-class citizens subject to male authority. This discrimination is attributed to Islam and Islamic law, and since the late 19th century there has been a mass of literature tackling this issue. Recently, exciting new feminist research has been challenging gender discrimination and male authority from within Islamic legal tradition: this book presents some important results from that research. The contributors all engage critically with two central juristic concepts; rooted in the Qur’an, they lie at the basis of this discrimination. One refers to a husband’s authority over his wife, his financial responsibility toward her, and his superior status and rights. The other is male family members’ right and duty of guardianship over female members (e.g., fathers over daughters when entering into marriage contracts) and the privileging of fathers over mothers in guardianship rights over their children. The contributors, brought together by the Musawah global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family, include Omaima Abou-Bakr, Asma Lamrabet, Ayesha Chaudhry, Sa‘diyya Shaikh, Lynn Welchman, Marwa Sharefeldin, Lena Larsen and Amina Wadud.

Author : Mona Samadi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004446953

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Advancing the Legal Status of Women in Islamic Law by Mona Samadi Pdf

Mona Samadi examines the sources of gender differences within the Islamic tradition, with particular focus on guardianship, and describes the opportunities and challenges for advancing the legal status of women.

Author : John L. Esposito
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Law
ISBN : 0815622783

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Women in Muslim Family Law by John L. Esposito Pdf

Expands and updates family law as it pertains to women with regard to marriage, divorce and inheritance throughout the Middle East.This second revised edition of John L. Esposito's landmark work expands and updates coverage of family law reforms -- marriage, divorce, and inheritance -- throughout the Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Mulki Al-Sharmani,Jana Rumminger,Sarah Marsso
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780861544486

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Justice and Beauty in Muslim Marriage by Ziba Mir-Hosseini,Mulki Al-Sharmani,Jana Rumminger,Sarah Marsso Pdf

The model of marriage constructed in classical Islamic jurisprudence rests on patriarchal ethics that privilege men. This worldview persists in gender norms and family laws in many Muslim contexts, despite reforms introduced over the past few decades. In this volume, a diverse group of scholars explore how egalitarian marital relations can be supported from within Islamic tradition. Brought together by the Musawah movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family, they examine ethics and laws related to marriage and gender relations from the perspective of the Qur’an, Sunna, Muslim legal tradition, historical practices and contemporary law reform processes. Collectively they conceptualize how Muslim marriages can be grounded in equality, mutual well-being and the core Qur’anic principles of ‘adl (justice) and ihsan (goodness and beauty).

Author : Elisa Giunchi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317750314

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Muslim Family Law in Western Courts by Elisa Giunchi Pdf

This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America. It uses court transcriptions and observations to discuss how the most contentious marriage-related issues - consent and age of spouses, dower, polygamy, and divorce - are adjudicated. The solutions proposed by different legal systems are reviewed , and some broader questions are addressed: how Islamic principles are harmonized with norms based on gender equality, how parties bargain strategically in and out of court, and how Muslim diasporas align their Islamic worldview with a Western normative narrative.

Author : Niaz Shah
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789047410171

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Women, the Koran and International Human Rights Law by Niaz Shah Pdf

Religion plays a pivotal role in the way women are treated around the world, socially and legally. This book discusses three Islamic human rights approaches: secular, non-compatible, reconciliatory (compatible), and proposes a contextual interpretive approach. It is argued that the current gender discriminatory statutory Islamic laws in Islamic jurisdictions, based on the decontextualised interpretation of the Koran, can be reformed through Ijtihad: independent individual reasoning. It is claimed that the original intention of the Koran was to protect the rights of women and raise their status in society, not to relegate them to subordination. This Koranic intention and spirit may be recaptured through the proposed contextual interpretation which in fact means using an Islamic (or insider) strategy to achieve gender equality in Muslim states and greater compatibility with international human rights law. It discusses the negative impact of the so-called statutory Islamic laws of Pakistan on the enjoyment of women’s human rights and robustly challenges their Koranic foundation. While supporting the international human rights regime, this book highlights the challenges to its universality: feminism and cultural relativism. To achieve universal application, genuine voices from different cultures and groups must be accommodated. It is argued that the women’s human rights regime does not cover all issues of concern to women and has a weak implementation mechanism. The book argues for effective implementation procedures to turn women’s human rights into reality.

Author : Vrinda Narain
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0802048692

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Gender and Community by Vrinda Narain Pdf

These issues are significant not only for Muslim women in India, but also in the broader context of the accommodation of cultural diversity in pluralist democracies."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Kathryn O'Sullivan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004398252

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Minority Religions under Irish Law by Kathryn O'Sullivan Pdf

Minority Religions under Irish Law focuses the spotlight specifically on the legal protections afforded in Ireland to minority religions, generally, and to the Muslim community, in particular.

Author : Mengia Hong Tschalaer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107155770

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Muslim Women's Quest for Gender Justice by Mengia Hong Tschalaer Pdf

"Discusses the claim that understanding the legal world as plural is an important starting point to think about women's access to justice"--