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245			_aGender and equality in Muslim family law : _bjustice and ethics in the Islamic legal tradition _cEdited by Ziba Mir-Hosseini ... [et al.]
260			_aLondon : _bI.B. Tauris, _c2017.
300			_aviii, 279 p. ; _c24 cm.
490			_aLibrary of Islamic law ; _v5
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aGender 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. "
650			_aDomestic relations (Islamic law) _929218
650			_aEquality before the law (Islamic law) _929219
650			_aMuslim women _xLegal status, laws, etc. _929220
700			_aMir-Hosseini, Ziba, _eEdited by _931240
700			_aVogt, Kari, _d1940-, _eEdited by _931241
700			_aLarsen, Lena, _eEdited by _931242
700			_aMoe, Christian, _eEdited by _931243
942			_cREGULAR