…antiquated personal status codes (family laws) that have often deprived women of essential liberties. Revising these codes is not an easy matter because they rely primarily on religious law.” Download…
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…husband returned to Oxford and in a little while his wife joined him there. The couple spent four years at Oxford to allow the husband to complete his studies. Download…
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…facilitate a thorough critique by Muslim delegations of The Concept Note which is very significant insofar as it touches on and in some cases contravenes important Islamic jurisprudential principles.” Download…
…abortion, is prohibited. Indeed, historically, the majority view among Muslims scholars on contraception has been that it is permissible with the wife’s consent, though perhaps disliked in certain cases.” Download…
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…one of trying to explain the Islamic marriage contract from world perspectives that are at times incongruent with it. This has led to unintended distortions in characterizing its nature. Download…
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…of a debate, or even the hint of one, that could clarify these different viewpoints, so much have the advocates on either side become blinded by their respective convictions.” Download…
…as al-Hasan al-Basri, Ibn Jarir al-Tabari, Ibn al-Qasim al-Maliki, Ibn Hazm, and al- Kassani argued convincingly that women have equal rights to those of men in the judiciary. “ Download…
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…commitment by most Muslim women to spiritual and cultural authenticity, could halt or even reverse this process at great cost to women particularly and Muslim societies as a whole.” Download…
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…serious Muslim scholars and activists are themselves troubled by these Pakistani laws regarding zina and rape. They view them as incompatible with basic Qur’anic principles and the prophetic tradition. Download…
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…disciplines. Its growing importance and relevance to our times is attested by the current explosion of publications on this theme and the spirited debate that often accompanies this topic.” Download…
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