Farah v. Farah
…The trial court ruled in favor of the wife, granted the divorce, and ordered equitable division of their marital property. The Husband appealed the trial court’s decision. On appeal, the…
…The trial court ruled in favor of the wife, granted the divorce, and ordered equitable division of their marital property. The Husband appealed the trial court’s decision. On appeal, the…
…a declaratory judgment. The Mother appealed the circuit court’s decision. On appeal, the appellate court affirmed the lower court’s ruling that the parties had never been legally married. The court…
…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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By: John Mansfield “Aleem v. Aleem is a recent case from Maryland’s highest court, the Maryland Court of Appeals. Husband and wife were married in Pakistan in a ceremony that…
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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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…Islamic approach, the other by ethnocentric and Islamophobic Western conceptions. These two perceptions are, of course, in conflict, but they both end up at the same intellectual dead-end. It is…
…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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