This multidisciplinary study discusses the historical, social and legal contexts of Shari'a law reform in South Asia, their methodology and juristic basis, the debate between the traditionalists and modernists over their legality, the resultant political and social tensions, and their success in improving the social position of Muslim women.
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`... an important handbook on the issue of Muslim Family Law for teachers, students, social workers, and feminists in the subcontinent.' The Book Review, South Asia Special, New Delhi 2002
`This book ... is to be welcomed as an useful aid to understanding Islam.' The Commonwealth Lawyer, April 2002
`This book ... is to be welcomed as an useful aid to understanding Islam.' The Commonwealth Lawyer, April 2002
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Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin is at Chittagong University.
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According to the classical theory of Islamic law, the two material sources of the Shari'a are the Qur'an, the revealed word of Allah and the Sunnah, the sayings and deeds of the Prophet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
obligatory bequest, predeceased son, prompt dower, iddat period, existing wife, marriage subsists, intervening marriage, orphaned grandchildren, deferred dower, pronouncing talaq, past maintenance, contract polygamous, maintenance under section, divorce deed, wife unilaterally, triple divorce, simple imprisonment, dower money, granting maintenance, personal law, previous permission, contract another marriage, juristic basis, divorce provisions, reconciliation between the parties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arbitration Council, Supreme Court, High Court, Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, Tahir Mahmood, Fazlur Rahman, Federal Shariat Court, Chairman of the Union Council, Code of Criminal Procedure, Lucy Carroll, Syed Ameer Ali, Aftab Hussain, Holy Qur'an, Keith Hodkinson, Maulana Ihtisham-ul-Haq, South Asia, Sardar Muhammad, David Pearl, Maulana Islahi, Maulana Maududi, New Delhi, Ayub Khan, Privy Council, Middle Eastern, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act New!
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According to the classical theory of Islamic law, the two material sources of the Shari'a are the Qur'an, the revealed word of Allah and the Sunnah, the sayings and deeds of the Prophet. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
obligatory bequest, predeceased son, prompt dower, iddat period, existing wife, marriage subsists, intervening marriage, orphaned grandchildren, deferred dower, pronouncing talaq, past maintenance, contract polygamous, maintenance under section, divorce deed, wife unilaterally, triple divorce, simple imprisonment, dower money, granting maintenance, personal law, previous permission, contract another marriage, juristic basis, divorce provisions, reconciliation between the parties Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arbitration Council, Supreme Court, High Court, Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, Tahir Mahmood, Fazlur Rahman, Federal Shariat Court, Chairman of the Union Council, Code of Criminal Procedure, Lucy Carroll, Syed Ameer Ali, Aftab Hussain, Holy Qur'an, Keith Hodkinson, Maulana Ihtisham-ul-Haq, South Asia, Sardar Muhammad, David Pearl, Maulana Islahi, Maulana Maududi, New Delhi, Ayub Khan, Privy Council, Middle Eastern, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act New!
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- Muslim World by Mushtaqur Rahman on 10 pages
- Status of Women in Islam by Justice Aftab Hussain on 8 pages
- A Textbook on Muslim Personal Law by His Hon Judge David Pearl on 7 pages
- A History of Islamic Law (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys) by Noel J. Coulson on 7 pages
- Women in the Muslim World by Lois Beck on 6 pages
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- Woman versus Man: Socio-Legal Gender Inequality in Pakistan by Rashida Mohammad Hussain Patel on page 44
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