Treatment of recalcitrant wife in Islamic law: the need for a purposive juridical construct

Islamic law dealing with the issue of the scriptural treatment of a recalcitrant wife (nushuz) as detailed by both exegetes and classicaljurists has emerged as one of the much debated topics in readings on Muslim women in our time. Some go the feminist way; others te...

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Main Author: Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2012
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/34372/
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