Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia

The practice of polygamy is severely and frequently criticized especially by the feminist groups. Those people argue that polygamy contributes to discrimination of women, matrimonial disharmony and the worst thing to divorce.Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine whether Muslim women have t...

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Main Authors:	Mahmud , Mek Wok, Naping, Herna
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/1/Right_of_Muslim_women_-_Mek_Wok.pdf

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spelling	iium-433302015-06-10T06:26:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/ Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia Mahmud , Mek Wok Naping, Herna HQ The family. Marriage. Woman The practice of polygamy is severely and frequently criticized especially by the feminist groups. Those people argue that polygamy contributes to discrimination of women, matrimonial disharmony and the worst thing to divorce.Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine whether Muslim women have the right to refuse polygamy. At this juncture, it is significant to have a clear mind that basically a wife cannot stop her husband from marrying other women to the maximum of four.Nonetheless, it is essential for the wife to know whether she has the right to refuse or challenge subsequent marriage or not. This study will adopt a content analysis method whereby the jurists’ opinions, Shari’ah Courts’ decision as well as the Islamic law pertaining to polygamy are referred to.The findings revealed there are some existing factors and situations that wives have the right to refuse or challenge polygamy. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/1/Right_of_Muslim_women_-_Mek_Wok.pdf Mahmud , Mek Wok and Naping, Herna (2015) Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 , 10th-11th May 2015, Auditorium, Academic Building (UniSZA), Kuala Trengganu. https://www.unisza.edu.my/iclas2015/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured
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spellingShingle	HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Mahmud , Mek Wok Naping, Herna Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia
description	The practice of polygamy is severely and frequently criticized especially by the feminist groups. Those people argue that polygamy contributes to discrimination of women, matrimonial disharmony and the worst thing to divorce.Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine whether Muslim women have the right to refuse polygamy. At this juncture, it is significant to have a clear mind that basically a wife cannot stop her husband from marrying other women to the maximum of four.Nonetheless, it is essential for the wife to know whether she has the right to refuse or challenge subsequent marriage or not. This study will adopt a content analysis method whereby the jurists’ opinions, Shari’ah Courts’ decision as well as the Islamic law pertaining to polygamy are referred to.The findings revealed there are some existing factors and situations that wives have the right to refuse or challenge polygamy.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mahmud , Mek Wok Naping, Herna
author_facet	Mahmud , Mek Wok Naping, Herna
author_sort	Mahmud , Mek Wok
title	Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia
title_short	Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia
title_full	Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia
title_sort	right of muslim women in refusing polygamy from islamic perspective and islamic law in malaysia
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43330/1/Right_of_Muslim_women_-_Mek_Wok.pdf
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Right of Muslim women in refusing polygamy from Islamic perspective and Islamic law in Malaysia

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