Wife battering from an Islamic perspective and Malaysian legal provisions
Wife battering is a ground for divorce in the Malaysian Shariah Courts. Some husbands claim that it is their prerogative right to discipline their wives by corporal punishment based on their superficial understanding of the Qur’anic text 4:34 which seems to justify this argument. Some feminist organ...
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International Islamic University Malaysia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/45146/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45146/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45146/1/45146.pdf |