Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context

Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context

Muslim women have been caught in a tag- of- war between the forces of preserving Muslim family identity and advocates of its reform along the line of gender equality and International Human Rights. Given the current socio-political milieu at the global arena, the horizons for this tension to evapora...

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Main Author: Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IIUM Press 2017
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KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
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spelling iium-580462018-01-03T04:44:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/58046/ Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Muslim women have been caught in a tag- of- war between the forces of preserving Muslim family identity and advocates of its reform along the line of gender equality and International Human Rights. Given the current socio-political milieu at the global arena, the horizons for this tension to evaporate seem dim anytime soon. Reacting to Western human rights criticisms of Islamic family law, the conservative camp regard any attempt at reforming Islamic family law as a naked invasion of Western imperialism on Muslim personal domain. Reform proponents, on the other hand, indict conservative interpretation of Islamic family law as the primary cause of women oppression in Muslim societies. Accordingly, they constantly endeavour to lobby for reform of Muslim family law using either international bills of rights or gender equality as the frameworks. Consequently, Muslim women`s rights in the family has become a matter of paradoxical exegeses. To break this deadlock, this paper argues for a mediated solution(wasatiyyah) by using critical content analysis of the two trends as a way forward for Shari`ah-based reform in Malaysia. IIUM Press 2017-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/58046/1/Islam%20in%20Asia.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2017) Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context. Journal of Islam in Asia, 14 (1). pp. 203-219. ISSN 1823-0970 E-ISSN 2289-8077 http://journals.iium.edu.my/jiasia/index.php/Islam/article/view/577
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spellingShingle KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context
description Muslim women have been caught in a tag- of- war between the forces of preserving Muslim family identity and advocates of its reform along the line of gender equality and International Human Rights. Given the current socio-political milieu at the global arena, the horizons for this tension to evaporate seem dim anytime soon. Reacting to Western human rights criticisms of Islamic family law, the conservative camp regard any attempt at reforming Islamic family law as a naked invasion of Western imperialism on Muslim personal domain. Reform proponents, on the other hand, indict conservative interpretation of Islamic family law as the primary cause of women oppression in Muslim societies. Accordingly, they constantly endeavour to lobby for reform of Muslim family law using either international bills of rights or gender equality as the frameworks. Consequently, Muslim women`s rights in the family has become a matter of paradoxical exegeses. To break this deadlock, this paper argues for a mediated solution(wasatiyyah) by using critical content analysis of the two trends as a way forward for Shari`ah-based reform in Malaysia.
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author Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah
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title Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context
title_short Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context
title_full Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context
title_fullStr Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context
title_full_unstemmed Modern approaches to Islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the Malaysian context
title_sort modern approaches to islamic family law reform: the need for a balanced approach in the malaysian context
publisher IIUM Press
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/58046/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58046/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/58046/1/Islam%20in%20Asia.pdf
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