Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom

This article examines the violation of the rights of a girl child and that of women in Islam vis a vis what is prevalent in the Nigerian custom. The article provides a brief and authentic exposition of how custom, views women and the girl-child before the advent of Islam. One major objective of this...

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Main Authors:	Raji, Barakat Adebisi, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Ujah, Mariam O.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2017
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/59482/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59482/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/59482/1/ashgar%20MLJ.pdf

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spelling	iium-594822018-01-11T02:35:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/59482/ Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom Raji, Barakat Adebisi Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ujah, Mariam O. K Law (General) KPG Malaysia This article examines the violation of the rights of a girl child and that of women in Islam vis a vis what is prevalent in the Nigerian custom. The article provides a brief and authentic exposition of how custom, views women and the girl-child before the advent of Islam. One major objective of this article is to provide a fair evaluation of what Islam contributed towards the restoration of women's dignity rights before the birth of the Human Rights Instrument which have been adopted under the United Nations auspices for the protection of vulnerable groups, and women form part of the vulnerable groups and therefore need to be protected. The article finds that majority of the provisions set down for protection of these categories of people have not been fully explored as a result of societal and cultural influence on them. This article suggests that these provisions should be considered so as to whittle down the high rate of domestic violence in our society and disabuse the minds of people from causing grievous harm on girl-child and women. The article recommends that appropriate punishment should be meted out on person who violate the right to person of a girl-child and women. LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/59482/1/ashgar%20MLJ.pdf Raji, Barakat Adebisi and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Ujah, Mariam O. (2017) Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom. Malayan Law Journal, 1. xci-ci. ISSN 0025-1283 http://www.lexisnexis.com.my/en-my/products/malayan-law-journal.page
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Raji, Barakat Adebisi Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ujah, Mariam O. Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom
description	This article examines the violation of the rights of a girl child and that of women in Islam vis a vis what is prevalent in the Nigerian custom. The article provides a brief and authentic exposition of how custom, views women and the girl-child before the advent of Islam. One major objective of this article is to provide a fair evaluation of what Islam contributed towards the restoration of women's dignity rights before the birth of the Human Rights Instrument which have been adopted under the United Nations auspices for the protection of vulnerable groups, and women form part of the vulnerable groups and therefore need to be protected. The article finds that majority of the provisions set down for protection of these categories of people have not been fully explored as a result of societal and cultural influence on them. This article suggests that these provisions should be considered so as to whittle down the high rate of domestic violence in our society and disabuse the minds of people from causing grievous harm on girl-child and women. The article recommends that appropriate punishment should be meted out on person who violate the right to person of a girl-child and women.
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author	Raji, Barakat Adebisi Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ujah, Mariam O.
author_facet	Raji, Barakat Adebisi Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ujah, Mariam O.
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title	Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom
title_short	Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom
title_full	Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom
title_fullStr	Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom
title_full_unstemmed	Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom
title_sort	domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between islam and nigerian custom
publisher	LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
publishDate	2017
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Domestic violence and violence against the girl-child and women: a comparative perspective between Islam and Nigerian custom

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