Women and Malaysian Islamic Family Law: exploring the gender sensitive path of jurisprudential reform

Modern Islamic family laws in the form of statutory codified fiqh, dated back to Ottoman Law of Family Rights 1917, supposedly was initiated with the prime purpose of overcoming certain juristic doctrines disfavoring women. Nevertheless, from the female perspective, such a statesponsored approach has...

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Main Authors: Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Mahmud , Mek Wok
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/6777/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/6777/2/Edgj_1360.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/6777/5/gj.2011.11.1.1360.pdf