Islamic Law, Women's Rights, and State Law : The Cases of Female Genital Cutting and Child Marriage
Issues related to Islamic law, women’s rights, and state law have long been and remain deeply contested. This is most evident in debates around family law reform in majority Muslim countries. As one recent example, in Mali, a secular state according to its Constitution, the National Assembly adopted...
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Taylor and Francis
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23533 |