Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century A Global Perspective.

Islamic Divorce in the Twenty-First Century A Global Perspective.

Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century shows the wide range of Muslim experiences in marital disputes and in seeking Islamic divorces. For Muslims, having the ability to divorce in accordance with Islamic law is of paramount importance. However, Muslim experiences of divorce practice differ tremendousl...

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Main Author: Stiles, Erin E.
Other Authors: Yakin, Ayang Utriza, Giunchi, Elisa, Bernard-Maugiron, Nathalie, Essop, Fatima, Issaka-Toure, Fulera, Landry, Jean-Michel, Schulz, Dorothea, Diallo, Souleymane, Steenberg, Rune
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2022.
Series:Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts Ser.
Subjects:
Marriage > Religious aspects > Islam.
Divorce > Religious aspects > Islam.
Husband and wife (Islamic law)
Separation (Islamic law)
Divorce (Islamic law)
RELIGION / General
Divorce > Religious aspects > Islam
Marriage > Religious aspects > Islam
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction: Muslim Marital Disputes and Islamic Divorce Law in Twenty-First- Century Practice
  • Part One. State Politics and Divorce Law: Reform and Recommendations
  • 1. Divorce by khulʿ in Pakistani Courts: Expanding Women's Rights through Reconfiguring Religious Authority
  • 2. Male-Initiated Divorce before the Egyptian Judiciary
  • 3. Problems of and Possibilities for Islamic Divorce in South Africa
  • Part Two. Gendered Strategies and Judicial Responses in Marital Disputing
  • 4. Women in the Search of Sexual Pleasure: Divorce on Grounds of Sexual Dissatisfaction in Indonesian Religious Courts
  • 5. "I Divorced Him but He Said He Has Not Divorced Me": Gendered Perspectives on Muslim Divorce in Accra, Ghana
  • 6. Undoing Marriage in Lebanon: Divorce within and beyond Family Courts
  • Part Three. Islamic Divorce in the Context of Global Patterns of Mobility, Upheaval, and Changing Household Economies
  • 7. Islamic Renewal, Muslim Divorce, and Gender Relations in Mali
  • 8. A "Much-Married Woman" Revisited: Kinship Perspectives on the High Frequency of Divorce among Uyghurs in Southern Xinjiang, China
  • 9. The Ends of Divorce: Marital Dispute as a Locus of Social Change in India
  • Conclusion: Islamic Divorce in Context and in Action: Notes from the Field
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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