Pakistan Federal Shariat Court's Collective Ijtihād on Gender Equality, Women's Rights and the Right to Family Life

This article argues on the basis of recent case law that the judges of the Pakistan Federal Shariat Court (FSC) have asserted their right to ijtihād and have indeed engaged in collective ijtihād. While in some areas, such as freedom of religion, Islamic law has been interpreted rigidly in a non-huma...

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Main Author: Yilmaz, Ihsan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2014]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2014, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-192
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBM Asia
TK Recent history
XA Law
Further subjects:B ijtihād
B Women's Rights
B Gender Equality
B Pakistan
B Islamic Law
B Federal Shariat Court
B Muslim family law
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)