Judicial Ijtihād as a Tool for Legal Reform: Extending Women’s Right to Divorce under Islamic Law in Pakistan
In a series of judgments starting in 1959, Pakistani judges reformed Islamic family law by extending women’s right to no-fault based divorce (khulʿ). For this purpose, they directly interpreted the Qurʾān and Sunnah, and removed the requirement of the consent of a husband for judicial khulʿ. This ar...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 4, Pages: 384-411 |
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judicial ijtihād
B women’s right to no-fault based divorce |
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