‘Where Only Women May Judge’: Developing Gender-Just Islamic Laws in India’s All-Female ‘Sharī‘ah Courts’
Abstract Over the last four years, India has become the centre for a major experiment in the implementation of a so-called ‘gender-just Islam’ by Islamic feminist organisations: the formation of a non-official, female-led sharī‘ah court network, within which women serve as qāẓīs (religious judges) t...
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Language: | English |
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Brill
2019
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 4, Pages: 437-466 |
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[Muslim] women
B qāẓī B Arbitration B sharī‘ah B marriage / divorce B Islamic courts B Islamic Feminism B India |
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