Extra-Judicial Khulʿ Divorce in India’s Muslim Personal Law

Abstract This essay examines khulʿ divorce as it is interpreted, understood, and practiced in India by Sunni Hanafi Muslims. My research was part of a broadly focused investigation of the impact of India’s Muslim Personal Law upon women’s well-being, begun in 1998 and on-going. I draw upon ethnograp...

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Main Author: Vatuk, Sylvia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 111-148
Further subjects:B Women
B Hanafi law
B India
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