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Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States
A Comparative Overview of Textual Development and Advocacy. ISIM Series on Contemporary Muslim Societies 1
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women[-]muslim[-]family law[-]law[-]gender[-]Islam[-]Arab States[-]Welchman[-]recht[-]moslima[-]vrouwen[-]familie
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'Since the last decades of the 20th century, the forces of political Islam,[-]globalization and new media have made Muslim family law a new site of[-]passionate debate and contestation that transcends national and regional[-]boundaries. This timely and much-needed book traces recent legislative[-]developments in what the author defines as the third phase of Muslim family[-]law reform - a phase that is still unfolding and is marked by divergent[-]forces and politics.[-][-]Lynn Welchman gives us a penetrating analysis of the different approaches to[-]the codification of Sharia-based rules and principles in number of Arab[-]states. Her rich and informative account is a must read for both scholars[-]and activists working on women s rights and family law reform in the Muslim[-]world, and Welchman has done them a great service."[-][-]Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Visiting Global Law Professor, New York University - "This is a superb and unique study of family law reforms in Arab states, a clear and highly instructive clarification of the dynamic interaction of legal, political and social factors with practical initiatives that are shaping the theory and practice of family law in the Middle East. Scholarship of this high quality is indispensable for guiding and inspiring sustainable transformation of the social reality of Muslim women and their families."[-][-]Professor Abdullahi A. An-Na`im[-]Emory School of Law[-]Atlanta, Georgia