Women and Malaysian Islamic Family Law: exploring the gender sensitive path of jurisprudential reform

Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah and Mahmud , Mek Wok (2011) Women and Malaysian Islamic Family Law: exploring the gender sensitive path of jurisprudential reform. Global Jurist, 11 (1). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1934-2640

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Abstract

Modern Islamic family laws in the form of statutory codified fiqh, dated back to Ottoman Law of Family Rights 1917, supposedly was initiated with the prime purpose of overcoming certain juristic doctrines disfavoring women. Nevertheless, from the female perspective, such a statesponsored approach has failed to ameliorate the conditions of women the world over on many aspects including methodological grounds, in spite of some progress towards such an end. The same assertions are made against various state Islamic family law enactments in the Malaysian context. To remedy the situation, given the cultural sensitivity and moorings of different interest groups in the country, the approaches have been diverse. Examining the issue from a purely academic, nonpartisan jurisprudential perspective also points to serious problems of methodology alongside with attitudinal ones. This paper argues that a paradigm shift from the current schoolbound cum eclectic approach to that of gender sensitive jurisprudential choice of the juridical views would be an alternative way to reform the law.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3049/6777
Uncontrolled Keywords:	women, family law, gender sensitive, jurisprudence, reform
Subjects:	K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh
Depositing User:	Prof. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef
Date Deposited:	12 Dec 2011 11:05
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2013 15:45
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/6777

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