Promoting Women's Rights in Islamic Law in a Non-Muslim State - Israel (eBook)

Ahmad Natour (Autor)

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2021
222 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4097-0 (ISBN)

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The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, through the British mandate and the establishment of the state of Israel, created a reality in which no Muslim legislator existed in the country. Thus, the chief judgeQadi al Qudat, due to the dire need for reforms in the Sharia family law and in order to minimize the intervention of the non-MuslimIsraeli legislator in the divine family law, took it upon himself to initiate the reforms. As such, this experience is considered the world-wide pioneerand unique in its scope. The reforms were done in accordance with the Islamic rules of renewal and are derived from the Islamic jurisprudencesharia itself. This process was done in two tracks: first, decisions of the High Court of Appeals would be followed by the lower courts as binding precedents. Second, the president of the High Sharia court issued judicial decrees guidelines to the lower courts, driven by the Maslaha - the public interest - in various matters of Islamic law such as promoting women status, childrens rights and the preservation of Islamic sites and cemeteries sanctity.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: Islam • Islamic Law • marriage • Middle East • women's rights
• ISBN-10: 1-7936-4097-1 / 1793640971
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7936-4097-0 / 9781793640970