Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia
The rise of Muslim feminist movement is a positive development in the intellectual landscape of Muslim debate on women`s rights in contemporary Muslim societies. As a pressure group, their struggle to improve the condition of women against the odds of conservative Muslim legal scholars‟ resistance...
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| author | Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah |
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| description | The rise of Muslim feminist movement is a positive development in the intellectual landscape of Muslim debate on women`s rights in
contemporary Muslim societies. As a pressure group, their struggle to improve the condition of women against the odds of conservative Muslim
legal scholars‟ resistance and culture of patriarchy indubitably has somewhat impacted reforms in the domain of state- enacted Islamic family
laws, such as in Malaysia. Nevertheless, beyond the polemics over the legitimacy of their approach, their main handicap is finding grounds for
acceptability in society. To bridge this gap, the paper argues for a productive mediating dialogue between Muslim feminist and mainstream
outlooks for socially acceptable reform. |
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| spelling | iium-452402018-06-25T04:45:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45240/ Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim The rise of Muslim feminist movement is a positive development in the intellectual landscape of Muslim debate on women`s rights in contemporary Muslim societies. As a pressure group, their struggle to improve the condition of women against the odds of conservative Muslim legal scholars‟ resistance and culture of patriarchy indubitably has somewhat impacted reforms in the domain of state- enacted Islamic family laws, such as in Malaysia. Nevertheless, beyond the polemics over the legitimacy of their approach, their main handicap is finding grounds for acceptability in society. To bridge this gap, the paper argues for a productive mediating dialogue between Muslim feminist and mainstream outlooks for socially acceptable reform. 2015-10-17 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45240/1/45240.pdf Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2015) Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia. In: Kuala Lumpur International Communication, Education, Language & Social Science Conference, 17-18 October 2015, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://klicels.com/ |
| spellingShingle | KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia |
| title | Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia |
| title_full | Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia |
| title_short | Muslim women activist`s approach to reforming Islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in Malaysia |
| title_sort | muslim women activist`s approach to reforming islamic family law: the problem of contextualization in malaysia |
| topic | KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/45240/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45240/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45240/1/45240.pdf |