Wanted
Subtitle: equality and justice in the Muslim family
By: edited by Zainah Anwar.
Contributors: Zainah Anwar.
Publisher: Musawah
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Selangor, Malaysia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9789832622260
Subjects: Muslim families -- Legal status, laws, etc; Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Islam; Domestic relations (Islamic law)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261).
Table of contents: title: Towards gender equality, Muslim family laws and the shari'ah / Ziba Mir-Hosseini; title: Ikhtilaf al-Fuhaqa, diversity in fiqh as a social construction / Muhammad Khalid Masud; title: Islam beyond patriarchy through gender inclusive Qur'anic analysis / Amina Wudud; title: The human rights commitment in modern Islam / Khaled Abou El-Fadl; title: The genesis of family law, how shari'ah, custom and colonial laws influenced the development of personal status codes / Amira El-Azhary Sonbol; title: Family law in contemporary Muslim context, triggers and strategies for change / Cassandra Balchin; title: Women's place and displacement in the Muslim family, realities from the twenty-first century / Kamala Chandrakirana.