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Islamic divorce in the twenty-first century : a global perspective
Title
Islamic divorce in the twenty-first century : a global perspective / edited by Erin E. Stiles and Ayang Utriza Yakin.
ISBN
9781978829060
197882906X
9781978829077
1978829078
9781978829084
9781978829091
Publication
New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Physical Description
xv, 217 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"Islamic Divorce in the 21st Century shows the wide range of Muslim experiences in marital disputes and in seeking Islamic divorces. For Muslims, having the ability to divorce in accordance with Islamic law is of paramount importance. However, Muslim experiences of divorce practice differ tremendously. The chapters in this volume discuss Islamic divorce from West Africa to Southeast Asia, and each story explores aspects of the everyday realities of disputing and divorcing Muslim couples face in the twenty-first century. The book's cross-cultural and comparative look at Islamic divorce indicates that Muslim divorces are impacted by global religious discourses on Islamic authority, authenticity, and gender; by global patterns of and approaches to secularity; and by global economic inequalities and attendant patterns of urbanization and migration. Studying divorce as a mode of Islamic law in practice shows us that the Islamic legal tradition is flexible, malleable, and context-dependent"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Islamic divorce in the 21st century.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 27, 2022
Series
The politics of marriage and gender: global issues in local contexts.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Series Foreword / by Péter Berta
Preface (Acknowledgment)
1. Muslim Marital Disputes and Islamic Divorce Law in Twenty-First Century Practice / by Erin E. Stiles and Ayang Utriza Yakin
Part I. State Politics and Divorce Law: Reform and Recommendations: 2. Divorce by Khulʻ in Pakistani Courts: Expanding Women's Rights through Reconfiguring Religious Authority / by Elisa Giunchi
3. Male-Initiated Divorce before the Egyptian Judiciary / by Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron
4. Problems of and Possibilities for Islamic Divorce in South Africa / by Fatima Essop
Part II. Gendered Strategies and Judicial Responses in Marital Disputing: 5. Women in the Search of Sexual Pleasure: The Judicial Practices of Divorce on the Ground of Sexual Dissatisfaction within Indonesian Religious Courts / by Ayang Utriza Yakin
6. "I Divorced Him but He Said He Has Not Divorced Me": Gendered Perspectives on Muslim Divorce In Accra, Ghana / by Fulera Issaka-Toure
7. Undoing Marriage in Lebanon: Divorce within and beyond Family Courts / by Jean-Michel Landry
Part III. Islamic Divorce in the Context of Global Patterns of Mobility, Upheaval, and Changing Household Economies: 8. Islamic Renewal, Muslim Divorce and Gender Relations in Mali / by Dorothea Schulz and Souleymane Diallo
9. A 'Much-Married Woman' Revisited: Kinship Perspectives on the High Frequency of Divorce among Uyghurs in Southern Xinjiang, China / by Rune Steenberg
10. The Ends of Divorce: Marital Dispute as a Locus of Social Change in India / by Katherine Lemons with Nadia Hussein
Afterword: Islamic Divorce in Context and in Action: Notes from the Field and Concluding Thoughts / by Erin E. Stiles with Ayang Utriza Yakin
Notes on Contributors
Index.
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