Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)

Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)

The study discusses about the changing perceptions toward gender justice in sociolegal context of Malay society. The transmission of Egyptian reformists' ideas regarding gender justice to Malay society through the Azharites, increasing education provided to women as well as the interaction betw...

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Main Author: Zanariah Noor
Format: thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2008
Subjects:
BP Islam
Bahaism
Theosophy, etc
Online Access:https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=2674
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:26742020-02-27 Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR) 2008 Zanariah Noor BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc The study discusses about the changing perceptions toward gender justice in sociolegal context of Malay society. The transmission of Egyptian reformists' ideas regarding gender justice to Malay society through the Azharites, increasing education provided to women as well as the interaction between Malay intellectuals with Western civilization are among the factors which contributed to this changes. To conform with the modem nation-state, the jiqh rules have been selectively codified and gradually drafted onto unified legal systems, inspired by Western model. The transformation ofjiqh rules to statutory law in the realm of family law were justified on the principal of judicious policy which enabled the rules to be changed, so as to conform with the changing modem Muslim society. Such reforms however, were claimed insufficient to tackle the issue of patriarchal aspects of family which were regarded as highly disadvantageous to women, especially in the area of marriage,divorce and child custody. 2008 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=2674 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=2674 text eng closedAccess Doctoral Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Sains Kemanusiaan N/A
institution Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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language eng
topic BP Islam
Bahaism
Theosophy, etc
spellingShingle BP Islam
Bahaism
Theosophy, etc
Zanariah Noor
Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)
description The study discusses about the changing perceptions toward gender justice in sociolegal context of Malay society. The transmission of Egyptian reformists' ideas regarding gender justice to Malay society through the Azharites, increasing education provided to women as well as the interaction between Malay intellectuals with Western civilization are among the factors which contributed to this changes. To conform with the modem nation-state, the jiqh rules have been selectively codified and gradually drafted onto unified legal systems, inspired by Western model. The transformation ofjiqh rules to statutory law in the realm of family law were justified on the principal of judicious policy which enabled the rules to be changed, so as to conform with the changing modem Muslim society. Such reforms however, were claimed insufficient to tackle the issue of patriarchal aspects of family which were regarded as highly disadvantageous to women, especially in the area of marriage,divorce and child custody.
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author Zanariah Noor
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title Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)
title_short Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)
title_full Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)
title_fullStr Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)
title_full_unstemmed Gender justice and Islamic family law reform in Malaysia (IR)
title_sort gender justice and islamic family law reform in malaysia (ir)
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granting_department Fakulti Sains Kemanusiaan
publishDate 2008
url https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=2674
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